In fact, only the demand for new cars determines how quickly the European automotive industry will cope with the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic resulted in a reduction in the number of cars produced by approximately 2 million units. The automotive industry is a very important branch of the European economy. Approximately 12 million people work here, and the number of registered new cars has increased brand br saw a huge decline. And how? what the situation looks like In Norway?
The situation in Norway
According to the information about car sales in Norway, there has been a decrease in sales of new cars since the beginning of the year, a decrease of about 20 percent compared to the same period last year. However, the number of used cars that found a new owner has increased, and this is an increase of about 7 percent.
So sale new passenger cars at the end of August this year totaled 79 cars in Norway, and 798 second-hand cars have changed hands.
The market situation is interesting electric cars. If we look at the sales of these cars it well over half of all new cars sold in Norway are electric. You can see that the trend towards buying cars is on electricity is not decreasing, but buyers' tastes regarding brands and models are changing. Until recently, only a few electric models dominated Norwegian roads, but now every manufacturer wants to have at least one fully electric car model. electric in its portfolio and therefore a list of electric cars electric devices offered on the market is constantly growing. You can buy small cars, compact cars and, for those with a "thicker" wallet, luxury cars.
The automotive industry and the coronavirus pandemic what choice do we have ?.
Thanks to this situation, customers have a choice of cars to choose from more and more modern and, what is important, at least for the majority, larger range. Today on the list of the most popular electric cars sold In Norway in greatest quantity this year is. Audi e-tron, Volkswagen e-Golf or Hyundai Kona. These are the top three, followed by: Nissan Leaf, Mercedes-Benz EQC, Tesla Model 3, Renault Zoe.
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However, there are novelties and "shopping tastes" change and new electric stars are gaining popularity, today this is. Polestar 2 or MG ZS EV, which we can already admire on Norwegian roads.
According to the data, although in Mark and April there was quite a significant drop in new car sales. The whole industry in Norway is doing quite well at the moment.