The COVID-19 pandemic is still holding the world in a stranglehold. Large-scale vaccination is in different stages throughout nations globally, and countries that have come far in terms of vaccinating the population are slowly beginning to open up. The commercial vehicle industry sells more vehicles than it can produce for the moment—a sort of rebound effect from when the world was put on hold last spring. At the same time, the automotive industry is experiencing semiconductor shortages, resulting from unfortunate occurrences such as fires in semiconductor factories, but also because semiconductor companies’ order intakes from the automotive industry declined substantially last spring, and the companies turned to other customers.

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自动驾驶汽车立法活动起飞【网联和自动驾驶汽车】

COVID-19 大流行仍在束缚着世界。大规模疫苗接种在全球各国处于不同阶段，在人口接种方面取得进展的国家正在慢慢开始开放。商用车行业销售的车辆多于目前的产能——这是去年春天世界停摆时的一种反弹效应。与此同时，汽车行业正经历半导体短缺，半导体工厂发生火灾等不幸事件，也因为去年春天半导体公司从汽车行业的订单量大幅下降，公司转向其他客户。