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Vocabulary

production

here, the number of cars made

grapples with

struggles to deal with

key components

crucial or important parts

wide swathes

here, large parts

devastated

wrecked or ravaged

the supply chains

the systems used to get parts or materials for production

rely on

depend on

exacerbated

made worse

prevalence of

common use or regular occurrence of

prone to

likely to suffer from