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From todays business news: (Source unnamed to keep politics and crabbing about the source to a minimum): Begin copied portion of article:
Updated March 22, 2021 3:49 p.m. EDT
"The computer chip shortage is starting to hit automakers where it really hurts, delaying deliveries of full-size pickups and SUVs.
Since the chip shortage started, automakers committed to using the chips they have on hand to keep building their most popular vehicles. But now, Ford and Stellantis are having trouble delivering completed pickups to their dealers.
"They have tried very hard to allocate the chips they get to high-demand and high-profit margin vehicles," said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst at AutoTrader. "But clearly that's being the challenged right now."
Ford announced it has started building the nation's best-selling vehicle, the F-150 pickup, without some of the chips it needs. It will park those unfinished trucks while they await the arrival of the missing chips, rather than shipping them to dealerships.
The company has also temporarily shut down one of three shifts at the Kentucky Truck plant where the full-size Expedition and Navigator SUVs are built, as well as the Super Duty pickups.
Stellantis, the automaker formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Group, is doing the same with the Ram 1500 Classic pickup, a base version of that truck.
The good news for Stellantis is Ram pickup sales may not get dinged, or at least not right away. Krebs said Stellantis has an excess supply of the Ram 1500 Classic — about 143 days' worth. That compares to an average of a 59-day supply for full-size pickups across the industry."
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Computer chip shortage starting to hit automakers where it hurts
Posted March 22, 2021 2:59 p.m. EDTUpdated March 22, 2021 3:49 p.m. EDT
"The computer chip shortage is starting to hit automakers where it really hurts, delaying deliveries of full-size pickups and SUVs.
Since the chip shortage started, automakers committed to using the chips they have on hand to keep building their most popular vehicles. But now, Ford and Stellantis are having trouble delivering completed pickups to their dealers.
"They have tried very hard to allocate the chips they get to high-demand and high-profit margin vehicles," said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst at AutoTrader. "But clearly that's being the challenged right now."
Ford announced it has started building the nation's best-selling vehicle, the F-150 pickup, without some of the chips it needs. It will park those unfinished trucks while they await the arrival of the missing chips, rather than shipping them to dealerships.
The company has also temporarily shut down one of three shifts at the Kentucky Truck plant where the full-size Expedition and Navigator SUVs are built, as well as the Super Duty pickups.
Stellantis, the automaker formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Group, is doing the same with the Ram 1500 Classic pickup, a base version of that truck.
The good news for Stellantis is Ram pickup sales may not get dinged, or at least not right away. Krebs said Stellantis has an excess supply of the Ram 1500 Classic — about 143 days' worth. That compares to an average of a 59-day supply for full-size pickups across the industry."
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