EU “eyes car chips as next battleground with China”

Europe is widening its focus from high-tech to low-tech microchips as it fears a fresh challenge from Chinese subsidized firms to supply the electric vehicle boom. The European Commission will start to question microchip suppliers and customers about legacy chips and whether there is a dependency on China supplies, it told POLITICO in a statement, with […]

Connected vehicles could be “major victim” of chip shortage

The global shortage of semiconductors is causing vehicle industry executives to repeat their warning that they expect the supply crisis to drag on for months to come, leading to fears that innovation in connected cars will be one of the major victims. Pymnts.com reports that General Motors has announced it will have to pause work […]

Intel’s CEO in chip shortage warning

The Chief Executive of Intel is predicting the shortage of semiconductors that’s hurting a range of industries including automotive will continue to get worse through the second half of the year before starting to improve. TTNews.com reports that Pat Gelsinger said in an interview, “I don’t expect the chip industry is back to a healthy […]