The last six years have been rough on the automotive industry. From global pandemics and supply chain shortages to financial crises and a tariff war, there pretty much hasn’t been a moment where things felt truly ‘back to normal’. And then in the middle of it all, there have been huge swings in the supply and demand of EVs, with automakers ramping up EV plans only to backtrack within a few years as demand completely dried up. It’s not been easy for automakers who have to plan six or seven years in advance, as the last six years have been, to use the phrase we all hated hearing during the pandemic, unchartered territory.
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