KPMG auto survey sees autonomous driving, EVs taking a backseat

KPMG International’s latest Global Automotive Executive Survey, which canvassed 200 automotive executives, shows that short-term market issues are taking precedence over strategic innovations. The document, the sixtheenth survey, notes that respondents view market growth in emerging markets as the most important trend in the global automotive industry to 2025, followed by the downsizing and optimising of the internal combustion engine.