Ford to halt production at Kansas for a week as chip shortage continue

Ford Motor said Wednesday it will temporarily halt its Kansas City assembly plant that builds its best-selling F-150 pickup truck as the semiconductor-related part shortage continues.

The one-week shutdown will start on August 23. The automaker said it will also cut a shift on Saturday.

The chip shortage, which has hit automakers worldwide, emerges from a confluence of factors as automakers, which closed plants for two months during the coronavirus pandemic last year, rival against the sprawling consumer electronics industry for chip supplies. A factory fire suffered by Japanese chipmaker Renesas this year is also cited as a reason behind the chip shortage.