General Motors assembly plants in North America have been hit harder by the microchip shortage this year than any others, according to the latest estimate by AutoForecast Solutions. The GM factories represent the top 11 spots on AutoForecast Solutions’ list of the plants most impacted by the semiconductor shortage so far this year. The industry
Automakers are vowing to reduce the industry’s massive carbon footprint. But their success in doing so will come down in large part to whether their suppliers cut down on theirs. Tier 1 suppliers “are an OEM’s gateway toward the entire supply base,” said Michael Karrer, senior vice president of sustainability at ZF Group. “Our [automaker]
Under pressure from their customers to decarbonize, automotive suppliers are rethinking how they design, build and dispose of their products and are making changes to their operations so that they can become more sustainable. The changes range from relatively small tweaks, such as installing more eco-friendly lighting in offices, to completely altering the types of
According to a 2021 report by the World Economic Forum, the automotive supply chain is one of eight supply chains accounting for more than half of the world’s emissions, alongside the food, construction, electronics and freight sectors. Automakers have set environmental targets for their suppliers to hit. General Motors asked its suppliers to sign a
Elevated supplier debt levels and inflationary pressures could soon lead to more bankruptcies and accelerate consolidation in the supply base, according to a recent analysis of supplier financials by Deloitte. Compared with their automaker customers, suppliers have taken the brunt of the financial hit from the production challenges of the past few years. Many parts
The number of vehicles cut from automakers’ production schedules this year because of microchip shortages topped 1 million last week. New losses mounted in Asia and North America, according to the latest estimate by AutoForecast Solutions. The forecasting firm, which has monitored the impact of the global semiconductor shortage since it began more than two
New tailpipe emission regulations proposed by the EPA could serve to speed up electric vehicle adoption in the U.S., with the agency expecting EVs to make up 67 percent of all new light-duty vehicle sales by 2032 under the rules. But to meet those targets, automakers will need their suppliers to quickly ramp up their
Automakers cut about 110,300 vehicles from their production schedules because of the microchip shortage last week as losses in China mounted, according to the latest estimate by AutoForecast Solutions. While new schedule cutbacks occurred in every region of the world, nearly three-quarters of them came out of Chinese factory plans, which logged 83,000 lost vehicles
New UAW President Shawn Fain has vowed a more aggressive approach to labor negotiations with the Detroit 3 later in the year, raising the prospects of a work stoppage if talks reach an impasse. For many parts companies, that’s likely to bring up painful memories of how hard the union’s 40-day strike against General Motors
However promising they are, lidar systems have many critics in the auto industry who question the powerful remote sensing technology’s high cost and complexity compared to cameras and radar. But a new game-changer is the development of solid-state lidar systems that can be produced profitably at scale and ditch the spinning mirrors and motors of
