Tag: Chip

December 15, 2021

Carmakers including Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co. should brace for the global semiconductor shortage to last beyond next year and redesign cars so they need fewer of the high-tech components, consultancy Roland Berger said. Severe bottlenecks will persist through […]

October 22, 2021

For the first time in eight months, the global shortage of computer chips won’t force General Motors to keep any North American factories closed. The company said Oct. 22 that starting Nov. 1, all plants that had been closed on […]

August 19, 2021

Toyota Motor Corp.’s efforts to stockpile enough chips and other key components to ride out supply disruptions only protected the company so long before it too succumbed to the shortages eviscerating automakers. The manufacturer will suspend production at 14 plants […]