Washington D.C. — Amid a whirlwind of various calamities, Honda Motor Co. announced on Tuesday that most of it’s North American auto plants will be shutting down for the week, in response to a number of supply chain obstacles.
According to the automaker, “the impact from COVID-19, congestion at various ports, the microchip shortage and severe winter weather over the past several weeks” will result in a number of production cuts over the coming weeks.
“In some way, all of our auto plants in the U.S. and Canada will be impacted,” Honda said in a statement.
Honda did not use specific numbers in outlining their production shortcomings, but did say that the situation is subject to change at any time.
The company added when production is suspended Honda workers “will continue to have the opportunity to work at the impacted plants.” Honda workers were notified of the production cuts Monday.
Current projections put Honda’s weekly output at 30,000 vehicles and that it will likely be the Ontario, Ohio, Alabama and Indiana plants affected by the cuts. Mexico is expected to remain unaffected, however.
