There are many reasons why General Motor’s line of trucks and SUVs are some of the most popular on the market. For starters, they have all the bells and whistles that a luxury vehicle should have in today’s technologically advanced world. They’re also fuel-efficient which in Biden’s America is a godsend.
But a semiconductor shortage has forced the company to take away some of those key features on their pickup trucks and full-size SUVs.
General Motors has been prioritizing production of its popular and profitable full-size pickups and SUVs as it works to manage supplies of the key components.
The automaker has already made the unusual move of eliminate two fuel-saving features from some of the vehicles – engine start/stop and cylinder deactivation – and will now remove wireless mobile device charging pads from a few SUV trims, GM Authority first reported.
Affected models include the LT, Z71, Premier, and High Country trims of the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban along with the GMC Yukon’s STL, AT4 and Denali trims. A $75 credit will be applied to each of the vehicles.
Thanks to the conservation efforts, AutoForecast Solutions projects that GM has only lost a couple of thousand units of full-size truck volume so far this year.
General Motors plans to return the missing features for the 2022 model year.
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