Perfume「CNN報導，近年全球新車銷售連年衰退，主要來自中國市場購車力道疲軟，車廠轉型電動車需要投入大量資本，如今再加上新冠肺炎影響全球消費意願，以上種種因素，都可能導致車廠對於利潤豐厚的零配件虎視眈眈。」
隨著電動車需求推高, 車用電池內的鎳原料再次成為經濟焦點:
"Among the beneficiaries was China’s Lygend Resources and Technology, which in 2018 joined with an Indonesian mining firm, Harita Group, to build what would become Indonesia’s first HPAL plant for EV materials. It worked with ENFI, the designer of the Papua New Guinea facility, said an executive familiar with Harita’s operations. "
