14 DAY TRIAL // It's good news for companies that are in the business of making and marketing plug-in vehicles, and for those who think that traffic-related emissions must be reduced if the world is to even stand a chance of limiting climate change and global warming.
Thus, a new report shared with the public by (warning: you might want to take a deep breath before trying to read the name of this company) Zentrums für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg in Germany, says that, at the beginning of 2014, over 400,000 electric cars were being driven up and down global roads.
Specialists with the Zentrums für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (yes, I happen to like the name of this company) say that, when compared to the year 2013, this represents an increase of about 100%.
Besides, it would appear that, over the past three years, the number of registered electric cars worldwide, i.e. battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and range-extended electric vehicles, has increased at a rate of about 100% per year, Green Car Congress tells us.
Under current growth rates, it could happen that there will be over 1 million electric vehicles on roads worldwide by early 2016. What's more, “The tally does not include motorcycles, trucks, buses and the now more than 6-million conventional full-hybrid vehicles,” the same source stresses.