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Electric Vehicle Industry Jittery over Looming Lithium Supply Shortage

07/08/2023by EOS Intelligence

The transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) is picking pace with concentrated efforts to achieve the net-zero carbon scenario by 2050. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated that global EV sales...

Africa’s Struggling Auto Market Set for Modest Recovery in 2018

06/04/2018by EOS Intelligence

After a challenging 2016, most African economies experienced modest recovery in 2017, aided by a recovery of oil and commodity prices. The 2016 economic downturn and a decline in oil...

OEM Suppliers – Perfecting the Balancing Act

11/02/2016by EOS Intelligence

Suppliers to the automotive industry (OEM suppliers) have witnessed strong and steady growth over the past few years. Owing largely to the recovery in the global automotive market coupled with...

Local Sourcing – It’s The New Global Sourcing

28/04/2015by EOS Intelligence

Not long ago, the buzz term for the automotive world was global sourcing. OEMs aimed to standardise product offerings and pricing by producing in select emerging countries that offered low...

Turkey – When Being ‘The Gateway to Europe’ Wasn’t Good Enough

26/03/2013by EOS Intelligence

As with several emerging markets, Turkey’s automotive market slowed down in 2012. The ongoing crisis in Europe limited export opportunities (declined by 8% y-o-y) while domestic economic woes drove vehicles...

South Korea – At the Crossroads!

08/03/2013by EOS Intelligence

South Korea is the world’s fifth largest automobile manufacturer, behind China, Japan, the US and Germany. Automobile sales in South Korea breached the 8 million units mark for the first...

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