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Full Size GM Trucks Account For Just One Percent Of Automaker’s Lost Vehicle Production

General Motors has lost out on hundreds of thousands of units of production amid the global semiconductor shortage, but only about one percent were full-size GM trucks.

According to Automotive News, the ongoing semiconductor shortage has forced GM to cancel the production of well over 250,000 vehicles to date. Despite this, only about one percent were from its Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra model lineups, with the automaker actively working to mitigate the effects the shortage had on its most popular and profitable models.

GM has gone to lengths to ensure the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra were shielded from the effects of the semiconductor shortage. First, the automaker began shipping certain examples of the trucks without Active Fuel Management and Dynamic Fuel Management to reduce the number of chips it uses per unit. Shortly after, it pulled the optional HD Radio from the truck’s order books for the exact same reason.

The automaker has also been storing partially completed Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks in need of microchips at lots near its assembly plants. This allows it to quickly complete the trucks once it has the necessary chips it needs, mitigating the impact of its minuscule chip supply.

With GM prioritizing its full-size trucks, some of its passenger cars and smaller crossovers have taken the brunt of the impact of the chip shortage. The GM Lansing Grand River plant in Michigan, which builds the Chevy Camaro, Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5, has been partially offline since March, with production of the CT4 and CT5 not expected to resume until early August. Production of the Chevy Camaro at the facility only restarted in late June.

The Chevy Equinox and Chevy Malibu sedan have also been in short supply amid the chip drought. The Chevy Equinox is produced at GM CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario and two GM plants in Mexico, while the Chevy Malibu is produced at the GM Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas.

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  1. I have a feeling the 2022 Limited trucks are going to be similar to how they were used in 2019 with the production changeover so they can keep some plants full steam ahead and other plants can make the production switch to the true 2022 updated trucks, with high trim crew cabs being the first to go down the line. GM always ramps up in stages

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    1. Who cares if it is a 22 or 21 unless you are going to dump it in a year or two you will get a few extra bucks for a 22 but you will pay more for the first month or two of the 22s on the lot.

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  2. So where’s the cellphone CEOs here to explain this when they were trolling on the Toyota thread?.

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  3. I wonder if the active fuel management chip can be added to existing 2021 Yukon’s when they become available?

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    1. Unlikely as the AFM engine is 1500$ more in parts than a normal LS SO GM would not waste parts like that, also hugely unique wiring harness

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