Chip fabs are one of the most capital-intensive and brainpower-intensive industries that there are. At the same time it is motivated by tight margins. A short t

Chip fabs are one of the most capital-intensive and brainpower-intensive industries that there are. At the same time it is motivated by tight margins. A short term supply shortage is not going to motivate carmakers to enter this entirely different market. It might happen on a national or supranational level though.