Ford, GM and Toyota Plants Lose Shifts Due to Storm
- Storm-related outages compound loss from chip shortage
- Ford F-150 pickup-truck plant offline for a week, company says
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Several automakers, including General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., were forced to idle production at U.S. plants in the center of the country as a winter weather pattern caused power outages and other disruptions.
GM canceled the first and second shifts Tuesday at its factory in Arlington, Texas, after shutting down Monday due to rolling blackouts and workers having difficulty getting to the facility in the snowstorm.