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[DA D]

My husband is a sales manager & everyone is complaning. The parts needed to complete orders are not available. When they get a load of cars in they are gone in a flash! Covid will be haunting all of us for a few more years I'm afraid!

[ccassaday]

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@STYLE wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the "chips" used in the cars come from China!!.   Do we make ankything here aniymore?????

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I thought I heard the other day there are going to be a couple chip factories opening up in the US. Chips are also made in Tawain. Seems there are only a couple places in the world that make them.

[ccassaday]

Here is the story about two new chip factories opening in Arizona.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/03/23/intel-is-spending-20-billion-to-build-two-new-chip-plants-in-ari...

[DA D]

It's not just chips, It is actual car parts. Everything is slow because of all the shutdowns.

[patbz]

@ccassaday :  Almost all the world's semi conductor chips are made in Taiwan, which is occupied by Chinese, who are not Communist Chinese ( Google it; they left mainland China in late 1940s).  Yes, they are building new plants to diversify their supply and one huge plant is being built in Phoenix.  I recently bought  TSMC stock, which is supposed to go up significantly in the next 18 months.

[Tinkerbell3]

Car dealerships can't get cars right now because of the chip issue! You can Google this and read about it. No, dealerships arent going out of business! 

[ccassaday]

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@Tinkerbell3 wrote:

Car dealerships can't get cars right now because of the chip issue! You can Google this and read about it. No, dealerships arent going out of business! 

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It's more then just chips. Ira foam for the seats and other parts like plastic and leather.