Porsche can't sell most of its cars in the U.S. because of chip source

https://jalopnik.com/porsche-cant-sell-most-of-its-cars-in-the-u-s-right-no-1851235453

by cf100clunk • 2 years ago

15 6 2 years ago

How does customs even know what specific chip is being used in the car? There must be hundreds of chips used in a car - do they get some kind of BOM?

fnordpiglet• 2 years ago

I don’t know anything about this situation or how these imports work, but I know from adjacent work that companies usually self monitor for violations of sanctions because the consequences of sanctions evasion can be extraordinary. It’s often less about having been caught but demonstrating proactive measures. I would further not be surprised in the least if they did have to supply a BOM with country of origin for every car imported not just for sanctions but also tariffs.

SkyPuncher• 2 years ago

I briefly worked for an auto supplier. Everything that went into the components we produced needed a bill of materials for customs. Records were methodical and detailed, including origin, material composition, and a bunch of other things.

If itwas not accurate, fines were extremely large (relative to the component value)

aiisdoomed• 2 years ago

Odd, it appears that germany has no issue manufacturing cars with components sourced from an enemy country. Why does germany have such fascination with all things russian? Is it because after ww2 a lot have been fathered by russian soldiers or a secret desire to mimic russia’s behaviour? Either way kudos to the US for doing what’s right, as usual.

hulitu• 2 years ago

Just like the US has no issues using Russian oil or uranium.

simne• 2 years ago

It is international division of labor. Silly thing, exUSSR become late into semiconductor market, so all sub-micron deals was under Asian manufacturers, but nobody want to work with older tech.

Rumors said, in 2000s, Russians made near all chips for quartz watches (yes, even for Japan).

I think, it is really possible, Covid so hard hit market, that some automotive deals moved to Russians also. They have not too much, but low power 100nm (bought from AMD Dresden) is worth something.

And yes, Russians have licensed internal manufacture of some Atmel AVR chips.

Porsche can't sell most of its cars in the U.S. because of chip source

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