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Monday 28 June 2010
Study: 670,000 Fuel Cell Vehicles to be Sold Annually Within 10 Years
The United States will lead the way
Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm that focuses on global clean technology markets, conducted a study that predicts 670,000 fuel cell
vehicles (FCVs) will sell annually by 2020.
Some auto companies are still focusing their development on electric vehicles (EVs), and as many other surveys indicate, the growth of electric vehicles are expected to surpassfuel cellvehicles . However, Pike Research's study goes against the grain saying otherwise. According to the study, the U.S. will account for 134,049 annual FCV sales of the total 670,000, putting them in the lead for fuel cell vehicle sales. China will be in second place with 129,241 FCV sales and Germany will be in third place with 126,783 total annual sales.
Some believe these are "overly optimistic" results and that Pike Research is assuming that the appropriate refueling infrastructures will be available by 2020. According to fuel cell industry analyst Dave Hurst, "The entire growth of the fuel cell vehicle market balances on two key elements: the growth of hydrogen gas refueling stations and improvements in the cells themselves."
While improvements of fuel cells is in the works, the possible growth of hydrogen gas refueling stations is here. Currently, there is only one personal, zero-emission refueling station for FCV's that runs on sunshine and tap water. It's called a residential hydrogen refueler, and the only one that exists is hidden on the Torrance campus of Honda R&D.
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Some auto companies are still focusing their development on electric vehicles (EVs), and as many other surveys indicate, the growth of electric vehicles are expected to surpassfuel cell
Some believe these are "overly optimistic" results and that Pike Research is assuming that the appropriate refueling infrastructures will be available by 2020. According to fuel cell industry analyst Dave Hurst, "The entire growth of the fuel cell vehicle market balances on two key elements: the growth of hydrogen gas refueling stations and improvements in the cells themselves."
While improvements of fuel cells is in the works, the possible growth of hydrogen gas refueling stations is here. Currently, there is only one personal, zero-emission refueling station for FCV's that runs on sunshine and tap water. It's called a residential hydrogen refueler, and the only one that exists is hidden on the Torrance campus of Honda R&D.
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Factory opens in Finland to supply lithium-ion batteries for up to 3,000 electric vehicles
The engineering and construction company M+W Group has successfully completed its first order to build a lithium-ion battery plant in Varkaus (Finland). The plant, which was commissioned by the Finnish battery manufacturer, European Batteries Oy, has now started full volume production.
The new factory in Varkaus has a surface area of 10,000 square metres and manufactures large, lithium-ion based battery packs and systems with an annual production capacity of around 100 megawatt/hours. This means that around 3,000 full-electric cars can be fitted with lithium-ion batteries, although a possible tripling of production is already planned.
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Global leading Electric Vehicle to Appear in Shenzhen
The 25th World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS-25), an international pageant for the development of new energy auto, will be held in Shenzhen in November.
Held once a year and a half, the World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition, the largest and most powerful international summit and exposition in nowadays’ electric vehicle and new energy auto fields, is held in turn in Asia-pacific, American and European countries, which will unite the authoritative academic groups of the holding countries to submit applications to the World Electric Vehicle Association and can hold the exposition after approved.
The exposition will exhibit the latest technology fruits and its future development trend of each country with the whole vehicle, auto components and basic supporting facilities.
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Man charged up about plug-in cars
In the parking garage near the South Carolina Aquarium, a man pulling out of his parking spot asked James Poch a question recently about his modified Toyota Prius
"You really get 100 miles to the gallon in that thing?"
James Poch, whose nonprofit organization Plug In Carolina wants up to 14 electric car-charging stations installed in downtown Charleston by December, gets that question all the time. His answer is "yes."
The Post and Courier
James Poch, executive director of Plug In Carolina, hopes that parking garages will be sites for future electric car-charging stations.
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Electric cars provide future transportation needs
My magic wand is on the fritz, otherwise we'd have a big, new federal program to free America from its dependence on oil. Like other environmentalists, I'm sad that the calamity in the Gulf of Mexico hasn't spurred Washington to more vigorously promote America's exit from this curse.
The fault may lie with President Obama's timidity, a public scared by major new government programs or fossil-fuel interests flashing their campaign dough. Probably it's all three, but the bottom line is this: An all-out effort to unchain America from hydrocarbons is essential to national security, a healthy environment and economic prosperity in the 21st century. But it's not politically possible.
And so we must look at what's passable. Fortunately, there's one piece to the escape strategy that business leaders, military brass and the buying public all like — and would create jobs. Most importantly, it has bipartisan support in Congress.
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With I.P.O., Tesla Bets on Electric Car’s Future
As Tesla Motors begins selling stock to the public on Tuesday, the offering’s success depends on how much investors are willing to bet on a car company that has never made a profit and expects to lose money until at least 2012.
Tesla will be the first automaker to go public since the Ford Motor Company held its initial public offering in 1956. It expects the stock sale to raise up to $185 million, The Associated Press reports.
The start-up company, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., believes Americans’ taste in cars is changing. Most analysts agree that electric cars like Tesla’s will catch on as gas prices rise and environmental worries mount.
But Tesla faces bigger questions. It has lost $290.2 million since it was founded in 2003 and has not had a profitable quarter.
It does not expect that to change until it starts selling its next vehicle, a four-door electric sedan called the Model S, in large numbers. That is not scheduled “until 2012, or possibly later,” according to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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