2021
MISCELLANEOUS
The other successes (and a few failures) that caught our eye
WORDS SAM BURNETT
FAIL OF THE YEAR
COMPUTER CHIP SHORTAGES
What a year – Brexit, the pandemic, a crashed cargo ship, no lorry drivers, bad weather and more have all conspired to cripple the global car industry just when it didn’t need the hassle.
Of course, some of it is misfortune, but the ongoing production problems have highlighted the fragility of the supply chain. And just how unimportant the auto industry is to modern life.