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    Recession or Not, U.S. Car Market is in For a Big Boom

    Editor - The Auto JournalBy Editor - The Auto JournalJuly 1, 2022Updated:July 2, 2022No Comments4 Mins Read
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    With the continuing scarcity of semiconductors and different key supplies, U.S. automotive gross sales have slipped to their lowest ranges for the reason that finish of the Great Recession — however that’s created a serious backlog of demand more likely to lead to a gross sales growth over the subsequent few years, one thing even a recession gained’t decelerate, in response to a brand new research.

    Bank of America analyst John Murphy predicts auto gross sales will stay robust, even when a recession hits.

    Once provide line points are resolved, that may “unleash the upside,” forecast John Murphy, the lead auto analyst with Bank of America Securities throughout a presentation Thursday to the Automotive Press Association in Detroit.

    “We have about 6 million units of pent-up demand,” he stated, referring to the annual “Car Wars” research put collectively by the monetary establishment. And that ought to yield gross sales volumes “significantly higher” than what the business has seen since COVID struck,” probably topping 16 million annual gross sales within the coming years.

    An unsure future

    That are loads of uncertainties going through the business. It’s unclear when provide traces will return to regular — some specialists warning it might take till late subsequent yr and even 2024. And it is going to be a problem, Murphy stated, for automakers to restock depleted supplier inventories — which have slipped to barely 1 million autos, lower than a 3rd of what’s thought-about regular this time of yr.

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    BofA’s Murphy says this image goes to be increasingly more frequent throughout the subsequent few years.

    There’s additionally the query of what occurs with the U.S. economic system. Interest charges are heading up and there’s rising concern of a recession.

    But, stated the analyst, “We’re at a point where we’re scraping along at the bottom in terms of volume.” So, wanting ahead, there’s “probably only an upside.”

    Whether the business settles into the 16 million vary or tops 17 million, approaching a brand new gross sales document, might additionally rely upon new car pricing, stated Murphy.

    Pricing issues

    On the plus aspect, automakers have been in a position to keep robust earnings throughout the present downturn, largely by slashing incentives and elevating costs. But with the standard new autos purchaser now spending greater than $43,000, that would restrict the market.

    “You wouldn’t be able to sell 17 million or 18 million vehicles at $43,000,” cautioned Murphy. “So, we will probably see prices gravitate back to pre-COVID levels in the mid-$30,000 range,” although not shortly.

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    Murphy tempered expectations about EV gross sales, saying the would probably account for about 10% of the market by mid-decade.

    And automakers might see a return of incentives, particularly if corporations going through the lack of market share resolve to get aggressive. Murphy pointed to Stellantis and Nissan specifically.

    The rise of the EV

    The sort of autos Americans shall be shopping for must be fairly totally different by 2026, nevertheless. Automakers have begun to disinvest from their typical, gas- and diesel-powered fashions, shifting focus to hybrids and all-electric autos.

    During the subsequent 4 years, practically 250 new or utterly redesigned fashions shall be launched, in response to the research, with hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric autos accounting for 60% of them.

    “The advent of alternative powertrain vehicles, most notably battery-electric, is here,” Murphy stated.

    But at the same time as electrified expertise turns into commonplace, it’s but to be seen how shoppers will embrace it — particularly these BEVs. The large downside is pricing.

    Tesla hassle

    Currently, the Car Wars research reveals it prices about $42,000 to supply the common all-electric mannequin, about $10,000 greater than a comparable car with an inner combustion engine. And although producers had hoped to slim the hole, it’s widening. That’s due to a surge in the price of elements and demanding uncooked supplies. The value of lithium, for instance, is up sevenfold this yr.

    The common business consensus has been that BEVs alone might take 20% of the U.S. new car market by 2025, up from 5% this yr and simply 1% in 2019. But Murphy stated the extra probably mid-decade determine shall be 10% except BEV costs begin to fall.

    Either method, the flood of latest electrified autos might change the aggressive panorama. And that’s more likely to be particularly obvious within the all-electric section the place at present Tesla holds a roughly 75% share. By 2025, stated Murphy, that would slip as little as 11%, with Tesla being leapfrogged by each General Motors and Ford, every anticipated to seize a 15% share of the all-electric section.

    Source: www.thedetroitbureau.com

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