The core shortage continues to affect the global auto industry, and Ford said on Thursday that it was slashing production of high-margin Fmuri 150 pickup trucks.
Starting next Monday, Ford's truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan will change from three shifts to one shift, and truck production at the assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri will change from three shifts to two shifts. But Ford spokeswoman Kelly Felke (Kelli Felker) said both plants are expected to return to three shifts this week.
Kumar Galhotra (Kumar Galhotra), president of Ford's Americas and international markets, described the chip shortage as a "very dynamic situation" and said Ford had been working with suppliers to mitigate the impact on the plant and resolve the problem as soon as possible.
It is worth noting that General Motors just announced on Wednesday that due to the shortage of chips in the auto industry, it will adjust the production plans of four factories from next week. Next week, it will close three plants in the Fairfax Industrial Zone in Kansas, the town of Ingersoll Rand in Ontario, Canada, and San Luis Potosi in Mexico, and a factory in South Korea will also halve its production capacity.
At present, more than 10 major automakers have had to cut production due to chip shortages, and industry insiders say the problem of missing cores may not begin to ease until at least the middle of this year.
The world is already trying to solve the problem of missing cores of cars. Due to the recent serious shortage of chips, which has threatened the supply chain security of auto companies, the United States may put forward a demand to increase the production of automotive chips in Taiwan, Chinese Taiwan media reported on Thursday. The two sides plan to hold a video dialogue on the morning of the 5th, and the participating enterprises in Taiwan include TSMC, MediaTek, UMC and so on.
