The international semiconductor scarcity is about to assert one other casualty. Starting on Monday, General Motors will quickly halt manufacturing in any respect however 4 of its North American factories on account of chip provide constraints. The halt in manufacturing will have an effect on most of the automaker’s most worthwhile autos, together with the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra.

“During the downtime, we will repair and ship unfinished vehicles from many impacted plants, including Fort Wayne and Silao, to dealers to help meet the strong customer demand for our products,” a spokesperson for GM advised the . “Although the situation remains complex and very fluid, we remain confident in our team’s ability to continue finding creative solutions to minimize the impact on our highest-demand and capacity-constrained vehicles.”

This is the second time GM has needed to quickly shut down manufacturing as a result of international chip scarcity. The firm introduced an analogous . The scarcity has affected practically each automaker. The identical month GM scaled again manufacturing, so did . It has even affected Tesla, which just lately delayed each the and Semi on account of provide constraints. With the shortages anticipated to proceed till , and forthcoming, GM doubtless received’t be the final firm to alter its manufacturing schedule.