Willie http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/How-Coronavirus-COVID-19-is-affecting-EVs-tp4696649p4696743.html and Lee http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/How-Coronavirus-COVID-19-is-affecting-EVs-tp4696649p4696745.html are correct ...
(+more on this topic/thread) (not a pro-EV piece/source) https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-bad-for-auto-industry-worse-for-evs/ Covid-19 Is Bad for the Auto Industry—and Even Worse for EVs 03.19.2020 Factory shutdowns signal a troubled road ahead for carmakers, while low gas prices could hit electric vehicles hard ... The EV market is particularly vulnerable in the current crisis. Partly that’s due to its relative youth and its dependence on global sourcing for its core technology, the batteries ... Regulations are a wild card for EV sales ... stringent emissions rules in the European Union and China might buoy sales there of EVs, the fairly modest support for electrics in the US ... industry watchers believe the long-term prospects for electric vehicles remain strong—assuming coronavirus can be at least somewhat contained ... driverless [auton] delivery systems that would be useful in pandemic situations. If those systems take hold, EVs could benefit ... (bolt@Orion) https://media.wired.com/photos/5e728748d036ef00088bfb7f/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/Transpo-GM%252520BoltEV-AV-Orion%252520Assembly23-4.jpg (anti-EV/big Oil mouth-piece sez ... ) https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Coronavirus-Could-Derail-The-Electric-Vehicle-Revolution.html Coronavirus Could Derail The Electric Vehicle Revolution Mar 18, 2020 In just one month, the coronavirus outbreak blew out to a full-on pandemic, threatening to tip the global economy into recession and affecting every country, industry, and supply chain ... (more anti-anything not-oil spew ... ) (unless you live in a mobile-bubble, viruses are everywhere) https://electricautonomy.ca/2020/03/17/ev-chargers-are-cleaner-than-gas-pumps/ Gas pump germs: regular or premium? ... While no one has been found to have contracted COVID-19 at the pumps there is ... are home to five million more “colony forming units” than public electric chargers. ... Data shows the overwhelming majority of EV charging happens at home ... https://electricautonomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/What-you-touch-to-charge-your-car.-Image-Busbud-800x554.png https://www.ttnews.com/articles/automakers-shut-north-american-plants-outright-over-covid-19-fears Automakers Shut North American Plants Outright Over COVID-19 Fears March 19, 2020 ... Despite the plant closures by other automakers, electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc.'s assembly plant in Fremont, Calif., remained open March 18 ... (f150 ice) https://h7f7z2r7.stackpathcdn.com/sites/default/files/images/articles/auto-shutdown-1.jpg ... https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/covid-19/automakers-shut-north-american-plants-over-coronavirus-fears/article_2b7313ca-69e7-11ea-87e6-5be95c72b09f.html ... https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/mar/19/coronavirus-live-updates/ ... https://evbite.com/coronavirus-covid-19-has-halted-the-ev-revolution/ (nio hit as hard as sit-down restaurants' .gov shutdowns) (not a pro-EV piece/source) https://www.abacusnews.com/tech/would-be-tesla-challenger-says-it-might-not-survive-covid-19/article/3075960 Would-be Tesla challenger says it might not survive Covid-19 March 19, 2020 ... Tencent-backed electric car startup NIO cast doubt on its ability to remain in business over the next ... https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/2020/03/19/d_bg_1.jpg?v=1584614630 (slowing EV production 2make COVID-19 patient ventilators) https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/19/21186634/bill-de-blasio-elon-musk-ventilator-shortage-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19 NYC mayor asks Elon Musk to manufacture ventilators for COVID-19 patients Mar 19, 2020 ... NYC mayor asks Elon Musk to manufacture ventilators for COVID-19 patients ... over whether the company should suspend production of electric cars amid a ... ... https://www.zdnet.com/article/teslas-elon-musk-well-make-ventilators-if-coronavirus-causes-a-hospital-shortage/ https://technode.com/2020/03/16/ev-maker-byd-debuts-worlds-largest-mask-factory/ EV maker BYD debuts 'world's largest' mask factory 2020/03/16 Electric vehicle maker BYD said that it is now the world's biggest mask ... a severe shortage of medical supplies in China during the Covid-19 outbreak is easing ... https://i0.wp.com/technode.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wechatimg258.jpeg https://thedriven.io/2020/03/19/tesla-to-reduce-staff-by-three-quarters-after-covid-19-county-order/ Tesla to reduce staff by three quarters after Covid-19 county order March 19, 2020 ... the [east SF-CA bay area] Alameda County Sheriff's office that the electric vehicle manufacturer is not exempt from a “shelter-in-place” directive announced in response to Covid-19 ... https://thedriven.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Tesla_Fremont_1.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts view: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ https://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
