In China, the largest passenger car market in the world, the COVID-19 corona virus is selling considerably fewer vehicles. Measured over the first two weeks of February, the number of registrations was 92 percent lower than a year earlier.
This is reported by the Chinese Association for Passenger Cars (CPCA). In the first week of this month, the 96 percent decrease was even sharper: then the daily average was 811 cars sold.
CPCA hopes that sales will also recover in the coming period, now that more car dealers are opening again. Many car factories, including Tesla’s, have recently started again, although the COVID-19 outbreak is not yet under control.
The Chinese brand Geely has therefore recently ordered cars delivered online to the customer’s door.
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