Global computer chip shortage affecting some Kansas City car dealers
Dealers say vehicle trade-ins are worth a lot more right now. Share Updated: 9:47 PM CDT May 7, 2021
Dealers say vehicle trade-ins are worth a lot more right now. Share Updated: 9:47 PM CDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS. I HAD TO COME DOWN HERE TO FIND THIS PICKUP WELL IN VANDEVENTOR, USUALLY BUYS HIS TRUCKS AND HIS HOMETOWN OF MARYSVILLE, MISSOURI ONLY RIGHT NOW. HE SAYS FOR SALE IN MARYSVILLE ONE AND THAT WAS A CAR, YOU KNOW CARS ARE IN DEMAND EVEN KANSAS CITY’S CAR VENDING MACHIN NEEDS RESTOCK, BUT THE NEWS MAY NOT BE AS BAD AS IT LOOK ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND PERSONALIZATION IN YOUR VEHICLE ALL MANAGED BY THE CHIPS CARL KRAMER WITH MCCARTHY AUTO GROUP SAYS THE CHIPS ARE THE BRAINS OF THE CAR AND WHILE THERE IS A SHORTAGE MANUFACTURERS ARE FOCUSING. ON PUTTING THE CHIPS THEY HAVE IN THEIR MOST POPULAR VEHICLES, AND THAT’S SOMETHING BUYE
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7:47 pm UTC Dec. 22, 2020
Nurse Connor Ramirez balances a cellphone between her ear and shoulder blade as she maneuvers a patient’s bulky bed through Mary Greeley Medical Center’s back hallways. Four colleagues run alongside, toting medical equipment and the patient s belongings as the sun finally begins to peek out from a cloudy morning fog.
“Elevator G-29,” Ramirez says over the commotion, dispatching a cleaning crew to disinfect the lift just as soon as they hang up.
“We’re transferring a COVID patient to the ICU.”
In Waterloo, nurse Kelly Barnett dons a gown, an N95 mask, a face shield, gloves and goggles to work on the COVID floor at UnityPoint s Allen Hospital. Barnett prayed as she drove in this morning, as she does every day. She pleaded with God to help her patients recover and begged for Iowa to turn the corner on the virus still sweeping our state.