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Electrification has increased demand for microchips. The Skoda Enyaq electric crossover, shown, has around 90 control units with some 8,000 electronic components.
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BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group has begun purchasing strategically important chips it believes will be in short supply globally directly from 10 manufacturers including NXP Semiconductors, Infineon Technologies and Renesas Electronics..

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