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Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts plug-in electric vehicles could account for up to 9% of US auto sales in 2020 and 22% in 2030

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million and 4 million vehicle sales respectively), according to research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). However, achieving such growth level will be dependent on two key factors: aggressive reductions in battery costs and rising gasoline prices. million passenger vehicles forecasted to be sold worldwide by that year.

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BNEF forecasts EVs to be 35% of global new car sales by 2040; cost of ownership below conventional-fuel vehicles by 2025

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A new study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) forecasts that sales of electric vehicles will hit 41 million by 2040, representing 35% of new light duty vehicle sales worldwide. BNEF will discuss its EV forecast in detail at its upcoming annual BNEF Summit in New York in April. Although some 1.3

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Frost & Sullivan: inductive (wireless) EV charging to grow with 126.6% CAGR 2012-2020

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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, “Strategic Analysis of Inductive Charging for Global Electric Vehicles (EV) Market,” finds forecasts the total market for inductive (wireless) charging will experience a compound annual growth rate of 126.6% from 2012 to 2020, with approximately 351,900 units likely to be sold.

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Big Oil Betting On Electric Vehicles

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Speaking this week at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York, Total SA’s chief energy economist, Joel Couse, forecasted that EVs will make up 15 to 30 percent of global new vehicle sales by 2030. One barrier is the cost of owning an electric vehicle versus a cheaper, comparable gasoline-engine vehicle.

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A.T. Kearney study projects US auto sales volumes will trend back to historical levels by 2013; forecasts 13.2 million new units sold in 2011 and 16 million in 2013

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Kearney forecasts 13.2 The study cautions, however, that the availability of financing, total cost of ownership and the unfolding events in Japan will impact vehicle sales in both markets. Behind the forecast, four key macroeconomic factors were measured. A newly released study by A.T. consumer confidence.

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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Demand for lithium ion batteries is forecast to grow to 3.7 Energy storage might form a relatively small piece of the overall financing required, but it is a strategically critical piece of the puzzle. Natural and synthetic graphite are forecast by Benchmark to have a combined supply gap of 3.6 The rise of gigafactories.

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BNEF: E-buses to surge even faster than EVs; supply of cobalt potential risk to the pace of growth

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The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, due to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars surging to 28%, and those of electric buses to 84%, of their respective global markets by 2030. Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance. and 17% in Japan.

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