“We definitely expect the coronavirus crisis to have longer-term consequences,” the agency quoted the German manager as saying. “We had a very challenging second quarter. It rises, but not as sharp ‘V’ as we would like, ‘continued Duesmann, referring to the V-shaped economic development curve, a short day with a rapid rise.
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He added that some countries, such as China, are showing a strong recovery in the car market, while others will require a longer period of time to restore demand.
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Audi is partly benefiting from the growing offer of purely electric cars, for which many governments provide subsidies. In 2020, the company wants to sell 40,000 e-trons; it sold 17,000 of them in the first half of the year.
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However, Duesmann states that in electric cars, the American brand Tesla is ahead: “It has bigger batteries, because cars are built around batteries.” According to him, he is also two years ahead in software development and automatic control.
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Audi e-tron Sportback
Photo: Audi
The Czech Association of Car Importers announced this month that sales of new passenger cars in the Czech Republic fell by 26% to 95,029 vehicles in the first half of the year due to the coronavirus epidemic. In June, however, the year-on-year decline was only five percent.
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