'Bleak': Global EV sales to drop 43 per cent in 2020, forecast suggests

Michael Holder
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Coronavirus shutdown across key EV markets such as China, US and Europe will lead to major sales slowdown, Wood Mackenzie forecasts

The global economic downturn spurred by the coronavirus outbreak is set to hit the burgeoning electric vehicle market heavily in 2020, with latest forecasts pointing to plummeting sales in the wake of...

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