The COVID-19 pandemic has massively hampered the progress of the global electric vehicle (EV) industry. As a result, the industry fell by nearly 15% in 2020 in comparison to the sales recorded in 2019. Moreover, electric vehicle sales fell to 1.8 million units in 2020 from the 2.1 million units recorded in 2019, and the market recorded a decline of 43% in comparison to the forecast done for 2020 before the pandemic.
This is attributed to the sharp fall in vehicle manufacturing and sales, due to the imposition of lockdowns and restrictions on mobility in several countries. However, the impact of these lockdowns has been less severe on the electric vehicle industry, with the market recording a reduction in its gross value added (GVA) by 14–16% (automobile production) in 2020. China, which is the biggest EV market in the world, recorded a sharp decline in EV sales because of the pandemic.
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In the country, the decline in EV sales was the largest in February, with car sales dropping to 16,000 units, and recording a fall of nearly 60% from the number recorded in February 2019. However, the sales picked up sharply during April and reached nearly 80% of the April 2019 number. Furthermore, the sales of plug-in cars were down by 32% in May 2020 in comparison to the previous year.
It is expected that the Chinese EV industry will see an overall fall of 14% in 2020. The COVID-19 impact on the EV industry in the U.S. has been quite severe. The lockdown measures have been hugely unsuccessful in controlling the spread of the virus, and thus, the demand for electric vehicles fell steeply in 2020.