NASCAR Cup Series teams have been worried for months that the new 2022 chassis wouldn’t be ready in large enough numbers for this season. They were right, as an ongoing component shortage will leave teams with just barely enough cars to enter the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 20—but possibly […]
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Here Are the Features Missing From New BMWs Thanks to the Chip Shortage
BMW came into the decade as one of the automakers better-prepared for supply chain problems. Its supply “task force” is reported to have seen the chip problem coming from further out, and is probably behind BMW’s hesitance to use rare minerals in its electric motors. Even so, BMW has not […]
GM Drops Wireless Charging From 2021 Tahoe, Yukon SUVs Over Chip Shortage
The global semiconductor shortage has resulted in yet another tech feature getting yanked from General Motors’ trucks. Folks looking to get into a new GM product that charges their phones wirelessly are out of luck, because wireless charging is getting axed from several of the company’s most popular full-size SUVs. […]