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      01-12-2022, 06:00 PM   #17
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If you make millions of cheap cars, paying through the nose for the chips that are available is an issue. if you make a smaller number of premium cars it is less of an issue.....
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Exactly^^^ All the premium brands are doing just fine.
Not true; this assumes every chip is completely homogenous. A chip in a Corrolla is very different from a chip in a 3 series. Different circuitry, capabilities, cost to build.
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If you make millions of cheap cars, paying through the nose for the chips that are available is an issue. if you make a smaller number of premium cars it is less of an issue.....
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Originally Posted by StradaRedlands View Post
Exactly^^^ All the premium brands are doing just fine.
Not true; this assumes every chip is completely homogenous. A chip in a Corrolla is very different from a chip in a 3 series. Different circuitry, capabilities, cost to build.
I never said they used the same chips. All semiconductor capacity is limited.
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