Auto manufacturers and policy makers discuss next phase of electric vehicle deployment
IEA: Representatives from major auto makers and IEA member countries met in Stuttgart on 19 October for informal discussions on ways to increase the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) around the world. The IEA publication Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 projects that half of all passenger cars by 2050 will need to be EVs (both plug-in hybrid EVs and battery EVs). To reach these targets, 20 million EVs will need to be on the road by 2020, but this cannot be met without higher rates of EV sales. This means that sales of EVs must double every year by the end of this decade. Source: http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/news/2012/october/name,32775,en.html