[Oeva-list] 32.7 Million Electric Cars by 2015

[patrick0101 at gmail.com]

Happy Square Root Day

> 32.7 Million Electric Cars by 2015 - 3/3/09
>
> A new report called “Worldwide Nanotechnology Electric Vehicle Market
> Shares Strategies and Forecasts” has been put out by Electronic.ca
> Publications, the electronic industry market research and knowledge network.
>
> Electric vehicles will represent a shift in the vehicle market.  Car
> companies positioning themselves to this market will likely succeed.  Others
> who only want to modify existing designs to electric vehicles will not be as
> successful.
> In 2008 there were 685 electric vehicles on the market and the report
> suggested it will reach 32.7 million by 2015 due to the growing demand for
> electric vehicles. Lithium battery technology advanced with cell phone and
> PC demand will provide the technology for powering electric vehicles.
>
> Nanotechnology thin film lithium-ion batteries should grow fast due to
> their ability to deliver power more efficiently.  The development of thin
> film lithium-battery technology will help the future of electric cars.
> Unlike other batteries, thin film solid-state batteries show very high cycle
> life.  Thin cathodes batteries have been cycled over 45,000 times with very
> limited loss in capacity retaining 95% of its original capacity according to
> the report.
>
> Via http://www.beyondfossilfuel.com/electric/2015_030309.html
>
This report is obviously very optimistic about xEV adoption. But even if
they are only half right, that is a lot of plug-in cars by 2015.

Regards,
Pat
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