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Navigant Research: plug-in electric vehicles close to becoming leading alternative fuel platform, best positioned to lead future

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This long-term growth is expected to be propelled by improving vehicle technology economics—a function of battery innovations, government transportation energy policies, oil price projections, and movements to price carbon. —Scott Shepard, senior research analyst with Navigant Research.

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US National Research Council Report Finds Plug-in Hybrid Costs Likely to Remain High; Fleet Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emissions Benefits Will Be Modest for Decades

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Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Click to enlarge.

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Navigant forecasts global light duty electrified vehicle sales to exceed 6.0M in 2024; PEVs to account for roughly half

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vehicles that use electricity for traction, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electrics) will grow from 2.6 It will also be due to the continued drive to reduce carbon emissions and improve vehicle fuel economy in the major developed vehicle markets. million vehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million in 2024.

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Will electric cars cause oil price to crash? Navigant says no

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As electric cars become more widespread, they have the potential to drastically reduce the need for oil. That will lead to reduced transportation-related carbon emissions and lower costs for consumers, but what affect will it have on the oil industry? This question has sparked a bit of debate among analysts.

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Comprehensive modeling study finds electric drive vehicle deployment has little observed effect on US system-wide emissions

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Fourth, CO 2 prices as high as 100 $/t do not provide sufficient incentive for vehicle electrification. Fourth, CO 2 prices as high as 100 $/t do not provide sufficient incentive for vehicle electrification. —Babaee et al.

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EIA AEO2015 projects elimination of net US energy imports in 2020-2030 timeframe; transportation energy consumption drops

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The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that US energy imports and exports will come into balance—a first since the 1950s—because of continued oil and natural gas production growth and slow growth in energy demand. —EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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