Taking stock of the two-speed electric vehicle rollout

While electric vehicle (EV) rollouts in Europe and the US have stalled and are set to remain sluggish over the next few years, the uptake of EVs in China has surged beyond expectations. So, for all the focus on the near-term supply risks to oil, the structural headwinds to global oil demand growth from EV rollouts remain strong.

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