GM ups effort to safeguard parts supplied for its full-size pickup, SUV plants
DETROIT — General Motors has its eye south of the border as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, restricting the output of parts from some of its suppliers in Mexico.That, in turn, could further impact GM's vehicle production at its U.S. factories.GM has had to either cancel some overtime shifts or run partial shifts at its important Arlington Assembly factory in Texas where it makes hot-selling, highly profitable full-size SUVs, GM spokesman David Barnas said Tuesday. It's had to cancel some Corvette production recently at Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky, too, because of parts supply disrupti...