KenStevens5150 on YouTube A massive number of Ford Broncos have been spotted parked up outside of Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant. The build-up of SUVs is directly tied to the global semiconductor shortage, Auto News reports. Bronco fanatics may actually recall this parking lot, as it gained a bit of notoriety […]
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Image: Intel Intel has big plans for Ohio, lawmakers want to know what Tesla’s plans are in one of China’s most embattled regions and Renault is ditching the old plan. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for January 21, 2022. 1st Gear: This Will […]
FOX Business’ Grady Trimble speaks with GM CEO Mary Barra on the company’s Investor Day. The semiconductor shortage is having a chilling effect at GM. Heated seats and steering wheels will not be available on several Chevy trucks in 2022. (Chevrolet) The automaker has confirmed that it is removing the […]
Toyota (TM) has been stockpiling chip modules since the 2011 tsunami in Japan, which has allowed it to escape the vast majority of the production problems that rivals such as General Motors and Ford have suffered from the semiconductor shortage. However, the duration of the shortage and COVID-19 shutdowns in […]
Photo credit: VCG – Getty Images A new survey conducted last month by Automotive News about the global chip shortage finds that almost everyone in the auto industry thinks it’s a big problem. Today, according to the survey, 53 percent of respondents said they source their chips from outside the […]
A fire at one of Renesas Electronics Corp.’s semiconductor facilities will probably have a big impact on the supply of chips for the automobile industry, Chief Executive Officer Hidetoshi Shibata said during an online news conference Sunday. One of the biggest suppliers of automotive chips, Renesas had to halt production […]
(Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc shares fell 7.6% in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the company said that semiconductor supply constraints that have roiled the industry were hampering its sales growth. FILE PHOTO: A sign on the Qualcomm campus is seen in San Diego, California, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File […]