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Pike Research forecasts hybrids and plug-ins to grow to 4% of European market in 2020

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Pike Research forecasts that electric vehicles—conventional hybrids (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and battery-electrics (BEVs)—will grow from 0.7% Pike Research forecasts that by 2020 more than 1.8 Pike’s projected vehicle sales by electrified drivetrain, European markets: 2012–2020. Click to enlarge.

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BMW launches plug-in hybrid variant of X3; updates to other PHEVs

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At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, BMW announced the market launch of a plug-in hybrid variant of the globally popular BMW X3. This makes it the first model of the brand to be offered with both a conventional combustion engine and a plug-in hybrid system—with the addition of a purely electrically powered version in 2020.

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Navigant Research forecasts plug-ins will be 2.4% of global new vehicle sales by 2023; luxury brands to represent about 50% of that

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Navigant Research forecasts that plug-in EVs (which include plug-in hybrids and battery EVs), will represent 2.4% Accordingly, Navigant expects this luxury brand push to increase global sales of plug-in EVs significantly in the near term. —“Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts”. million units.

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BYD Chairman forecasts falling profit margins in 2024

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BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu forecasts falling profit margins in 2024 but remains confident that the company will maintain stable profitability. BYD sells pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids. The post BYD Chairman forecasts falling profit margins in 2024 appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Navigant forecasts hybrids to account for almost 4% of global LDV sales by 2020, plug-ins 3%

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In its latest forecast for hybrid and plug-in electric vehicle sales, Navigant Research expects that hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which today account for about 2% of global light duty vehicle sales, will grow to almost 4% of global LDV sales by 2020. Navigant Research forecasts global CAGRs of 11.5%

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Benchmark: Lithium industry needs more than $116B to meet automaker and policy targets by 2030

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Benchmark’s high case scenario forecasts that 7.0 With the amount of lithium production forecast by Benchmark for 2030, only 3.2 The US is targeting a 50% penetration rate of EVs (battery, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell) in new sales by 2030. Globally, Benchmark’s Lithium ion Battery Database forecasts that 43.7%

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Pike forecasts cumulative plug-in vehicle sales to reach 5.2M units worldwide by 2017

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Pike Research forecasts that cumulative sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), the category that includes both plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles (PHEVs and BEVs), will reach 5.2 By the same year, cumulative sales of hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) will represent an additional 8.7 Click to enlarge.

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