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June 03, 2021 09:06 AM

GM raises financial outlook as chip supply improves, and new truck output nears in Ontario

GM will finish and ship 30,000 midsize pickups by early July and increase production of heavy-duty pickups by about 1,000 units a month starting in mid-July.

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    GM's Fairfax plant, which has been down since Feb. 8, builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Cadillac XT4.

    DETROIT— General Motors on Thursday said its second-quarter financial results will be "significantly better" than executives previously projected, citing improved supplies of semiconductors and additional workarounds it has found to deal with the shortage.

    GM said it plans to complete, test and ship 30,000 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups that had been awaiting microchips by early July. It also said "production line efficiencies" at its heavy-duty pickup plant in Flint, Mich., would allow shipments to increase by about 1,000 a month starting in mid-July.

    At other plants, smaller volumes of partially built vehicles will be finished and shipped to dealerships in June and July, GM said.

    "The global semiconductor shortage remains complex and very fluid, but the speed, agility and commitment of our team, including our dealers, has helped us find creative ways to satisfy customers," Phil Kienle, GM vice president North America manufacturing and labor relations, said in a statement. "Customer demand continues to be very strong, and GM's engineering, supply chain and manufacturing teams have done a remarkable job maximizing production of high-demand and capacity-constrained vehicles."

    When it reported first-quarter earnings last month, GM said it expected to finish the first half of 2021 with about $5.5 billion (all figures in USD) in adjusted earnings before interest and taxes, including $4.4 billion earned on that basis in the first quarter.

    The automaker said it now expects to easily exceed that target because of its ongoing efforts to prioritize chip usage, pull ahead some chip deliveries that had not been expected until the third quarter and engineer solutions to use its chip supplies more efficiently.

    The chip shortage will continue to affect production at plants in North America, Asia and South America through June and July, GM said.

    It said full-size pickup production that's scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter at Oshawa Assembly in Canada will help improve supplies of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra in 2022.

    As of May 28, GM had lost 272,292 vehicles from its North American production schedule because of the chip shortage, according to AutoForecast Solutions.

    The automaker has maintained production at plants that build its popular and profitable full-size SUVs and pickups, opting to cut production at plants that build sedans and crossovers instead.

    GM hinted at the start of a recovery last week when it outlined restart plans for nearly all of its assembly plants.

    GM last week said only one plant — Fairfax Assembly in Kansas — would remain down because of the chip shortage beyond July 5. Fairfax, which has been down since Feb. 8, builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Cadillac XT4. CAMI Assembly in Ontario, which builds the Chevy Equinox and also shut down Feb. 8, is scheduled to reopen June 14 but pause for a previously scheduled two-week summer break in July. Its midsize pickup plant in Wentzville, Mo., went offline last week until mid-July for a model-year changeover.

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