Title: The Microchips Are Down for Cars as the Shortage Continues
Headings: The Microchips Are Down for Cars as the Shortage Continues
The Microchips Are Down for Cars as the Shortage Continues
If it has electronics, it’s affected by the global chip shortage—and that means cars, too
Why is there a global microchip shortage, anyway?
It’s going to be here for a while
Toyota’s meticulous plan to survive the chip shortage was a decade in the making https://t.co/FukLPTAjl2

Content: And automakers’ ‘just-in-time’ manufacturing strategies meant they were lower-priority customers with smaller orders than companies like Sony. So, when the car companies needed chips again, they were forced further down the waiting line for an increasingly-small supply, Automotive News explains. A Jiejie Semiconductor employee makes a silicon wafer destined for microchips in Nantong, China | Xu Congjun/VCG via Getty Images
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Elemental chaos also has a part to play in the microchip shortage. The severe cold in Texas, as well as fires and earthquakes in Japan, have further cut down on chip production, Autoblog and Driving.ca report. Making a semiconductor is a highly delicate process that takes place in a tightly controlled environment. So, if the temperature or humidity is outside of a specific range, you can’t make microchips. It’s going to be here for a while
Toyota’s meticulous plan to survive the chip shortage was a decade in the making https://t.co/FukLPTAjl2
— Bloomberg (@business) April 11, 2021
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Admittedly, the chip shortage hasn’t hit every car company equally hard.