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Originally Posted by skier219
Welcome to 1995 BMW! They should re-title this press release something like "BMW figures out the importance of semiconductor supply chain strategic planning 2 years after Covid-19 hit, and 25 years after Apple pioneered the practice". Compared to tech companies, I think it's embarrassing how naive the auto industry has been about semiconductors. Idiots!
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Outside of Toyota, all the auto manufacturers cancelled their orders in 2020, anticipating low demand. Well, that didn't happen and fabs told them to go to the end of the line when they demanded they fill those cancelled orders. So, they all shot themselves in the foot.