<article><p class="lead">US automakers Ford Motor and General Motors (GM) will cut production at two sedan plants next week because of parts shortages.</p><p>Ford will cut production at its Flat Rock, Michigan, sedan plant next week as it continues to deal with semiconductor chip shortages. </p><p>GM will cut production at its Lansing Grand River sedan plant in Michigan for next week because of a non-semiconductor parts shortage. </p><p>North American automakers have dealt with semiconductor and other parts shortages for more than a year as a result of global economic and supply disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic. Supply issues cut the production of more than 2mn vehicles in North America in 2021, according to data from research firm AutoForecast Solutions. </p><p>So far this year regional automakers are expected to <a href="https://www.argusmedia.com/metals-platform/newsandanalysis/article/2316327-Chip-shortage-could-further-trim-US-auto-output">lose production of at least 16,000 vehicles</a>, with the production of approximately 300,000 at risk, according to the latest AutoForecast Solutions report.</p><p class="bylines">By Rye Druzin</p></article>
