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Chevy Malibu, Cadillac XT4 Production To Restart On August 16th

Production of the Chevy Malibu and Cadillac XT4 will not restart until mid-August, with General Motors extending production downtime at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas.

Fairfax Assembly has been offline since February 16th, when GM idled the facility due to a shortage of semiconductor chips. The plant was set to come back online on July 5th, however GM has now pushed the reopening date to August 16th as the chip shortage persists.

 

GM is maintaining its strategy of prioritizing chips for its most popular and profitable vehicles, which include its full-size trucks and SUVs like the Chevy Silverado and Chevy Tahoe.

“The global semiconductor shortage remains complex and very fluid,” GM spokesman David Barnas told Automotive News in a prepared statement. “but GM’s supply chain, engineering and manufacturing teams continue to find creative solutions and make strides working with the supply base to maximize production of high-demand and capacity-constrained vehicles.”

“This includes leveraging every available semiconductor to build and ship our highlyprofitable full-size trucks and SUVs for our customers.”

GM has begun building trucks without certain features to cut back on the number of chips it uses per unit. Some trucks are being built without Active Fuel Management and Dynamic Fuel Management, while others are no longer offering the previously available HD Radio. This strategy allows GM to keep up with strong demand for its full-size trucks while managing its chip inventory amid the ongoing global shortage.

The GM Lansing Grand River plant has also faced lengthy shutdowns due to the chip shortage. The plant was idled at the beginning of May, though Chevy Camaro production restarted there on June 21st. Production of the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 sedans will come back online at the facility on August 9th, although the Cadillac Blackwing performance sedans will enter production before that time.

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  1. At this point, it should just start up 2022 model production since they won’t get to dealer showrooms until October at the earliest.

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  2. It seems to me America is learning a very costly lesson… all of these chips being made in other countries is costing America billions of dollars we need to start building chips in our country along with a lot of other products because right now these countries have the power to shut us down. Whoever the dumbass was that thought that was a great idea needs to go. It’s time for America to start building our own products here in the US so we can’t be shut down what happens if someone threatens us with war and we don’t even have the vehicles or the computers or even a telephone to communicate. If we’re going to survive America needs to start building their own products at least the one that protect us. It’s time for a wake-up call people…

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    1. America can’t even stop Covid.
      You think this sad excuse of a country will wise up and onshore critical production? Doubt it.

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