Nissan’s big Tennessee plant faces 2-week shutdown over chip shortage

DETROIT — Nissan says its huge factory in Smyrna, Tennessee, will close for two weeks starting Monday due to computer chip shortages brought on by a coronavirus outbreak in Malaysia. The shutdown is among the longest at any U.S. auto plant of this size since the semiconductor shortage, which has hobbled auto production worldwide, started […] August 12, 2021 at 07:32AM