(English) IDTechEx Assesses Five Significant Electric Vehicle Opportunities in 2021

BOSTON, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The COVID-19 pandemic has caused 2020 to become the pivotal year as the automotive industry goes through a once in a hundred-year transformation. Overall, we expect global car sales in 2020 to crash by roughly 20%, yet plug-in electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) to grow by north of 21%, showing the remarkable resiliency of electric vehicles against the backdrop of economic downturn. This growth is primarily driven by <span…