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Sales of plug-in electric vehicles will reach 400,073 units in the US by 2020, according to an estimate released by Pike Research, a figure a long way short of the Obama administration's goal of seeing 1 million EVs on the road by 2015.
California, New York, Florida and Texas will lead the way. The top five metropolitan
areas for plug-in electric vehicle sales are expected to be New York City, Los
Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and Portland.
Nationwide, 2.1 percent of total vehicle sales are expected to be plug-in electrics by 2020, compared with 4.5 percent in California and 12% in Hawaii. Hawaii is the most oil-dependent state in the United States, and gets more than 95 percent of its energy from imported fossil fuels.
Nationwide, 2.1 percent of total vehicle sales are expected to be plug-in electrics by 2020, compared with 4.5 percent in California and 12% in Hawaii. Hawaii is the most oil-dependent state in the United States, and gets more than 95 percent of its energy from imported fossil fuels.
