By Gary S. Vasilash
The 23rd KPMG Global Automotive Executive Survey—some 900 execs in 30 countries surveyed—includes an array of findings that should be of startling interest to OEMs, particularly those vehicle manufacturers that are, as they sometimes say, “all in” on electric vehicles.
For example, in the 2021 survey the execs predicted that by 2030 EVs would be 52% of the U.S. market.
A year later that number is down to 29%.
Quite a tumble.
Remember: these are execs in the auto industry, people whose livelihoods depend on how vehicle sales play out.
(Do some of those people look at that 29 and think about the billions being invested in EV assembly plants and battery facilities?)
Another question was about what companies would be market leaders in electric vehicles by 2030.
The top three are Tesla, Audi and BMW.
The fourth is somewhat of a surprise: Apple.
While the rumors of an Apple entry into auto have been rife for a number of years, the question as to why the company would want to get into what is a low-return space should squelch said rumors.
Vehicle manufacturers aren’t doing particularly well from a Wall Street valuation point of view.
Here is a list published today by CNBC of the performance of OEMs over the past year:
- Ferrari (RACE): -18%
- Stellantis (STLA): -25%
- Toyota (TM): -26%
- Nissan (NSANY): -35%
- General Motors (GM): -43%
- VW (VWAGY): -46%
- Ford (F): -46%
- Fisker (FSR): -57%
- Tesla (TSLA): -68%
- Nio (NIO): -68%
- Lordstown (RIDE): -69%
- Nikola (NKLA): -75%
- Rivian (RIVN): -82%
- Lucid (LCID): -83%
- Canoo (GOEV): -86%
Yes, every single one of those companies with a minus sign in front of two digits.
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