The latest Global Light Vehicle selling rate in November is stuck close to the 2020 pandemic year total of 78munits, according to LMC Automotive. In fact, it appears to AutoInformed that the US is trending back to the Republican Great Recession levels of 12 million units. Semiconductors are at the heart of the supply crisis, according to the conventional wisdom. However, the disruptions in supply chains are much deeper, with the pandemic returning in force with no end in sight.