COVID-19 and electric vehicle sales

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COVID-19, is creating different business environments. So will electric vehicle sales prosper or struggle?

The current reduction of vehicles on the road has produced some incredibly good local environmental conditions. This may enhance the push for electric cars. When we get back to normal that it may not help the sales of EVs in the short term, especially with the price of petrol going down.

Automotive Market Analyst Group Matthias Schmidt revised its forecast for EVs in Western Europe for 2020 from 650000 to 625,000 vehicles, which would still be a significant increase over 2019.

The situation is made harder for manufacturers because the EU has targets for the percentage of cars sold that produce zero local pollution and the EU can find companies that don’t reach their own targets.

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David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry. A qualified Civil Engineer he specialised in traffic engineering and transport planning. What followed were various positions including being seconded to a government think-tank for the planning of transport firstly in Sydney and then for the whole of NSW. After working with the NRMA and as a consultant he moved to being an independent writer and commentator on the broader areas of transport and the more specific areas of the cars we drive. His half hour motoring program “Overdrive” has been described as an “informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas”. It is heard on 22 stations across Australia. He does weekly interviews with several ABC radio stations and is also heard on commercial radio in Sydney. David has written for metropolitan and regional newspapers and has presented regular segments on metropolitan and regional television stations. David is also a contributor for AnyAuto