I don't get the automotive shortages. Who's buying cars during lockdown??
Vehicles still wear out, get written off in accidents, eaten by rust, etc.
Less so if you're only going out for vital things like buying food, or vital work related stuff.
Problem is the car industry just considered sales during lockdown to be cancelled for good, rather than delayed.
So they cancelled the semiconductor orders, rather than take delivery and bung them in the warehouse.
Meanwhile that semiconductor fab time has gone into making parts for PC, PS5, TV/monitor, or other high demand by consumers/working from home.
Say there is a month long lockdown, the next month gets
double the sales, oops we can't even get the normal monthly supply now, much less 200% of it.
As for why people are still buying new cars, without the need to drive to work and pay for fuel, they have
more money. So some choose to buy a new car.