| Electric Vehicles - Seeing the Big PictureThe | | | | Golf Cars and Cars, where the Chinese heavily |
| burgeoning electric vehicle EV industry cannot be | | | | participate, as yet little publicity, because so much of it |
| understood by simply looking at cars. The complete | | | | is for the domestic market. |
| market value is, and will remain, about double the | | | | Unique forecastsNew ten year forecasts for the |
| market for cars. The leaders such as Toyota, Honda | | | | whole EV market are only available from IDTechEx. |
| and Nissan make electric vehicles for many | | | | The company finds that the electric vehicle industry will |
| applicational sectors. Indeed, many of them also control | | | | continue to exhibit strong growth for the next decade, |
| the manufacture of the component that most affects | | | | though some sectors were impacted by the global |
| price and performance - the battery. For example, | | | | financial meltdown and have yet to fully recover. |
| Nissan has a major program to put next generation | | | | Those participating in only one sector need to keep a |
| lithium batteries from its battery joint venture into its | | | | wary eye on those with a broader vision: they must |
| forklifts as well as its cars. Toyota makes heavy and | | | | frequently review their strategy and avoid dangerous |
| light industrial EVs from forklifts to buses and mobility | | | | tunnel vision. |
| for the disabled, not just electric cars, and the | | | | Good volume growth but greater value growthThe 29 |
| knowledge in these different divisions is shared | | | | million EVs sold in 2010 will rise 69% to 49 million in |
| between them all. Much is written about hybrid cars | | | | 2020 but the value of the market will grow by far |
| but there are substantial sales of hybrid military trucks, | | | | more because larger and more expensive vehicles |
| buses and even motorcycles now. | | | | are now rapidly adopting the technology. Motorcycles, |
| New reportIDTechEx has therefore launched a new | | | | military vehicles, buses and earthmovers are among |
| report on the whole subject called "Electric Vehicles | | | | them. Hybrids will rise from about 50% to about 60% |
| 2010-2020". It is based on ten years of researching the | | | | of the value market through the decade. In ten years |
| subject, intensive desk research, visits and interviews. | | | | from now, a far higher percentage of the global output |
| There are chapters on Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial | | | | of light industrial vehicles, commercial vehicles and cars |
| and Commercial, Mobility for the Disabled, Two | | | | will be EVs. |
| Wheelers, Golf Cars, Cars, Military, Marine and Other | | | | The new report gives the detail, forecasting numbers, |
| vehicles. That even extends to electric mobile robots, | | | | unit value and total market value for each applicational |
| surveillance jellyfish and other Autonomous | | | | sector with many original tables giving subsets of the |
| Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), bats and electric aircraft. | | | | data and a large number of profiles of current and |
| Detailed forecasts for these vehicle categories by | | | | planned activities of the participants. Some EV sectors |
| numbers and value and the key components are | | | | were hit by the global financial meltdown but are |
| provided for 2010-2020. The trends, technology and | | | | recovering. Many sectors now benefit from the |
| planned vehicles are clarified in 185 figures and 58 | | | | tsunami wave of government benefits, technical |
| tables including the historical context. Winning and losing | | | | innovations and new models becoming available. We |
| strategies are evaluated. Timelines are given of events | | | | evaluate these aspects and the market drivers, |
| to come. | | | | including what users really need. Battery, motor and |
| At last the full picture of ChinaIDTechEx does not | | | | other technology is explained and forecasted as well. |
| make the common mistake of reporting primarily on | | | | This report "Electric Vehicles 2010-2020" is a sister |
| vehicles from the well known Western and Japanese | | | | report to IDTechEx reports about the two most |
| manufacturers. 66% of the manufacturers of electric | | | | important subsectors of the EV business - "Hybrid and |
| vehicles in the world are in China. Over 90% of the | | | | Pure Electric Cars 2010-2020" and "Car Traction |
| world's electric vehicles are made in China, mainly for | | | | Batteries - The New Gold Rush 2010-2020". The |
| use in China. It has the largest potential market for | | | | report comes with one hour of free telephone or email |
| electric vehicles. It mines and controls 95% of the | | | | consultancy to fill in any information you still require |
| World's rare earth reserves used in the hybrid car | | | | after having read it. |
| batteries, motors and other key components of | | | | Stay updated with Free IDTechEx ResearchIn addition, |
| today's electric vehicles. Of the 420 EV manufacturers | | | | all report purchases include one hour free consulting |
| covered in this new report, an appropriately high | | | | with a report author from IDTechEx, by email or |
| proportion are Chinese. This is particularly true of the | | | | telephone. This needs to be used within 3 months of |
| chapters on Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial and | | | | purchasing the report. |
| Commercial, Mobility for the Disabled, Two Wheelers, | | | | |