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Ford Motor Co. F, +1.79% is curbing production of its F-150 pickup truck—the company’s biggest moneymaker—due to a shortage of semiconductors, as the global supply constraints for computer chips permeates deeper into the car business.
Ford said Thursday it will cut F-150 production at a Detroit-area factory next week to just one eight-hour shift, from three shifts. Its other F-150 plant, in Kansas City, will run two of its three shifts next week, with both factories returning to their normal round-the-clock schedules on Feb. 15.
The cuts mark a significant escalation in the chip-shortage problem that has disrupted the auto industry globally in recent weeks.
The F-150 is the nation’s top-selling vehicle and Ford’s profit engine, fueling most of its global income.
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