• indicating the shortages that have crippled auto production and held back growth in the electronics industry are getting worse.

Chip lead time is the gap between ordering a semiconductor and taking delivery. That’s what rose in August, from already record-long wait times (Bloomberg citing data from Susquehanna Financial Group since the firm began tracking the data in 2017). 

I posted yesterday on woes at Honda plants:

• Honda says domestic production to be at 40% of capacity in August – September

And its not just this one manufacturer.