Interesting article....
noticed this para in an article regarding the large numbers of Ford pickup trucks parked outside US factories awaiting supply/fitment of scarce electronic chips...
“While the shortage of computer chips started earlier in the year, Ford was set back again on March 19 when chipmaker Renesas, which manufacturers about two-thirds of all chips in the auto industry, experienced a “significant fire” at its facility in Japan, Farley said on the call.
He said it will take the Japanese company until July to fully ramp up chip production. Nine “tier 1” suppliers who sell parts to Ford plants source their computer chips from Renesas,”
I am aware that the same Japanese company supplies chips to the Suzuki outboard plants in Japan.