So Kansas f150 is shut down and Dearborn is on limited builds with chip shortage?

[vrtical]

Here we go again............

its weekly something is on fire that my or may not affect the Bronco.

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[Monster1926]

the Bronco uses a different chip set than the F150

Where can I find this information?

 

[Bituman]

There is no question that offshoring creates vulnerability in the manufacturing sector. Economic warfare is a very powerful tool and a direct threat to national security.
That aside, I want my bronco.

I got nothing intelligent to add on the chip shortage, but that ‘69 Chevy in your avatar is sweet. My father had one and we used it to pull a small travel trailer all over the place. Burned clutches like a SOB. I want my Bronco too.

Bob

 

[R11]

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2021/should-you-trust-media-bias-charts/

Charts like this are really just a simple ad hominem attack; they are dressed up with claims of neutral but complex methodology, but they are generally only used as a weapon by people attempting to disprove a specific factual claim by attacking the source, not engaging on the claim.

Sadly this leads to no discourse on the claim itself.

We would presumably all agree that it would suck for American vehicle production if part of the semi-conductor shortage were due to a “hoarding” practice by another nation state, but we would probably also love it if the U.S. had “hoarded”, so let’s all be for more domestic production!

 

[M&M Beer]

Let's open a chip making company $$$$$

 

[flatlander40]

I feel like the F150 is bread and butter, but the Bronco is a brand new vehicle at the assembly plant. I’m sure they are still tweaking the process and the workers are still getting used to the process. I wouldn’t think Ford would want to open and close MAP during this phase. Of course they may be forced to and I’ve heard on the forum that there is a rumor of closing for two weeks at the end of May.

 

[PREMiERdrum]

Bronco's slower transition from MP2 speed (5/3) to full speed (August) is partly due to the chip shortage. Unless there is a drastic change in expected availability, I don't expect the current ramp up to be impacted.

 

[Rusty Sheckleford]

Epoch Times is a Falun Gong-backed newspaper that uses propaganda tactics and right-wing misinformation to become an anti-China, pro-Trump media empire.
https://www.adfontesmedia.com/epoch-times-bias-and-reliability/

Uh huh.... well here's a non "right-wing" website saying the same thing.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/12/huawei-blames-global-chip-shortage-on-us-sanctions.html

Happy now? Can we debate the issue at hand?

 

[BroncoBuckaroo]

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2021/should-you-trust-media-bias-charts/

Vanessa Otero is the owner of adfonte..a leftwing Obama supporter who uses VOX and NOR as a legitimate news source lol..and said slate leans left but is a legitimate source..ha ha ha..seriously

please use search engines other than Google to do your research..they are completely compromised

 

[JHawk]

This situation would absolutely NOT be this bad if our government wasn't encouraging corporations to ship our jobs overseas. It should be stated for the record that when Trump was President, Ford cancelled a factory they were building in Mexico... and as soon as Biden came to power, announced they were moving production back to Mexico again.


Chinese Companies Stockpile Chips for Autos, Exacerbating Global Chip Shortage

https://www.theepochtimes.com/chine...xacerbating-global-chip-shortage_3774860.html

I completely agree with your analysis of the situation.

 

[FlyingBronco]

It is sad that Ford and other auto makers are in this situation.
I am sure that global demand is high and competitive.
I cannot help but think things may not be as bad if we had more onshore production but that is an entirely different conversation that encompasses a host of products.

I know this doesn't help things at the moment, but we are starting to see chip manufacturing really take hold in the US. Texas, Arizona.

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...maker-tsmc-invest-100b-grow-capacity-76806792

 

[PartyMarty]

I know the Samsung plant in Austin, Tx was shut down from winter storm damage, but they started production back up at the very end of March, so their shortage was at least only temporary.

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