By David Shepardson
(Reuters) -General Motors has temporarily halted truck and SUV production at two assembly plants in Texas and Michigan because of impacts to its suppliers due to Hurricane Helene, the automaker said Friday.
The Detroit automaker said production at Flint Assembly and Arlington Assembly for all shifts had been canceled on Thursday and Friday due to the hurricane’s impact on suppliers.
“We are working with these suppliers to resume operations as quickly and safely as possible for their employees and communities, as we seek to minimize impacts on our plants,” GM said in a statement.
GM builds the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon
and Cadillac Escalade at its Arlington, Texas plant and the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra at the Flint Assembly plant.
(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru and David Shepardson in Washington; Editing by Leroy Leo and Chizu Nomiyama)
