Report: Hybrid and EV sales grow but remain small

J.d. power and Associates today forecast that 7 percent of new car sales 2020 battery be hybrid or electric vehicles a year, but a "mass migration" to the electric cars is unlikely to happen in the United States

The automatic verification and research company said that despite interest by the media, environmentalists and Governments, electric vehicle sales will take a back seat to gas-only cars for a variety of reasons in the next 10 years.

In particular it is a sharp rise in oil prices by 2020, a technology breakthrough in the electric vehicles or coordinated government policy, not project consumers to electric cars buy anregen.Auch, consumers total understand electric vehicle technology, and many are unwilling to change.

"Based on our research of consumers significant attitude towards these technologies and call barring changes to public order, including tax incentives and higher standards for fuel economy-we expect no mass migration, more environmentally friendly vehicles over the next decade," John Peters Humphrey, senior Vice President of automotive operations, said in a statement.

The company projects sales of hybrids and electric vehicles battery of 2.2 percent of sales by 7.3 per cent of sales now grow or 5.2 million vehicles by 2020.

The prognosis based j.d power's annual consumer survey on cars, echoes statements auto executives and market projections on hybrid and battery electric cars other significant barriers for consumers in more environmentally friendly cars but.

Although automakers expect to see more shapes of the electrification in the coming years estimates vary considerably, how fast, wird.Beispielsweise happen to Nissan, which is the battery-electric release sheet this year, forecasts, the battery research and management consulting firm PRTM make electrical as much as much as 10 percent of sales in 10 years can now, 20 per cent of car sales could be 2020 projects hybrids.

Although many consumers are concerned about the environment say is the greatest obstacle to the adoption of higher costs in advance of hybrid and electric cars, Humphrey said battery.

The "wild card" electric vehicle is China, according to the Bericht.China which is heavily dependent on imported oil, its electric vehicle industry is quickly scale.

"China is perhaps the only country that too fast a market scale, political will and regulation masses towards alternative energy has vehicles, mandate" according to the report.