The future of electric vehicles

Almost every week there’s a news item related to electric or low emission vehicles, including many new car launches. Yet sales of electric vehicles are increasing at a sluggish rate and some way off what is required to achieve the automotive industry’s vision. So what is the latest future for electric and hybrid cars?

Towards the end of 2011 we invited transport professionals to complete a simple survey on our website voting the one of three visions for electric vehicles they thought would be most likely to reflect the reality by 2025. We then repeated the survey a year later to see how views have changed – and there is a noticeable difference, with a greater number of professionals sceptical about the future of the electric vehicle.

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