Battery Powered, China, Cost Of and Oil Prices

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles are 65% lower in the AEO2013 Reference case than the year before, with annual sales in 2035 estimated to be about 119,000. Reductions in battery electric vehicles are offset by increased sales of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which grow to about 1.3 than in AEO2012. mpg in 2025.

Fuel

Fuel Energy Sale 2013

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

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

A major competitive threat comes from other regions, such as China, which view this technology as a means to leapfrog entrenched players. 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.

Prius

Prius Toyota PHEV Hybrid

Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

The gamble is that Nissan could grab the EV market and dominate it until BYD (China) enters the U.S., Those who make the decisions to forgo battery EVs in favor of plug- in hybrids only ignore a sizable market. It’ll be mostly driven by the cost of gas. Pricing isn’t set. Oil vs. electrons.

Nissan

Nissan Japan United States Gasoline-Electric

EV Driven

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

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

Nissan’s Big Gamble

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