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- Industry 4.0 is a wide concept, defined in many ways. Its acceleration can therefore be understood in different ways depending on perspectives. This work explores the impacts that the Covid-19 crisis has on the fourth industrial revolution, focusing on how it is accelerated. Based on an exploration of the literature and insights from Industry 4.0 experts, the concept should have been accelerated theoretically, and observations show how that acceleration manifests itself. Barriers to the implementation of the idea have been lifted by the pandemic, and some of the benefits offered by are more valuable than before. But it is the fact that companies have started to think more about the concept, and that more applications were considered, that have been the main impacts at the moment. Most of the factors that have played into that acceleration are in fact only accentuated or highlighted by the crisis related to the Covid-19, confirming the idea that Industry 4.0 is more an evolution than a revolution. Various nuances regarding the acceleration are provided in this work, as well as where it can be found.