- UBS predicts 16% of cars sold worldwide in 2025 will be EVs
- Analysts say consumer interest is rising, especially in China
Why Electric Cars Aren't Taking Over Yet
Almost every sixth car sold in the world will be electric by 2025, according to a UBS global autos survey released Tuesday. And if things go the way they have in 2017, those cars are more likely to be emblazoned with a Tesla Inc. logo than BMW AG’s.
By
the middle of the next decade, global sales of electric vehicles should
hit 16.5 million, analysts led by Patrick Hummel said in the report, a
16 percent increase from the previous estimate. They predict electric
vehicles will make up 16 percent of all car sales by then, up from a
previous estimate of 14 percent.
“The
shift to electric cars will come faster and in a more pronounced way,
fueled by the diesel demise in Europe, battery technology advancements
and regulation in China and Europe,” Hummel said. Europe will have the
highest EV penetration, approaching 30 percent of new cars sold.
Established car manufacturers like BMW and Daimler AG
are spending billions in a race to gain market share in the burgeoning
electric-car market, hoping their existing scale will help them leapfrog
newer companies like Tesla that focus exclusively on electric vehicles.
One
of the reasons behind the upgraded forecast is a new dual-credit policy
in China that makes electric-vehicle sales and production compulsory,
according to the note. Respondents in China were most likely to say they
were considering buying an electric car, at 58 percent, while those in
Germany were the least likely, at 14 percent. Higher-than-expected EV
sales in 2017 also boosted the forecast, the analysts said.
Hummel expects Tesla to benefit the most from the rise in electric vehicles, as the Palo Alto, California-based company had the highest jump in EV-brand credibility in the survey. Munich-based BMW could suffer the most from a Tesla rise, as the company’s 3-series is seen as the closest competitor to Tesla’s Model 3.
“Tesla’s increasing popularity seems directly correlated by the launch of the Model 3, the brand’s first mass-market car. Most of the other brands have lost ground in the current survey,” Hummel said.
Still, Tesla’s rise is not guaranteed, the note said, as premium brands that have yet to release their own electric car, like Volkswagen AG’s Audi and Porsche, are still preferred to Tesla.
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Almost every sixth car sold in the world will be electric by 2025, according to a UBS global autos survey released Tuesday. And if things go the way they have in 2017, those cars are more likely to be emblazoned with a Tesla Inc. logo than BMW AG’s.
Hummel expects Tesla to benefit the most from the rise in electric vehicles, as the Palo Alto, California-based company had the highest jump in EV-brand credibility in the survey. Munich-based BMW could suffer the most from a Tesla rise, as the company’s 3-series is seen as the closest competitor to Tesla’s Model 3.
“Tesla’s increasing popularity seems directly correlated by the launch of the Model 3, the brand’s first mass-market car. Most of the other brands have lost ground in the current survey,” Hummel said.
Still, Tesla’s rise is not guaranteed, the note said, as premium brands that have yet to release their own electric car, like Volkswagen AG’s Audi and Porsche, are still preferred to Tesla.
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