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GM Prioritizing Pickup Production Over Crossovers, Sedans
General Motors will resume full-size pickup assembly next week, leaving its crossovers will have to continue enduring production hang-ups related to the semiconductor shortage. American manufacturers have been absolutely creamed by supply shortages this year and a lack of chips really hurt pickup volumes. We’ve seen a lot of creative solutions, including automakers putting unfinished vehicles on the lot in hopes that they can install the missing hardware later.
But GM’s latest solution involves prioritizing Michigan’s Flint Assembly, Indiana’s Fort Wayne Assembly, Silao Assembly in Mexico â all of which were previously idled or operating on reduced schedules. Unfortunately, that means giving other North American facilities more downtime and, sadly, plenty of it.Â
It s remarkable that a local area Lansing man will be retiring soon from General Motors after working there for five decades. Talk about putting in your time and then some.
His name is Steve Delaney and he is officially retiring from GM on June 1st, 2021. We certainly hope his family, friends, and co-workers throw Steve a huge retirement party when the time is right.
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Delaney first crawled into an Oldsmobile Toronado in the 1970s, when he worked the line manually installing dashboards in the luxury coupes. A graduate of Waverly High school, he studied business for a year at Central Michigan University, but moved home and started at the plant to save up money for school.
General Motors Storing Vehicles in MSU Parking Lot 975now.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 975now.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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EAST LANSING – Idled Chevrolet Traverses and Buick Enclaves waiting for a final component have taken over a parking lot on the south side of Michigan State University s campus.
General Motors, through a subcontractor, leased one of MSU’s parking lots near East Mt. Hope Road and Farm Lane to store partially built vehicles. GM leased the lot for $75,000 for three months, plus extra security costs incurred by the MSU Police Department for increased patrols and security, which are billed directly, MSU spokesman Dan Olsen said.
GM needed more space to store the partially built vehicles to continue production without semiconductors, which are in short supply, GM spokesperson Erin Davis said.