The assembly line that produces both the electric vehicle Renault Zoe and the hybrid vehicle Nissan Micra, at Flins-sur-Seine, the largest Renault production site in France, on May 6, 2020. Photo: AFP
Carmakers are stripping out digital bells and whistles as global chips shortages send assemblers back to analogue features
- Nissan is leaving navigation systems out of thousands of vehicles that typically would have them, while Ram no longer offers its 1500 pickups with a standard “intelligent” rear-view mirror that monitors for blind spots
- Renault has stopped offering an oversized digital screen behind the steering wheel on its Arkana SUV
The assembly line that produces both the electric vehicle Renault Zoe and the hybrid vehicle Nissan Micra, at Flins-sur-Seine, the largest Renault production site in France, on May 6, 2020. Photo: AFP
