Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota and Stellantis all canceled shifts or reduced capacity at plants.
restrictions, is blocking the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan.
"This interruption on the Detroit/Windsor bridge hurts customers, auto workers, suppliers, communities and companies on both sides of the border that are already two years into parts shortages resulting from the global semiconductor issue, COVID and more," said a Thursday statement from Ford, which confirmed it was running two plants at reduced capacity afterat its Windsor engine plant Wednesday.
Toyota reported disruptions Wednesday at several of its North American plants, including Canada and Kentucky, and expected disruptions to continue through the weekend.
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