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Report * UK - Conventional engines will shrug off electric challenge for a while yet
(Photo: A truck from Phoenix Motorcars)
London,EN,UK -The Detroit News (USA), by Neil Winton -October 08. 2011: -- Arguments have been raging for years about the utility of electric cars, and at last there is some concrete evidence from the marketplace about their popularity as vehicles move from the drawing board to dealer lots... Not surprisingly, at this point initial sales are tiny. According to Britain's JATO, which publishes data on the global automotive industry, European sales of electric cars totaled just 5,222 in the first half of 2011, up from just over 500 in the same period of 2010. At least electric car enthusiasts can say sales increased 10 times... A new report from British automotive consultancy Ricardo and stock broker Bernstein Research reckons that battery-only vehicles will be also-rans in this race, at least until 2020, while ICE technology will rise to the occasion by improving fuel consumption at affordable prices. Hybrids, plug-in hybrids and extended range electric vehicles will fall far short of ICE cars, but will still be more popular than battery-only electric ones...
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