Stockpile of Unfinished Ford Super Duty Pickup Is Now Visible from Space

[JCSR]

Stockpile of Unfinished Ford Super Duty Pickups Missing Chips Is Now Visible from Space​

https://www.thedrive.com/news/40458...ked-at-kentucky-speedway-due-to-chip-shortage

 

[Rookie]

We were talking about this at work the other day. One thing that was brought up is, what's going to happen with the model change over? There's going to be a big mix of old model and new models at the same time. Ready for big rebates on last year's models?

 

[Alamo]

Now all they need is a tornado and hail storm...

 

[MCgrease08]

Yeah, it's a lot of trucks and the situation is a bit nuts, but that headline is retarded click bait nonsense. They aren't visible from space, they can be seen in satellite photos. You can also see individual vehicles parked in driveways when looking at Google Earth images.

 

[mbkintner]

 

[PGRChaplain]

Ft Wayne is filling up with GM Trucks......

 

[MrSmitty]

The old Colgate plant here in Jeff, has a **** ton of F-250's sitting in the parking lot

 

[kickbacked]

a bunch of fords sitting around not running isnt that shocking.

 

[DadSmith]

Back in the day when vehicles ran on ignition points we didn't have this problem.

 

[BigRed]

Ready for big rebates on last year's models?

Not at all.

I am ready for a body on a full boxed frame sans all the bull**** mandates on monitoring.

4x4
Manual differential
Locking hubs

All sans "electonics" and such conveniences.

 

[thompal]

Back in the day when vehicles ran on ignition points we didn't have this problem.

Back in the day when the US made chips, it didn't happen either.

 

[KittySlayer]

Ft Wayne is filling up with GM Trucks......

They have a buttload at the old Essex plant on Taylor Street.

 

[Lee11b]

They have a buttload at the old Essex plant on Taylor Street.

and they have 1000 buttloads out at the old Casad Military Depot towards New Haven

 

[femurphy77]

One of the comments in the OP provided link stated that GM is going to start adding a $5k "market adjustment" surcharge. THAT should help sales!

 

[KittySlayer]

and they have 1000 buttloads out at the old Casad Military Depot towards New Haven

So these trucks run without the chips but are just missing the magic bells and whistles and safety features?

I assume they drive them onto a train, deliver them to these offsite storage places, and drive them to a parking space.

 

[Leo]

19 Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!” 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles[f] sharpened. 21 The price was two-thirds of a shekel[g] for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel[h] for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.

22 So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them. (1st Samuel 13)

It has never been a good idea to depend on your enemy for what you need. Remember when we could not make stealth fighters because billy clinton gave the french the contracts for the wiring and they used the product for political leverage? Our leaders never learn.

Other than the MIL spec 68000 Motorola, I don't think any microprocessors are production items in US.

 

[JettaKnight]

19 Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!” 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles[f] sharpened. 21 The price was two-thirds of a shekel[g] for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel[h] for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.

22 So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them. (1st Samuel 13)

It has never been a good idea to depend on your enemy for what you need. Remember when we could not make stealth fighters because billy clinton gave the french the contracts for the wiring and they used the product for political leverage? Our leaders never learn.

Other than the MIL spec 68000 Motorola, I don't thing ANY microprocessors a production items in US.

There's still a lot of US fabs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants

 

[Lee11b]

So these trucks run without the chips but are just missing the magic bells and whistles and safety features?

I assume they drive them onto a train, deliver them to these offsite storage places, and drive them to a parking space.

They have a "handful" of chips. They drive the 99.9997 complete Chevy trucks to the lot, park them, pull the chip for the next bunch to be delivered.

 

[Super Bee]

They have a buttload at the old Essex plant on Taylor Street.

They are out in New Haven as well in the old Casad Depot. My cousin who works out there said he believes there is at least 10 thousand parked out there and still rolling in.

 

[Lee11b]

From what I've been told, the chip is used to run the "smog" computer controls. The truck will not drive or run properly without it.