An Assessment of Plug-in Vehicles, Fuel Cells, and Battery Technologies
As automakers struggle to refinance, restructure and retool to cope with the economic downturn, they’re also challenged to produce increasingly fuel-efficient, less-polluting cars and trucks, buses and vans. A growing number are including electric vehicles in their product plans. The benefits of electric vehicles are clear: they don’t depend on oil-based fuels, hydrogen or other gases for power; they release no greenhouse gases or other harmful pollutants into the atmosphere, and you can recharge them pretty much anywhere that has an outlet.
As a result, NextGen Research forecasts the market for Electric Vehicles will grow from the meager 9,300 units sold worldwide in 2008 to the more than 350,000 electric cars, trucks, vans and buses that will be sold in 2013.
What Does This Report Answer?
- Which battery technologies hold the greatest promise for the Electric Vehicle sector?
- Who is leading the charge for domestic battery manufacturing?
- What’s the difference between a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and a purely electric vehicle?
- When will the next crop of electric vehicles hit the streets?
- How do oil prices affect demand for electric vehicles?
- Which global regions have greater demand for large electric vehicles (trucks, buses, vans) than electric cars; how will that change in the coming years?
- How do emissions standards around the world support continued development of electric vehicles?
Who Needs This Report?
- Automakers
- Auto dealers
- Automotive component suppliers
- Commercial vehicle component manufacturers
- Commercial vehicle manufacturers
- Electric power utilities
- Federal utility regulators
- Municipal transit agencies
- Package shipping and delivery services
- State transportation and tax agencies
- Trucking companies
- Venture capital firms
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