# One tiny chip is choking up America’s largest automotive factories

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/one-tiny-chip-is-choking-up-americas-largest-automotive-factories/
- Published: 2021-09-14T09:45:37-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: picture alliance/Getty Images. Article by Jena Brooker. Grist – September 10, 2021. They may be smaller than the size of a matchbox, but a global shortage of semiconductor chips — the electric circuits that are essential for vehicle manufacturing — has brought the automotive industry in the United States to a halt. Last week, General Motors announced it […] Click here to view original web page at grist.org