Wall Street Journal: How EVs Trucks Could Create ‘Accidental Environmentalists’
April 23, 2021
“COVID has creating an increased interest in electric vehicles,” said Andreas Nienhaus, a partner at Oliver Wyman specializing in the global automotive industry. “People are switching from mass transit to personal vehicles, especially large ones, because they provide a feeling of safety.”
In spring 2020, 34% of respondents in a Oliver Wyman Forum survey said they would be willing to buy an electric vehicle; in March 2021, that figure was 51%. Similar increases were in evidence all across the globe, with interest in EVs roughly doubling in China, France, Germany and the U.K.
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