Posted on 05/26/2021 5:36:06 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Ford will again shut down the Chicago Assembly Plant and lay off thousands of workers because of the worldwide semiconductor shortage that's greatly disrupted automaking.
The automotive factory at 12600 S. Torrence Ave. in Hegewisch will shut down the week of May 31 and then operate on a reduced schedule the week of June 7.
It's one of many Ford auto factories that will be down because of a shortage of the microchips that are commonly used in vehicles, such as in rearview cameras, lane assist and parallel parking assist systems. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker will idle the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Dearborn Truck Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant truck line on the weeks of May 31 and June 7. The Dearborn Truck Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant truck line also will operate on a reduced schedule the week of June 14.
The Hermosillo Assembly Plant will be shut down the weeks of June 21 and June 28, the Louisville Assembly Plant will be idled the weeks of May 31 and June 28, the Oakville Assembly Complex will be shuttered the weeks of May 31 and June 21, and the Ohio Assembly Plant will be restricted to the production of Super Duty Chassis cabs and Medium Duty trucks the weeks of May 31, June 7 and June 14.
"The global semiconductor shortage continues to affect global automakers as well as other industries," said Kelli Felker, global manufacturing and labor communications manager at Ford. "Our teams continue making the most of our available semiconductor allocation and will continue finding unique solutions to provide as many high-quality vehicles as possible to our dealers and customers."
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Meanwhile the same globalist idiots that screwed it all up pretend they have all the answers.
Have you see our Debt to GDP ratio lately?
It is 127.89%.... Historically 98% of counties that reach this point of no return eventually default. Japan did not, but we are not Japan.
So we have 3 possibilities here. Default, inflation or hyperinflation.
Remember the idiots that shut down the country for Covid, even though it has a 99.98% survival if you get it, last year are the reason we at this point.
Shutting down 1/3 of the economy, in a dumb attempt to control a cold virus, interrupted the flow of goods and raw materials.
Most all manufacturers operate on a “just in time” delivery, so that they don’t have to be a warehouse for raw materials.
It’s no wonder they are having supply problems.
Are those union D’rat voters happy now?
Are they enjoying karma?
Idiots voted themselves out of a job.
We might even call them insane. "Insanity is repeating the same action over and over, all the while expecting a different result."
An industry insider I know says not to expect things in car manufacturing to get back to normal until at least mid-2022.
U.S. manufacturers offshored microchip manufacturing decades ago.
Disruptions in the just in time manufacturing leads to shortages and price increases. It also causes a ripple effect over many products.
Thanks, JoeBama!
IIRC, Trump wanted chip mfrgs to come back to the USA.
I agree with you about Biden’s economy, but these are chips from Chy-na that shouldn’t be in your car, anyway. Today’s car is a cell phone running Chinese software for Communists.
Now, the truth is that neither Chy-na, nor Ford want to be selling chips or cars into this crap economy, so this is probably just an excuse for a lay-off.
We ordered a KIA Telluride and now I’m thinking I may cancel. The prices are sky rocketing due to both popularity and shortage. We are in no hurry so I’m thinking......why am I buying a car in the middle of an anomaly like a semi conductor shortage? I don’t think so. Prices are going up weekly on these KIA Tellurides. Probably all other cars too. Let things go back to normal and wait for 2022 model anyways.
Crazy out there.
My 2019 F250
Is Appreciating
EXPONENTIALLY!
.
Thanks.
Thanks, JoeBamaJarOs!
> IIRC, Trump wanted chip mfrgs to come back to the USA. <
I’m just wildly guessing at the numbers here, but let’s say a computer chip made in China costs $1. And that same chip made in the USA costs $5 (higher labor costs, etc.)
So what would motivate a chip manufacturer to set up in the USA, given that his Chinese competitors can easily undercut hm?
As I see it, only tariffs can level the playing field.
Yet the mediaSNAKES are silent... Trump by this time would’ve been crucified raked over coals, and a firing squad you name it by the mediavomits! I despise them.
I'm sure he did. But the chip manufacturers preferred the lower production costs available overseas. What Trump wanted or didn't want wasn't going to change that.
Most semiconductors are based on output from foundries in S Korea(Samsung) and Taiwan (Taiwan Semiconductor).
Most semiconductors are based on output from foundries in S Korea(Samsung) and Taiwan (Taiwan Semiconductor).
Only if we actually *have* US production of the chip in question. Otherwise they just drive up prices in the short to medium term, assuming someone wants to make that chip in the US at all (or even if they can, thanks EPA!)
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