The Union of the European Lubricants Industry announced that it cancelled its 2020 congress in Athens due to the “unprecedented crisis we are going through and uncertainty about the future.” In its place, UEIL will host a one-day virtual networking event in October. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association revised its 2020 forecast for car registrations to 9.6 million units in 2020, down 25 percent from 12.8 million in 2019, due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.