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 The demand for electric cars has changed rapidly in this day and age. Electric cars has rapidly grown in sales in recent time.  The electric vehicles sale's has been entirely different, In  fact, EV sales grew in 2020 and are expected to grow again this year, even as we saw auto sales decline 15% globally last year. Due to chip shortages and supply chain delays, we' re not going to see quite the V-shaped rebound this year. It might be a more gradual, multiyear recovery.

Battery cars demand around the globe

Global demand

 After a decade of rapid growth, in 2020 the global electric car stock hit the 10 million mark, 43% increase over 2019, and representing a 1% stock share. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for two thirds of the new electric car registrations and two-thirds of the stock in 2020. China, with 4.5 million electric cars, has largest fleet, through in 2020 Europe had the largest annual increase to reach 3.2 million.

 Overall the global market for all types of cars was significantly affected by economic repercussion of the covid-19 pandemic.. The part of 2020 saw new car registrations drop about one-third from the preceding year. This was partially offset by stronger activity in the second-half, resulting in 16% drop overall year-on-year. Notably, with conventional and overall new car registrations falling, global electric car sales share rose 70% to record 4.6% in 2020.

 Numerous factors contributed to increased electric cars are gradually becoming more competitive in some countries the total cost of ownership basis. Several governments provided or extended fiscal incentives that buffered electric car purchases from the downturn in car markets.

Europe demand

 Overall Europe's car market contracted 22% in 2020. Yet, new electric car registrations more than doubled to 1.4 million representing a sales share of 10%. In the large markets, Germany registered 395 000 new electric cars and France registered 185 000. The united kingdom more doubled registrations to reach 176 000. Electric cars in Norway reached a record high sales shares of 75%, up about one-third from 2019. Sales share of electric cars exceeded 50% in Iceland, 30% in Sweden and reached 25% in the Netherlands.

 This surge in electric car registrations in Europe despite the economic slump reflect two policy measures. First 2020 was the target year for the European Unions CO2 emissions standards that limit the average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per kilometre driven for new cars. Second, Many European governments  increased subsidy schemes for EVs as part of stimulus packages to counter the effects of the pandemic.

 In European countries, BEV registrations accounted for 54% of electric car registrations in 2020, continuing to exceed those of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). However, BEV registration level doubled from the previous year while the PHEV level thripled. The share of BEVs was particularly high in the Netherlands (82% of all electric registrations), Norway (73%), United Kingdom (62%) and France (60%). 

China demand

 The overall car market in china was impacted by the pandemic less than other regions. Total new car registrations were down about 9$.  Registration of new electric cars lower than the overall car market in the first-half of 2020. This trend reversed in the second-half as china constrained the pandemic. The result was a sales share of 5.7%, up from 4.8% in 2019. BEVs were about 80% of new electric cars registered.

 Key policy actions muted the incentives for the electric in china. Purchase subsides were initially due to expire at the end of 2020, but following signals that they would be phased out more gradually prior to the pandemic, by April 2020 and in the midst of the pandemic, They were instead cut by 10% and extended through 2020. Reflecting economic concerns related to the pandemic, several cities relaxed car licence policies, allowing for more internal combustion engines vehicles to be registered to support local car industries.

 

United states demand

 The US car market declined 23% in 2020, though electric car registrations fell less than the overall market. In 2020, 2950 000 new electric cars were registered, of which about 78% were BEVs, down from 327 000 in 2019. Their sales share nudged up to 2%. Federal incentives decreased in 2020 due to the federal tax credits for Tesla and General Motors, Which account for the majority of electric car registrations, reaching their limit.

Other countries demand

 Electric car markets in other countries were resilient in 2020. For example, in canada the new car market shrunk 21% While new electric car registrations were broadly unchanged from the previous year at 51 000.

 New Zealand is a notable exception. in spite of its strong pandemic response, it saw a decline of 22% in new electric car registrations in 2020, in line with a car market decline of 21%. The decline seems to be largely related to exceptionally low EV registrations in April 2020 when New Zealand was in lockdown.

 Another exception is Japan, where the overall new car market contracted 11% from the 2019 level while electric car registrations declined 25% in 2020. The electric car market in Japan has fallen in absolute and relative terms every year since 2017, when it peaked at 54 000 registrations and a 1% sales share. In 2020, there were 29 000 registrations and a 0.6% sales share.

source:iea.org

Ending note

 The momentum behind electric vehicles (EVs) had started to undermine confidence in this assumption even before Covid-19 hit. Then the 2020 shutdown of large portions of the global economy led to the first major drop in crude demand since the aftermath of the 1979-80 oil crisis, and to sudden realization that EVs and other shifts away from fossil fuels were advancing the date when oil demand would top out forever. The demand for EVs is certainly going to keep surging and hit new records every year in different parts or the world, only if automakers are able to meet the demands.