The prolonged shortage of automotive chips has compelled automakers to strategize for their survival, while major and emerging suppliers are facing different challenges.
Automotive MCU prices are expected to rise by another 15-20% in the second quarter of 2022 due to supply-side constraints, according to sources at related IC distributors.
The high reactivity and flammable nature of lithium batteries have caused problems for electric vehicle (EV) makers over the years. Although players in the automotive supply chain...
Taiwan-based display driver IC specialist Himax Technologies is firmly the world's top vendor of automotive DDIs with a global market share of 40% after seeing shipments of such chips...
Vietnam is following the vehicle electrification trend alongside the global automotive industry. Even though Vietnamese manufacturers are only starting to make electric vehicles (EV),...
Korean carmakers like Hyundai and Kia may do better than their Japanese counterparts in India because of their aggressive focus on EV technology, according to Puneet Gupta, Director...
China's IC design industry has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and has gained a significant position in some segments such as CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips. Its leading CIS...
A chip shortage arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has slammed global carmakers, forcing them to seek solutions at the same time. As a result, some companies have considered or started...
Ten years ago, Apple revolutionized the global mobile phone sector with its iphones. The same scenario could be seen in the electric vehicle (EV) industry now. Legacy Europe and US-based...
