Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In a new report (its fourth on electric car adoption) the Boston Consulting Group forecasts that a combination of hybrid and fully electric powertrains will cut the global market share of pure internal combustion engines (ICEs) by about 50% by 2030.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Australian manufacturer Roev plans to do just that from 2023 by converting Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to electric, with conversions priced from $47,990. The Boston Consulting Group recently forecast that 55 percent of new utes sold in Australia by 2030 would be electric. Fancy an electric ute for less than $80K?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The proposed JV is one of a number of new market expansions focused on the Russian car market, which the Boston Consulting Group this week said may become the world’s sixth-largest by 2020, selling 4 million cars a year. Ford began producing cars in Russia in 2002. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2016

According to the Boston Consulting Group, the projected size of the global autonomous vehicle market in 2025 will be $36 billion for partially autonomous vehicles (levels 1–3) and $6 billion for fully autonomous vehicles (level 4). This is under development and will be used to test future autonomous vehicle concepts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

In January, EnerDel hosted a group of journalists at its Indiana facilities and provided a plant tour showcasing its cell manufacturing and pack assembly processes. Cell Manufacturing. Like many elements of the cell construction, the design and manufacture of the stack (figure 4) involves proprietary ideas. by Bill Cooke.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2010

A series of recent reports—one from the National Research Council (NRC) ( earlier post ) and another from the Boston Consulting Group ( earlier post )—concluded that an expected continuing high cost of lithium-ion batteries will dampen mass market adoption of plug-in vehicles. Earlier post.). Mike Hanley.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

The taskforce stated that “while the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline fuelled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing costs in order to become commercially viable&#.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Although lithium-ion cell and pack costs are expected to fall sharply by 2020, they are unlikely to drop enough to support widespread adoption of fully electric vehicles without a major breakthrough in battery technology, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

needs over 100 battery cell manufacturing locations by 2035” to meet the projected EV demand. The impact of EVs on auto manufacturing and supplier jobs is harder to assess. employees engaged in motor vehicle parts manufacturing, about one-quarter—nearly 150,000—make components for internal combustion powertrains.”.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“While the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline-fueled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing cost in order to become commercially viable,” the task force noted in its recent assessment of GM’s restructuring plans. The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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