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IHS Global Insight Report Projects That Plugged-in Vehicles Could Capture 20% of the Global Market by 2030

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Plug-in electric vehicles—plug-in hybrids and full battery-powered—will represent nearly 20% of the global market for light vehicles in 2030, according to findings in a study on the business case for Plugged-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) by automotive industry analysts at IHS Global Insight. share for battery-electrics.

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Smith Electric Vehicles, Altec and PGE Partner on All-Electric Utility Truck

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The truck is a battery-powered, all-electric Smith Newton produced by SEV US and SEV UK with an aerial bucket integrated by Altec Industries Inc. The Smith Newton is the world’s largest battery-electric-powered truck. Full battery recharge requires 6-8 hours. Tags: Electric (Battery) Heavy-duty.

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GM Electrochemists Suggest Ongoing Investment in Both Battery and Fuel Cell Research; Connecting the Science with Vehicle Engineering

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This allows batteries for small low-range pure electric vehicles but excludes them for larger-vehicle long-range applications. Solely on the basis of the mass considerations above, we can conclude that battery-powered options are favored for small vehicles when short-range and long refueling times are acceptable. Wagner et al.

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Perspective: Toyota Prius Recall Is Only a Bump in the Road in the Move Toward Electrification

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Oil price and supply dependencies will continue the search for alternative fuel sources, and battery powered vehicles can have a significant impact on that equation. We expect that HEV, PHEVs and BEVs will reach total cost of ownership parity by 2010, 2016 and 2018 respectively.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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