Computer Chip Shortage Causing A Slow Down In The New Car Market

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Here’s a pandemic aftershock that might seem surprising: There is a growing shortage of available new cars.
The issue is computer chips!“Chips are the digital equivalent of screws. Cars need a lot of them, they’re not exactly sexy, but you can’t build a car without them,” says CBS Automotive Correspondent Jeff Gilbert. “When the pandemic shutdown hit the carmakers backed off on their purchases of these chips. So the chip makers sold t