Analysis: Carmakers wake up to new pecking order as chip crunch intensifies

Out of curiosity, how many of the $800 of these chips and their software in new cars are maintainable or repairable at the corner garage? I remember having a Volkswagen years ago (the company is mentioned in the article as being affected by this), and my favourite mechanic saying I had to take it to vw because of the computer systems. VW fixed it just fine, but I didn’t like not having a choice

They saw Munro&#x27;s video and shart themselves. Of course they all knew it from public FCC teardowns but Munro really twisted the knife to their investors. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;NOjvYOEaja4?t=88" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;NOjvYOEaja4?t=88</a>

Do non-EVs need more chips, due to the greater complexity and # of moving parts for fossil-fueled engines?

This is curious. It sounds like a huge problem, and ends up by saying that production will go down 5 to 10%. I&#x27;m not saying that&#x27;s trivial, but it doesn&#x27;t sound as awful as the article made it seem up to that point.

For me the most interesting part of the article was seeing how much of the semiconductor industry is still in Europe.