The shortage video was awesome. Thank you !
It really explains how Toyota improved its system and why they are unfazed by this chip shortage.

 

don't know specifically but i read somewhere it was really old model/process chips (like 55nm or something). As the video shows, when car demand plummeted and car makers slashed orders, chip makers moved onto other things (like not ancient chips). Then demand for cars picked right back up, but it was too late for car makers to say "oops, we still want those millions of chips we canceled". As you know, making chips is very complex and time-consuming to setup, so changing directions just can't happen quickly, let alone increasing capacity.

with IoT and a pandemic, the global demand for chips has exploded. Car makers likely aren't even close to the biggest customers, with thermostats, doorbells, 'smart' speakers, phones, tablets, computers, appliances, lighting, toys, and on and on...

 

That's not exactly the full picture. They're being hit just like everyone else.

https://syncedreview.com/2021/05/20/...chip-shortage/
https://www.torquenews.com/6626/buye...ortage-stories