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GM ships 30,000 pickups to dealers
Automaker to idle four midsize-SUV plants amid semiconductor chip shortage
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JAMIE L. LAREAU DETROIT FREE PRESS (TNS)
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Just when General Motors makes strides in one area, it must sacrifice in another as the auto industry continues to battle a worldwide shortage of semiconductor chips used in many car parts.
GM hit its production target to finish building and shipping nearly 30,000 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups, which were awaiting chip parts, to dealers this week. Starting Monday, GM must idle four of its North American plants that build midsize SUVs for two weeks because of the chips shortage.
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The EV600 is based on GM’s Ultium modular electric-vehicle platform, which will form the basis of numerous upcoming consumer vehicles including the Hummer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, and Chevrolet Bolt EUV. The EV600 is anticipated with a range of up to 400 km on a charge, and with a DC charging option of up to 120 kW. The first trucks will be delivered to FedEx.
The BrightDrop division will specialize in commercial vehicles, and will offer a software platform called the EP1 e-pallet for fleet and asset management.
GM said the CAMI plant – for Canadian Automotive Manufacturing Inc. – will be Canada’s first large-scale commercial EV manufacturing facility. The plant originally started producing vehicles in 1989 as a joint venture of GM and Suzuki Motor Corporation, and built models for both companies. It became a wholly-owned GM plant in 2011.
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