General Motors Has Found a Clever Way to Deal with the Lack of Chips
22 Sep 2021, 05:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The company says it’ll no longer rely on suppliers to get chips but reach out directly to manufacturers and therefore rethink its entire chain
Good News at Last: U.S. Chipmaker to Double Output as Automakers Hammered by Shortage
16 Sep 2021, 07:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / GlobalFoundries has announced that it expects 2021 to bring twice as many chips as 2020, with the output to further be expanded next year
Captain Obvious to the Rescue: China Warns the Chip Shortage Is “Quite Serious”
14 Sep 2021, 07:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese ministry says the global chip shortage is here to stay, and what’s more, it’s a result of the health crisis that hit the world last year
Toyota Slashes Car Production Target Due to Obvious Reasons
12 Sep 2021, 06:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The company has recently confirmed that it lowered its annual production target by as much as 300,000 cars due to disruptions at several parts factories
Car Chips Could End Up Accounting for 20% of Premium Vehicle Bill of Materials
9 Sep 2021, 07:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Intel says the digitization of everything would lead to carmakers spending more on chips, eventually increasing their share on the BoM
Ford Boss Warns New Cars Will Be More Expensive, And There’s Even More Bad News
7 Sep 2021, 13:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The cost of raw materials is also increasing, eventually making the final price customers have to pay for a new car to also go up
Daimler Expects the Worst in the Global Chip Crisis, Two More Years of Shortage
6 Sep 2021, 04:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Daimler CEO explains that the struggle to get enough chips and return to the normal production levels would continue in 2022 and even in 2023
Horror Forecast Claims Global Chip Shortage Could Last Well Into 2023
30 Aug 2021, 13:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Carmakers continue to struggle with the lack of chips, and while many expected the crisis to come to an end in 2022, new forecast suggests worse scenario
Toyota Drastically Cuts Global Production Estimates for September
20 Aug 2021, 15:09 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Toyota has been forced to cut down production plans by 40 percent next month because of the global chip shortage. That is 400,000 units less than planned.
Chip Shortage Might Turn Into Market Saturation, Analysts Worry
4 Aug 2021, 20:42 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The global chip shortage will become a thing of the past sometime in the near future, but the situation may lead to an oversupply, analysts fear.
GM Drops Another Feature From 2021 and 2022 Pickup Trucks
29 Jun 2021, 07:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has informed dealers that select 2021 and 2022 pickup trucks would be shipped without HD radio because of the lack of chips
TSMC Says Car Chips, iPhone 13 to Be Favored Over Other Products
22 Jun 2021, 12:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chipmaker says its output will mostly go to Apple for the production of iPhones and car manufacturers for the vehicles they build globally
Toyota and Mitsubishi Planning Chip Manufacturing Joint Venture with TSMC
18 Jun 2021, 12:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / TSMC could eventually build a Japanese plant specifically focused on chip manufacturing as part of a joint venture with Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Sony
Subaru Decides to Temporarily Halt Car Production Due to Chip Shortage
18 Jun 2021, 11:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese carmaker is the latest big name in a series of companies forced to suspend their operations due to the lack of semiconductors
Hyundai Turns to Plan B in Attempt to Escape the Global Chip Shortage
17 Jun 2021, 07:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Report reveals the South Korean company is trying to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers in an attempt to streamline the chip distribution process
Hyundai Temporarily Shuts Down U.S. Factory Due to Chip Crisis
14 Jun 2021, 12:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Alabama production plant will temporarily halt operations as Hyundai is struggling with the lack of semiconductors for its cars
Volkswagen Says the Chip Crisis Has Reached the Worst Point
11 Jun 2021, 05:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen board member claims the company is now going through the toughest six weeks due to the lack of chips, with 100,000 cars said to be affected
Worst Moment of the Chip Shortage Happening Right Now, Experts Claim
9 Jun 2021, 06:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The chip inventory could slowly return to normal levels in the second half of the year, analysts believe, as the shortage has reached its worst point
Dealing With the Lack of Chips Deemed as Critical as Securing Food in Japan
7 Jun 2021, 05:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The local government wants to bring chip manufacturing back to Japanese factories in an attempt to prevent the shortage from happening again
Tech Giant Says the Lack of Chips Won’t Be Over Until Q2 2022
6 Jun 2021, 18:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Companies are still struggling with the lack of semiconductors, and tech giant Acer says the whole thing won’t be over until next year