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  • 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV

    It is, as we've pointed out on many occasions, exceedingly difficult to predict exactly where the market for electric cars will go. Most are confident it will continue to grow, though the pace at which it does so is likely to be slow--a stark reality confirmed by virtually every electric car-selling carmaker missing their targets in 2012. Pike Research (via Charged EVs) has had a stab at what we can expect from the Industry in 2013, with ten predictions on everything from electric bicycles to how people will be charging throughout the year. The ten trends Pike suggests we'll see in 2013 are...

  • 'Revenge of the Electric Car' premiere: Bob Lutz arrives in a Chevy Volt
    Bob Lutz: Gas Mileage Rules Will Make 15 Percent Of All Cars Plug-in By 2022

    Earlier this year, when the EPA confirmed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy gas mileage standards of 54.5 mpg by 2025, we told you that it would equate to greener, cleaner cars which cost less to fuel and pollute less. But according to veteran automotive executive Bob Lutz, the new gas mileage...

  • ECOtality Blink charging station for electric & plug-in cars
    CA Will Lead U.S. Electric Car Sales Until 2020, Report Predicts

    Home to automakers like Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive, California has been at the heart of every launch of every major plug-in car to go on sale to date. That’s because of the state’s generous incentives and support of plug-in cars, combined with tough air quality legislation...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt plugged into Coulomb Technologies 240V wall charging unit
    Plug-In Hybrids Will Outsell Battery Electric Cars: Analyst

    Electric cars that plug into wall sockets to charge batteries that store energy to power them are still an unknown quantity to most car buyers globally. And the education task gets more complex when customers must understand the difference between battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids...

  • 'Revenge of the Electric Car' premiere: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk on red carpet
    Elon Musk Bets Half Of All Cars Built In 2032 Will Be Electric

    Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has an enthusiastic base of fans who consider him a visionary. And with Paypal in the past, and SpaceX as well as Tesla today, Musk has an impressive track record. So ears perked up when he recently predicted that in 20 years, half of all new cars sold would be plug-in...

  • Electric Vehicle price sensitivity analysis, by Pike Research, July 2012
    Is $23,750 The Right Price To Get Electric Car Sales To Soar?

    There are many reasons plug-in electric car sales are still just a tiny fraction of the market. The biggest hurdle may be high price, compared to gasoline cars of the same size, right now (along with range limitations). Despite a cost-per-mile that's just a fraction of what a gasoline car costs...

  • Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. Image: Wikimedia Commons

    Owning and driving an electric car is very much dependant on personal circumstances right now. You can either afford one, or you can't. You can either get away with the limited range of an EV, or you can't. You're either motivated to reduce your impact on the planet, or you're not. A new survey by Pike Research suggests that you're most likely to fit all the criteria most conducive to electric car ownership if you live on an island. So will islands be the real breeding grounds for EV ownership? There's a lot to suggest that could be the case. In theory, islands are ideal for electric cars...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf SL
    Is A $24,000 Price Needed For Electric Car Sales To Soar?

    This past January, many commentators hailed 2011 as the year of the electric car. But as we approach the end of the year, neither Chevrolet nor Nissan has sold as many plug-in cars as it had predicted a year ago it would--due to everything from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami (Nissan) to overly...

  • 2012 Ford Focus Electric launch, New York City, January 2011 - charging point
    5.2 Million Electric Vehicles Will Be On World's Roads By 2017

    President Obama may be aiming to get 1 million plug in vehicles on the roads of the U.S. by 2015, but a recent study by Pike Research predicts that by 2017 there will only be 5.2 million plug-in vehicles worldwide. In total, more than 14 million hybrid and plug-in electric cars will be on the roads...

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