Toronto, Ontario — In a recent report identifying key automotive trends in 2025, American-based technological research firm Gartner outlines that despite increasing trade pressures, electric vehicles will continue to be a key foundation for the automotive industry.
When looking at the study specifically, Gartner opens by discussing how “in 2025, automakers will face uncertainties regarding emission regulations and growing trade tensions between China and the West.”
For Gartner, this pressure is due to “trade barriers set by the United States and the European Union against Chinese EVs,” and as a result, these rising conflicts will “slow the adoption of connectivity, autonomy, software and electrification in these regions, as Chinese EVs are, on average, the most advanced type of vehicles in these areas,” says the report.
However, despite these pressures, Gartner still concludes that EV shipments can be expected to grow by 17 percent in 2025, with 2030 seeing more than 50 percent of all vehicle models marketed by automakers being EVs.
To see Gartner’s full study and predictions for 2025, click here.
