Consumer Trends in the US Automotive Industry

Far from creating a world free of vehicle emissions, our 2022 Global Automotive Study found that COVID reinforced pre-pandemic consumer habits. The US Automotive Team explains this phenomenon and what to expect from consumers in the future.

In the United States, almost half of the consumers surveyed say they don’t plan to change their car usage as compared to pre-COVID. This is a drastic change from the early days of the pandemic when news quickly circulated that lockdowns were changing driving habits, drastically reducing carbon emissions.

This idea left many people with an optimistic environmental outlook due to the apparent positive impact of reduced fuel emissions. The thought (and hope) was that the pandemic would be the catalyst for long-term change regarding our transportation habits. Fast forward two years, consumers are driving and purchasing cars as they used to, and the mobility and travel industries are impacting the environment in…