Single People Will Make Up 30% of Car Buyers in China by 2030

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Almost one third of people shopping for a car in China by 2030 will be single, changing how automakers frame everything from advertising to design.

That’s according to a study by a unit of Bitauto Holdings Ltd., a research firm founded by William Li, the chairman of electric carmaker NIO Inc. It said the percentage of singles in the market for a new set of wheels now is around 15%.