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Chip shortage is more about manufacturers going to "just in time" than anything else. These parts typically arrive in order to fulfill current production demand. There is no stockpile of parts. When production stops on the chip end, you can produce much of the vehicle; however, without the required chips it either loses non-essential functionality and can be shipped or it loses road-going capability and cannot. GM has sent trucks out without seat heaters, blind spot, etc and will have dealers install when chips supply catches up. Ford has chosen to sit on the vehicles and ship them when absolutely complete. I just want a build date for my July 2020 reservation.Covid didn't cause this issue, it just exposed how all our manufacturing jobs no longer exist in this country. Manufacturing has left due to EPA regulations (that other countries don't have to compete with) and a long list of other issues that raise the costs to manufacture on US soil.
When the shareholders demand profits, the CEO's and Board of Directors seek cheap manufacturing which is overseas or south of the border.
With over 53,000 Ford vehicles awaiting chips in some form, wonder how that shareholder value is working out?
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