The market for plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) is growing in high numbers in predictable places like California, New York and Florida, in part, because they have some of the highest gasoline prices in the United States. However, more surprisingly, North Carolina and Texas are also showing significant sales.In fact, according to Navigant Research, even the least populated states will see cumulative PEV sales in the thousands by 2020, and a total of nearly 2.6 million PEVs will be sold nationwide between 2013 and 2022.
“In both Canada and the United States, the market for plug-in electric vehicles is expanding rapidly as these vehicles become more widely available,” said David Alexander, senior research analyst with Navigant Research. “Overall, sales of PEVs in North America are expected to expand at a significantly higher rate in the next 10 years than that of the general light duty vehicle market.”
While PEVs were difficult to come by in certain states and provinces in previous years, the most popular models, the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf, are now available in all North American markets. Competitive vehicles are either available or will soon appear from many major automakers including Ford, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, Fiat, and Tesla. This growth is driven by the increasing availability of charging infrastructure, which is helping to alleviate motorists’ range anxiety, according to Navigant.
Source: Fierce Energy
