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Bill Ford interviewed on CNN this morning. Bill Ford says chip shortage should begin to elevate 2nd half of 2022. Take from this what you will. My take “should begin” which means to me later delivery.
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Did you mean elevate (as in get worse) or alleviate (as become less severe) ?Bill Ford interviewed on CNN this morning. Bill Ford says chip shortage should begin to elevate 2nd half of 2022. Take from this what you will. My take “should begin” which means to me later delivery.
Also one thing to note is that chips aren't often interchangable. I see people sometimes referring to chips as just a number needed. Most folks get this but some aren't.The chip shortage won't get better any time soon. There's only 2 major chip makers/producers in the world right now that are operating at max capacity, TSMC in Taiwan and Samsung in Korea. Building new manufacturing facilities takes time to get to speed. Tesla got ahead by taking chips that they could get their hands on and rewrite the software (Tesla is a software or tech company). Ford and other auto makers are not ready to do the same as they don't even have a software team capable of doing the same thing as Tesla. If demands keep on coming I highly doubt that we are going to see this issue going any time soon.
P.S: Potato chips are much quicker to produce vs. semi conductor chips. This is why we got plenty of potato chips plants in the U.S.
Until cryptocurrencies crash again and there's another market oversaturation and they close down semiconductor plants again. I really wish they would regulate cryptocurrencies, I honestly feel that they have contributed to a huge part of our current market conditions. Basically money from nothing and crypto mining is putting such a strain on the semi-conductor supply chain.I read yesterday that Texas Instruments and Samsung are building multiple semiconductor plants in the US. Scheduled to be operational by 2025. Doesn't help in the short term, but these shortages should become a thing of the past.
Agreed. Don't want any of it. The less a smartphone is involved in every day life, the better. As far as all the touchscreens and all that crap, as has been mentioned in other posts on here, it's just one more thing with potential for failure. Guess how well my power mirrors, power windows, and tape deck work in the '97 Ranger? Spoiler alert: not well. These gaudy touchscreens will crap out just the same. Except you'll be left with zero functionality, whereas my AM/FM radio still worksFord is also building tech in Tennessee.
All this chip issue is one more reason to offer vehicle without all the dumb touchscreens, driving assists, and add manuals that dont take computers to operate. Just as a base option, for us poor folk.
Operational in 2025 and usually takes 18-24 months (or more) to reach max capacityI read yesterday that Texas Instruments and Samsung are building multiple semiconductor plants in the US. Scheduled to be operational by 2025. Doesn't help in the short term, but these shortages should become a thing of the past.
Agreed. Demands for chips have gone up exponentially since the pandemic in part due to people working from home and requiring upgrade to their computers etc.. Also making things worst is corporations and companies scaling back on their orders for chips at the start of pandemic forcing some scaling back of chips productions. Asia enforced stricter lockdowns and thus impact the re-start of chips productions when demands for them came back last year. All in all, everything went side ways real quick and we are still recovering from this global pandemic, economically speaking.Also one thing to note is that chips aren't often interchangable. I see people sometimes referring to chips as just a number needed. Most folks get this but some aren't.
The challenge is that Ford needs a specific set of chips and has been smart in making them partially interchangeable across their own models but often that is even limited. The chips needed for the 360 system can work in other 360 systems, but can't just be jammed in an airbag or radio.
I also put some blame on people who think they need to be able to change their home thermostat from their phone while at work, and their toaster needs a touchscreen that can look recipes up on the internet. (Saw one like that on Amazon)Until cryptocurrencies crash again and there's another market oversaturation and they close down semiconductor plants again. I really wish they would regulate cryptocurrencies, I honestly feel that they have contributed to a huge part of our current market conditions. Basically money from nothing and crypto mining is putting such a strain on the semi-conductor supply chain.