1. We are already in a period of automobile Supply Shortage relative to Natural Demand
That Supply Shortage has the potential to total up to as much as 600 million vehicles during the 15 years through 2034
2. This 600 million vehicle Supply shortfall will represent a huge portion of the Global Vehicle Fleet, which is only around 1,500 million vehicles today
- and it will be due to Battery Supply limitations
3. One consequence of this lack of new vehicles may be to raise the value and longevity of Used Vehicles during those "Supply Shortage Years" beyond what many of us are expecting
4. Another consequence of this huge Supply Shortage of up to 600 million vehicles is that New Car prices should become much stronger for those vehicles that do make it to market
- and we may see a sustained period of Supply Overshoot to correct for the long period of shortages
IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF A GOLDEN AGE OF AUTOMOBILES ?
- it certainly may be for those who equip themselves well enough to benefit from it . . .
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Jidu Auto, an electric vehicle venture between China’s tech giant Baidu and Chinese automaker Geely, aims to plough 50 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) into producing smart cars over the next five years, its chief executive told Reuters
Xia Yiping said on Friday that the funding would come from Baidu and other investors and Jidu would aim to launch its first electric vehicle EV in three years, as is standard for the industry, but would make efforts to speed this up
Its first EV would look like a "robot" and would target young customers, Xia said, adding that Jidu would analyse big market data before deciding on a final model
FORD MOTOR COMPANY NOMINATES HENRY FORD III FOR ELECTION TO BOARD
DEARBORN 12 March 2021 – Ford Motor Company announced that Henry Ford III has been nominated to stand for election to the company’s board of directors at its annual meeting of shareholders on 13 May 2021
Ahead of the 2021 Q1 Earning Report next week, here are our Capacity Maps that estimate the Scheduled Production Capacity for each quarter of the current year based on the expected shift crews
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Q1
Q1 shows 179,688 which was very close to to 180,338 units actually produced
Q2 shows 234,375 units
One uncertainty is the output of Model S / Model X after restart this month
If we conservatively allow only 50% of 25,000 units that would lower the total by -12,500
= 222,875
Q3 shows 276,563 units
One uncertainty is the start date for GF4 in Brandenburg
- this is 14,063 units in the above number
Another uncertainty is the ramp rate for GF5 in Austin
- this is 14,063 units in the above number
We could adjust by -14,063 and -7,031 = -21,094 units