Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
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Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#2They used to be big back in the day when hot hatches ruled and we had Golf vs Astra (Vauxhall for the UK) but then we got crossovers and mini-SUV and GM had their own problems to invest in the brand.
Nowadays they make rebadged Peugeot/Citroen cars.
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#3They used to be big back in the day when hot hatches ruled and we had Golf vs Astra (Vauxhall for the UK) but then we got crossovers and mini-SUV and GM had their own problems to invest in the brand. Nowadays they make rebadged Peugeot/Citroen cars.
Are you suggesting the plant closure is due more to waning popularity of their cars rather than availability of parts?
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#4@kliment summarized the why pretty well:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26931498
Curious if this is true for all manufacturers.
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#5They used to be big back in the day when hot hatches ruled and we had Golf vs Astra (Vauxhall for the UK) but then we got crossovers and mini-SUV and GM had their own problems to invest in the brand. Nowadays they make rebadged Peugeot/Citroen cars.
Opel Manta .. they made even movies about two movies about it :-)
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#6Any carmaker whose cars can't sell will be happy to get their suppliers to not supply them with chips.
Let's see how the main EV manufacturers will procure their chips in the coming months.
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#7Man - the magnitude / impact of these chips shortages on autos in particular is crazy.
Regardless of Opel popularity, in the US the F-150 was a best selling vehicle and massive cash cow and they had unfinished vehicles sitting out. These chips have GOT to be a relatively low margin / somewhat lower cost item (ie, feature size can be large). What a miss not to have more coverage for them.
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#8They used to be big back in the day when hot hatches ruled and we had Golf vs Astra (Vauxhall for the UK) but then we got crossovers and mini-SUV and GM had their own problems to invest in the brand. Nowadays they make rebadged Peugeot/Citroen cars.
Are you suggesting the plant closure is due more to waning popularity of their cars rather than availability of parts?
Unpopularity probably affects their negotiating abilities.
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#9They used to be big back in the day when hot hatches ruled and we had Golf vs Astra (Vauxhall for the UK) but then we got crossovers and mini-SUV and GM had their own problems to invest in the brand. Nowadays they make rebadged Peugeot/Citroen cars.
Heh. I was thinking the same thing: “yeah, so what if they do?”
Horrible shame, that lack of Opels.
Re: Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
#10Man - the magnitude / impact of these chips shortages on autos in particular is crazy. Regardless of Opel popularity, in the US the F-150 was a best selling vehicle and massive cash cow and they had unfinished vehicles sitting out. These chips have GOT to be a relatively low margin / somewhat lower cost item (ie, feature size can be large). What a miss not to have more coverage for them.
200mm tapeouts have briefly became more profitable than leading edge ones on the wave of panic buying.
On my side, I lost a lot of firmware devs to poaching by companies migrating between microchip brands, and ready to pay just anything, to the point of me myself being tempted.