Does this mean cheap car prices are just around the corner?
I mean, we saw several news stories about acre upon acre of otherwise finished cars just waiting for chips when there was a new car shortage and prices were high.
So now we got chips. So all those new cars should hit the market at once.
They’ll be giving F150s away... (LOL).
How are the control idiots going to use the shut off switch on our new vehicles?
No. The glut involves current generation chips. Auto makers use an older generation of chips that is still in short supply because no one wants to expand factory capacity for what are essentially obsolete chips. Current generation chips will take a while to be tested to see if they can handle the rigors that car chips go through.
They’ll be giving F150s away... (LOL).
Once the dealers admit the party is over, the manufacturers will be pushing out 15k-20k off MSRP incentives. A 40k truck at 6% is entirly diffrent to me than a 60k. Profits and losses for the automakers will average out 2018-2024 to a near profitless business like 2012-2018.
If the SUV/Truck companies get their act together, standarize on a common electric core in drive and batery control of near ISO standard parts they can offer a ton of models and make money from value add again. There is no reason for 12 versions of motor controllers. I would love to order a 3d printed 2037chevy on electric frame 23 with the sporty roll hoop option B and spend money on what affects me most, seats, chrome, wheels and tires while on autodrive.
And for sake of the consumers budget, make the infotainment dock a standard connector again. I just want a 14 inch tablet with bluetooth on a standard stalk instead of a 10k must have option. The number of issues with 5 year old google/carplay on factory setups is insane. One could just have physical buttons and the car be car again for 300 bucks.