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chip shortages

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Cars today use many tiny computer chips to control everything from the engine to the infotainment system. When there aren’t enough of these chips, car makers can’t finish cars on time and prices can go up.

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A shortage of semiconductor chips that are critical components in modern vehicles, leading to production delays and higher costs.

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"What's happening is because of COVID, because of chip shortages, because of tariffs, the product cycles for development have gotten longer, not shorter."

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"So the prices that got jacked up during chip shortages and other things, people kind of got used to them and shoppers are still paying them."

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"...after halting operations at several plants due to chip shortages tied to the..."

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