Nissan guides redesigns through microchip straits

The fresh models — clockwise from top left, the Infiniti QX60, Nissan Pathfinder and Nissan Frontier — are part of Nissan’s product overhaul. (AUTOMOTIVE NEWS ILLUSTRATION)

May 16, 2021 04:00 AM

The industrywide shortage of microchips is adding an extra layer of tension to an automotive ritual that is tense in normal times: factory launches of critical new products.

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