GM Hit by Chip Shortage, to Cut Production at Four Plants

GM Hit by Chip Shortage, to Cut Production at Four Plants
GM Auto worker Linda Martinez installs a part on a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu being built at GM's Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kans., on May 4, 2015. Dave Kaup/Reuters
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DETROIT—General Motors Co became the latest automaker hit by the global shortage of semiconductor chips as the U.S. automaker said on Feb. 3 it will take down production next week at four assembly plants.

GM said it will cut production entirely during the week of Feb. 8 at plants in Fairfax, Kansas; Ingersoll, Ontario; and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It will also run its Bupyeong 2 plant in South Korea at half capacity that week.