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Car manufacturers in race to bag chips

Car manufacturers in race to bag chips

Semiconductors in very short supply

In this file photo, workers inspect cars at a manufacturing plant in Prachin Buri. A shortage of semiconductors has implications for many industries, such as automotive and electronics manufacturing. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)

Domestic car manufacturers are racing to increase purchase orders for semiconductors to avoid cutting their production capacity as a result of a global shortage of chips for cars.

Representing the control centre of modern cars and electrical appliances, these semiconductors are now in short supply, intensifying the competition to obtain them.

The global chip shortage results from a combination of factors ranging from increasing demand for electronic…

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