Stephan Keese: ADAS features at risk from helium shortage

About this episode

Stephan Keese discusses the impact of the helium shortage on the automotive industry and its potential shift towards less advanced vehicles.

Stephan Keese, senior partner at Roland Berger North America, joins Automotive News tech and innovation reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how the Iran war is constricting the supply of helium used to manufacture for manufacturing semiconductors. He also says the shortage may push automakers further towards internal combustion engines and hybrids because they contain fewer advanced electronics that require chips.

People in this episode

Host: Molly Boigon

Guest: Stephan Keese

Topics covered

• ADAS
• helium shortage
• semiconductors
• automotive industry
• internal combustion engines
• hybrids

Keywords

• ADAS
• helium
• semiconductors
• automakers
• internal combustion engines
• hybrids
• electronics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roland Berger North America

Places: Iran

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