The aftermath of the dreaded COVID-19 and its variants on economies worldwide left little to the imagination. Amid the scene of devastation that followed the pandemic, there was a massive bedlam in the global industrial arena. The onset of the coronavirus was particularly destructive for sectors such as F&B, aviation, electronics, and automotive. Indeed, the automotive industry, which, pre-pandemic, was remnant of numerous disruptions such as electric mobility, ridesharing, and the like, stood stripped of its bright future, as experts began to wonder, whether the sector would ever witness light at the end of the tunnel.