HOW QUICKLY COULD PHEVS PENETRATE THE WORLDS AUTO FLEET?
International Investment managers Alliance Bernstein projects that by 2030, hybrids and PHEVs could be 85% of new car sales. (Read summary, download a copy) Those aggressive numbers assume an end to business as usual because of higher fuel prices, carbon caps or taxes, employee benefits, government incentives. They validate the idea that PHEVs will become the dominant platform for MOST automobiles, building on PHEVs’ simple concept: power local travel electrically from an ever-greener grid, and evolve the range extender fuel to increasingly renewable sources.
