Richard Martin is the editorial director of Pike Research, the leading cleantech market intelligence firm.
An Executive Summary of the report is available for free download on the Pike Research website.
FORBES: Worldwide Electric Vehicle Sales to Reach 3.8 Million Annually by 2020
About 1, 310 units were sold last year, according to Dave Hurst, a clean technology analyst at Pike Research.
More than 1.5 million charging stations will be available in the United States by 2017, according to analysts at Pike Research.
Pike Research, a firm that advises investors in the energy sector, recently concluded that algae-based biofuels alone could become a trillion dollar market opportunity.
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According to a new report from Pike Research, annual worldwide sales of these vehicles, collectively referred to as electric vehicles (EVs), will reach 3.8 million by 2020.
FORBES: Worldwide Electric Vehicle Sales to Reach 3.8 Million Annually by 2020
In our Industrial Biorefineries report, Pike Research forecasts that at least 13 billion gallons of advanced biorefinery production capacity will come online over the next decade in the United States.
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But more than 4.7 million charging stations are expected to be installed by the time the number of electric cars on the roads exceeds the 3 million mark, according to Pike Research.
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On both the glowing-success and the looming-chasm side, this echoes many of the themes we at Pike Research have been pointing out over the last year, including in this blog on the so-called cleantech bust.
About 3.2 million plug-in electric cars will be sold worldwide by 2015, with the portion of U.S. sales largely concentrated in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Chicago, according to auto industry analysts at Pike Research.
FORBES: More Electric Cars Are Making Their Way Across the Country
But John Pike, a weapons analyst with the GlobalSecurity.org research group, said the missile shield is not yet fully operational.
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