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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

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Although lithium-ion cell and pack costs are expected to fall sharply by 2020, they are unlikely to drop enough to support widespread adoption of fully electric vehicles without a major breakthrough in battery technology, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). million will be fully electric, 1.5

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

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There is no longer any dispute that the automobile industry is transitioning to electric vehicles. Every major carmaker is offering battery vehicles, and plug-in hybrid models are becoming more common. In terms of purely electric vehicles, as opposed to plug-in hybrids, the Bavarian automaker is a lone voice among German automakers.