Automotive

What Will Replace Silicon Chips in the Next Generation of EVs?

September 30, 2021

As automakers scramble to make electric vehicles with longer ranges and speedier charging times, the chip industry has a message for them: You’re doing it wrong.

Six Ways the Auto Industry Uses IoT Technology

September 28, 2021

Chris Parr, SCB Contributor

IoT technology offers many applications to the automotive sector.

Ford, SK Building $11.4 Billion Electric Truck, Battery Plants

September 27, 2021

Bloomberg

Ford Motor Co. and South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. plan to spend $11.4 billion to construct three battery factories and an assembly plant for electric F-Series pickup trucks in Tennessee and Kentucky, the biggest investment in the U.S. automaker’s history.

Assessing the Impact of Global Supply Chain Shocks

September 27, 2021

Chan Kung & He Jun, SCB Contributors

The vulnerability of complex global supply chains, built over decades of globalization, has been exposed by COVID-19 and geopolitical shocks.

White House Weighs Invoking Defense Law to Get Chip Data

September 23, 2021

Bloomberg

The Biden administration is considering invoking a Cold War-era national security law to force companies in the semiconductor supply chain to provide information on inventory and sales of chips.

Deserted Factories Show How China Electric Car Boom Went Too Far

September 23, 2021

Bloomberg

While home-grown stars like Nio Inc. and Xpeng Inc. have gone on to raise billions of dollars and are now selling cars in numbers that rival Tesla, scores more have fallen by the wayside, unable to raise the crazy amounts of capital needed to make automobiles at scale.

FedEx Partners With Self-Driving Car Startup Aurora in Texas

September 22, 2021

Bloomberg

Aurora Innovation Inc. will help move cargo for FedEx Corp. in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. truck.

GM Plans ‘Substantial Shifts’ in Supply Chain as Chip Woes Last

September 18, 2021

Bloomberg

General Motors is planning to revamp its supply chain as the pandemic-triggered chip shortage and rising demand for chip-intensive vehicles have demonstrated the need for an overhaul.

Obscure Firm’s 1,219% Rise Shows Profit, Pain of Chip Crunch

September 16, 2021

Bloomberg

The semiconductor squeeze is turning low-profile companies like Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. into star players.

Walmart Teams With Ford, Argo to Launch Driverless Delivery Service

September 16, 2021

Bloomberg

Walmart is teaming up with Ford and self-driving startup Argo AI to launch a driverless delivery service in three U.S. cities.

Automotive

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the automotive industry — which consists of companies that produce automobiles, utility vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and heavy trucks. Learn how automotive companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.