Electric-Car Battery Use: Already Higher Than Hybrids Total? By John Voelckers avatar John Voelcker, Senior Editor 09/04/2014 Share This: 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid - production model You see a lot in the press these days about the low sales of plug-in electric cars. While deliveries have risen every year--and have outpaced hybrid sales at the same point after launch--electric cars clearly remain only a tiny piece of the global car market today. But those low sales nonetheless require a huge amount of battery capacity. DONT MISS: Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Aug: All-Time Leaf High, Volt Best In 12 Months Depending on your assumptions and calculations, in fact, electric cars to date may already have used as much battery capacity as every hybrid built in 17 years. 2015 Toyota Prius Liftback Recently, we asked two loyal readers and contributors to estimate the relative kilowatt-hours for electric-car versus hybrid sales. Both like data, enjoy research, and dived in enthusiastically 2012 Tesla Model S beta vehicle, Fremont, CA, October 2011 Tesla Recruits U.S. Military Veterans To Build Electric Cars In California 2014 BMW i3, 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show Carbon Fiber In Cars: More Energy To Make, Lower Lifetime Emissions
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