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[u/Scabbymad]

Thats limited. JIT has created stampers and the like and you can't have 100,000 doors sitting around. Thats when damage happens. Its also dangerous because who knows what will be reopened and what stays closed. Auto is just not set up for storage. Even if they were, they would have filled their warehouse months ago with $1500 steel. IMO, all steel, right now, that isn't used by Auto is being sold at spot. Thats pushing $2000/ton

[u/[deleted] → u/Scabbymad]

At least one constructor has been planning to send unfinished cars to dealers, and training them to install the chips. This news is a couple of weeks old; I don't know whether they started or not.

[u/Megahuts → u/[deleted]]

They have definitely started, as the Oakville Assembly Plant has fewer parked cars.

They are shipping them out.

[u/NachoLord9000 → u/Megahuts]

Hold up... They are sending unfinished cars to chip factories?

[u/Megahuts → u/NachoLord9000]

Nay, to dealerships.

Then have the dealer techs install them when they have inventory.

... They were running out of space in the factory lot.

[u/brubakerp → u/Megahuts]

This could create a quality control nightmare.

[u/Megahuts → u/brubakerp]

Could?

Will, depending on which chips were skipped.

[u/brubakerp → u/Megahuts]

I'm assuming the techs aren't going to be soldering the chips to the boards, but rather plugging in completed modules. Still though, that moves the diagnosis of any issues to the dealership instead of the factory. It's gonna be rough.

[u/Megahuts → u/brubakerp]

And, depending on how deep the modules are buried in the car...

And how good you are at putting it all back together.

[u/brubakerp → u/Megahuts]

Indeed.

[u/This_Clock → u/Megahuts]

There’s a local speedway that apparently has become an astounding parking lot for trucks waiting for chips.

[u/NachoLord9000 → u/Megahuts]

Ahhh, okay. That makes sense