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Q2 check-ins for the auto supply chain — Transmission

What does the rest of the year look like for auto manufacturers?

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As the first half of the year rounds out, many automakers are still dealing with shortages of parts, labor and semiconductors. But how is the overall industry faring?

Sebastian Blanco and Grace Sharkey check in on this episode of Transmission.

They look at recent electric vehicle supply chain news, including GM’s partnership with Controlled Thermal Resources to harvest lithium from ocean water. 


The two also detail Panasonic selling its stake in Tesla for $3.6 billion and how the microchip shortage is affecting the supplier landscape. 

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Kaylee Nix

Kaylee Nix is a meteorologist and reporter for FreightWaves. She joined the company in November of 2020 after spending two years as a broadcast meteorologist for a local television channel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kaylee graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2018 and immediately made the Tennessee Valley her home. Kaylee creates written summaries of FreightWaves live podcasts and cultivates the social media for FreightWaves TV.