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This is a more difficult question to answer than it might seem. Most of us have heard of two relatively mainstream electric cars, the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt. However, there are a few dozen smaller electric car companies, all of which sold some cars in 2011, but most of these smaller companies don't provide sales figures.
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In addition, the problem doesn't just involve electric cars sold in the United States. India is a large and growing market for cars, and some electric car companies (such as Mahindra Reva) target India and Europe. Likewise, China set an ambitious goal to put 500,000 electric cars or hybrids on the road in 2011. They have not met this goal (by far), but they are not exactly anxious to issue a press release on how far off they were.
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So in the end, I'm going to give you a pure guess.
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It looks like Leaf sales will reach about 8000 sales, and Volt sales maybe 7000 by the end of December. We'll say about 5000 various battery EVs built in China. And another 5000 for India. Then for two dozen very small EV manufacturers, about 500 sales apiece.
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Wild guess total: about 26,000 electric vehicles sold in 2011. I think this is a minimum. My numbers for China and India could be low.
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In addition, 2012 sales of EVs will surely be much, much bigger, as 2011 has been the "ramp up" year for some EV models. Both GM and Nissan have stated their intentions to build many times the number of EVs they made in 2011. Plus many new EV models are slated for introduction in 2012. China is not backing away from their 500,000 goal either.
This is a more difficult question to answer than it might seem. Most of us have heard of two relatively mainstream electric cars, the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt. However, there are a few dozen smaller electric car companies, all of which sold some cars in 2011, but most of these smaller companies don't provide sales figures.
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In addition, the problem doesn't just involve electric cars sold in the United States. India is a large and growing market for cars, and some electric car companies (such as Mahindra Reva) target India and Europe. Likewise, China set an ambitious goal to put 500,000 electric cars or hybrids on the road in 2011. They have not met this goal (by far), but they are not exactly anxious to issue a press release on how far off they were.
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So in the end, I'm going to give you a pure guess.
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It looks like Leaf sales will reach about 8000 sales, and Volt sales maybe 7000 by the end of December. We'll say about 5000 various battery EVs built in China. And another 5000 for India. Then for two dozen very small EV manufacturers, about 500 sales apiece.
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Wild guess total: about 26,000 electric vehicles sold in 2011. I think this is a minimum. My numbers for China and India could be low.
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In addition, 2012 sales of EVs will surely be much, much bigger, as 2011 has been the "ramp up" year for some EV models. Both GM and Nissan have stated their intentions to build many times the number of EVs they made in 2011. Plus many new EV models are slated for introduction in 2012. China is not backing away from their 500,000 goal either.
who invented electric cars?
Kendal
What country invented electric cars and which country uses them the most?
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Electric taxicabs were the first electric cars, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia starting in 1896, and used on the streets of New York to deal with the "horse pollution" of the day.
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The country with the most electric vehicles presently is probably the United States. There are several thousand hobbyist electric cars on the road in the US, joined in 2011 by several thousand Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts.
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However, the lead in electric vehicles may not last long. China plans to invest over $15 billion in electric car infrastructure, and sales of the Leaf and Volt will target Europe in 2012, which is likely to be a prime market for electric vehicles - as gasoline is much more expensive in most countries outside of the US. Other electric vehicles in development at various car manufacturers have Europe and Asia as primary marketing targets.
Electric taxicabs were the first electric cars, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia starting in 1896, and used on the streets of New York to deal with the "horse pollution" of the day.
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The country with the most electric vehicles presently is probably the United States. There are several thousand hobbyist electric cars on the road in the US, joined in 2011 by several thousand Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts.
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However, the lead in electric vehicles may not last long. China plans to invest over $15 billion in electric car infrastructure, and sales of the Leaf and Volt will target Europe in 2012, which is likely to be a prime market for electric vehicles - as gasoline is much more expensive in most countries outside of the US. Other electric vehicles in development at various car manufacturers have Europe and Asia as primary marketing targets.
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