2021/01/13 News Briefing Sales of electric vehicles worldwide have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Though sales were expected to decrease by 7.5% compared to 2019, their performance was, in fact, excellent compared to the sales volume of vehicles. Electric vehicle sales reached 4 million. Impact Analysis Even if electric vehicles only account for a small part of the overall automobile market, the estimated market share has risen to about 5%, with the sales proportions of various types of cars, among electric vehicles accounting for 51.1%, 33.1%, 15.6%, and 0.2%, respectively. Given the fact that conventional oil vehicles have been seriously affected by the epidemic, if hybrid power (HEV) is also taken into account, Toyota will continue to rank No. 1. (In sales of electric vehicles within a single conglomerate.) If, however, hybrids are not included, and one only looks at 100% pure electric vehicles (BEV) , Tesla leads the field. Tesla vehicles account for the majority of the electric vehicle market, with the following models ranked, respective to their percentage of sales - Model 3 (85.7%), Model S (6.8%), Model X (5.6%), and Model Y (1.9%). Given the differences in the body of an electric vehicle system compared with traditional gasoline vehicles, these differences have affected key aspects of the design of related components. (E.g., High voltage, high current, and heat dissipation problems brought about from high-power batteries.) Within the automotive industry, a lot of thought has been given as to how, for both the environment and in general, vehicle manufacture, production, and design can be transformed. Specifically, in the past, the automotive industry, and consumer electronics industry chains have, traditionally remain largely independent of each other. However, as we move into a new era of technology, such as 5G automotive ecosystem of Huawei and Apple Car from Apple, the two industries will need to work together in the development and manufacturing process, for their mutual benefit, in the future. The consumer electronics industry, while its technology is complete by itself, the industry still has to re-design its products to adapt to automotive applications, so that automotive brands can increase their product competitiveness. This can be done by adding value to vehicles, with information and communication technology. For higher-stream supply chains, such as circuit board manufacturing, it will be necessary for them to consider the changes ahead in supply-chain relationships, which will be reshaped by the transformation of this industry.