CARS Report - State by State Deployment of Electric Vehicles - 2011-2015

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Ann Arbor MI February 14, 2011; The Center for Automotive Research said in a new study DEPLOYMENT ROLLOUT ESTIMATE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES 2011-2015 that demand for plug-in and electric cars is likely to follow a similar pattern to hybrid car sales.

The leading markets for these new, cleaner vehicles tend to be the more populous states, but California also leads in density of hybrid owners, with more than 50 per 10,000 residents, compared with fewer than 26 per 10,000 in Texas or Michigan.

This fall Ford will also introduce an electric Focus, while several other carmakers are rolling out their own electric offerings: the Mitsubishi i-Miev, a Tesla Model S, a Fisker Karma, a Coda sedan, a Mini E, Toyota RAV-4, and electric Smart Fortwo.

Combined U.S. sales of electric, plug-in, and fuel-cell vehicles are expected to nearly double from 77,000 in 2012 to 140,000 in 2015. By then, the number of electrics and plug-ins on U.S. roads is expected to reach close to 500,000.(Ed. Out of 300 Million, Big Whoopee)