Tennessee Nissan plant to close for 2 weeks due to chip shortage

A huge Nissan factory in Smyrna, Tennessee, that employs 6,700 workers will close for two weeks starting Monday due to computer chip shortages brought on by a coronavirus outbreak in Malaysia, the automaker said Tuesday.

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 to hit late last year. Nissan said Tuesday that it ran short of chips due to a COVID-19 outbreak at a chip factory in Malaysia. It expects production to resume Aug. 30.