A crisis for automotive semiconductors occurred in 2020–21 as COVID-19 spread. Increased demand for semiconductor chips in home appliances and IT products due to factors such as remote work coincided with automakers' failure to forecast demand. Although automobile demand recovered rapidly, the inability to secure automotive semiconductor chips led to a global
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A crisis for automotive semiconductors occurred in 2020–21 as COVID-19 spread. Increased demand for semiconductor chips in home appliances and IT products due to factors such as remote work coincided with automakers' failure to forecast demand. Although automobile demand recovered rapidly, the inability to secure automotive semiconductor chips led to a global