Re:Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis
by sremani on Sunday February 27, 2022 @03:04PM
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I can put in the source -- but I read somewhere that EVs use twice the number of "chips" compared to conventional cars.
edit: - here is a source -- but not the one I read in past. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chip-shortage-thr....
Fundamentally, no, but that doesn't mean that these cars have been designed with chip availability in mind, so at least one of the components in the cars relies on chips that are not in supply. It's not a fundamental requirement but due to how they are being built. The article is still wrong though, namely because there is nothing special about electric cars. For ICE cars, there are supply chain issues too.