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> There's nothing about electric car propulsion that requires "high end semiconductors". Fundamentally, no, but that doesn't mean that these cars have been des
by est31 5y ago
> There's nothing about electric car propulsion that requires "high end semiconductors".
Fundamentally, no, but that doesn't mean that these cars have been designed with chip availability in mind, so at least one of the components in the cars relies on chips that are not in supply. It's not a fundamental requirement but due to how they are being built. The article is still wrong though, namely because there is nothing special about electric cars. For ICE cars, there are supply chain issues too.
- sremani 5y agoI can put in the source -- but I read somewhere that EVs use twice the number of "chips" compared to conventional cars. edit: - here is a source -- but not the one I read in past. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chip-shortage-threatens-bidens-electric-vehicle-plans-commerce-secretary-says/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEVs%2C%20particularly%20those%20designed%20on,Michigan%20who%20studies%20electric%20vehicles https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chip-shortage-thr....