Motor dealers have been having a hard time in the past year and even though there are signs of improvement, sales of new cars have been better in the past couple of months, but they remain well below 2019 levels.
Regulatory and legal actions relating to car finance and the weak economy have not helped, but the government targets for electric vehicle sales have been the major disrupting factor.
The government mandate sets percentages of new car sales that should be of electric vehicles. Demand has been weak, and supply of petrol and diesel vehicles has been withheld so that manufacturers can ge...