Pike Research Expects US PHEV Sales to Top 350,000 by 20170
28 Sep 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Pike Research has recently released a fresh bit of automotive insight, according to which US plug-in vehicle sales will hit 358,959 by 2017. This represents an increase of 43 percent on the current ...
Start-Stop Technology Use to Explode by 2020
1 Jun 2011, 12:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Seen by most of the manufacturers to gain a little extra mileage without spending too much on hybrid technologies, the start-stop system is in for a very smooth ride to the top by the end of the dec...
Coulomb and ECOtality, Biggest Players on the Market
18 May 2011, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was only a matter of time until the silent fight between electric vehicle charging solution providers would have come into the spotlight. And now that Pike Research released the “Pulse Report: El...
2011, Make It or Break It for EVs
28 Dec 2010, 15:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The end of this year brought with it the launch of the world's first two electric vehicles for the masses, built by established manufacturers. The Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Volt are hoped t...
Hybrid Commercial Trucks Market to Bloom
27 Dec 2010, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world has pretty much come to terms with the idea that the automotive world has changed forever this year. The launch of not one, but two electric vehicles on the passenger car market, the conti...
Asia to Be Flooded with EVs
21 Nov 2010, 12:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the fastest growing regions in the world when it comes to the automotive industry, the Asia Pacific region is sustaining its growth by taking a very lucrative approach to the future. As the e...
4.7M Charging Points On the Road by 2015
26 May 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As electric vehicles become more and more part of our daily lives, several research institutes try to give us a better idea on how the world will look like in the near future, based on current evolu...
Fleets to Buy 4 Million Hybrids by 2015
17 Nov 2009, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Corporate and government fleets will buy, according to a Pike Research study, some 4 million hybrids by 2015. The same study claims that hybrid fleet sales will increase from 300,000 in 2009 to more...