Impending Electric Vehicle Market: Is Now the Time?

Published by: BCC Research

Published: Apr. 1, 2000

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Study Goal And Objectives
  
  
• Reasons For Doing The Study
  
  
• Contribution Of The Study
  
  
• Scope And Format
  
  
• Methodology And Information Sources
  
  
• Related Bcc, Inc. Publications
  
  
• Disclaimer
  
  
• BCC On-Line Services
  
  

Summary

Overview

• Why Evs?
  
  
• Differences Between Ev And Internal Combustion Engines
  
  
• Vehicular Transportation
  
  
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles (Hevs)
  
  
• Hev Testing
  
  
• In Service Alternative Fuel Vehicles (Afvs)
  
  
• Battery Charging Facilities: A Major Factor
  
  
• Charging Installation Issues
  
  
• Government Influence On Development
  
  
• Energy Policy Act
  
  
• Hydrogen Future Act
  
  
• Tax Credits
  
  
• Zero Emissions Vehicles (Zev) Credits
  
  
• Nhtsa Codes And Standards
  
  
• Congressional Legislative Initiatives
  
  
• Mandated Zev Requirements
  
  
• Market Dynamics
  
  
• Structure Of The Market
  
  
• Partnership For A New Generation Of Vehicles (Pngv)
  
  
• Hev Drive
  
  
• Direct-Injection Engines
  
  
• Lightweight Materials
  
  
• Advanced Technology Requirements
  
  
• Design
  
  
• Manufacturing
  
  
• Looking Ahead
  
  
• Large Electric Vehicles
  
  
• Government Involvement: The Avp
  
  
• Market For Electric Buses
  
  
• Costs
  
  
• Alternative Fuel Systems
  
  
• Hydrogen Fuel Buses
  
  
• Fuel Cells
  
  
• Dbb Next Generation
  
  
• Ballard Bus Program
  
  
• Daimlerchrysler Testing
  
  
• Hybrid Systems
  
  
• Allison Transmission
  
  
• Trolley Buses
  
  
• The Electric Bus Industry
  
  
• Bus Company Profiles
  
  
• Aai Corp.
  
  
• Advanced Vehicle Systems, Inc.
  
  
• Aps Systems
  
  
• Blue Bird
  
  
• Bus Manufacturing Usa, Inc.
  
  
• Champion Motor Coach
  
  
• El Dorado National
  
  
• Electric Vehicles International
  
  
• Gillig Corp.
  
  
• Iveco Bus Division
  
  
• Kaman Electromagnetics Corp.
  
  
• Man Nutzfahrzeuge Ag
  
  
• Neoplan-Gottlob Auwarter Gmbh
  
  
• New Flyer Industries
  
  
• Orion Bus Industries
  
  
• Singapore Technologies Automotive (St Auto)
  
  
• Spartan Motors
  
  
• Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing (Svm)
  
  
• Tecnobus Srl
  
  
• Thomas Built Buses
  
  
• Looking Ahead
  
  
• Passenger Vehicles
  
  
• Market For Passenger Evs
  
  
• Vehicle Types
  
  
• Industry Participation
  
  
• Daimlerchrysler
  
  
• Epic
  
  
• Necar 4
  
  
• Mercedes Benz A Class
  
  
• Mercedes Benz "Smart"
  
  
• Jeep Commander
  
  
• Postal Vans
  
  
• Ford
  
  
• Ranger
  
  
• Lead-Acid (Pb-Acid) Option
  
  
• Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-Metal-H) Option
  
  
• Ecostar
  
  
• Pivco And The Think
  
  
• General Motors/Saturn Corp.
  
  
• Ev1
  
  
• Chevy S-10 Electric Pickup
  
  
• Chevrolet Full-Size Van
  
  
• Beyond The Top Contenders
  
  
• Ac Propulsion (Acp)
  
  
• Ac-150
  
  
• Amerigon, Inc.
  
  
• Arton Automobile Gmbh
  
  
• Atw Auto Technik Walther Gmbh
  
  
• Bat International, Inc.
  
  
• Baker Electromotive, Inc.
  
  
• Eikenkötter
  
  
• Bmd Motors
  
  
• Bmw
  
  
• Boxel Cargo
  
  
• Csw Corp.
  
  
• Citroen
  
  
• Coval
  
  
• Daihatsu
  
  
• Denali Industries
  
  
• Eco-Motion Electric Cars
  
  
• Ecoelectric Corp.
  
  
• Edgetech, Llc
  
  
• Elcat
  
  
• Electric Auto Corp. (Eac)
  
  
• Electric Vehicle Corp.
  
  
• Enova Systems
  
  
• Electric Vehicles International (Evi)
  
  
• Erad Industries Sa
  
  
• Esoro Ag
  
  
• Ets Farge
  
  
• Eurocar Spa
  
  
• Faam Spa
  
  
• Far Spa
  
  
• Fiat Usa, Inc./Fiat Suisse S.A.
  
  
• Fisher Motors
  
  
• Fpt Consulting
  
  
• Global Electric Motorcars, Llc
  
  
• Groupe Sita
  
  
• Honda
  
  
• Hotzenblitz Mobile Gmbh
  
  
• Hyundai
  
  
• Ines-Energie Systeme Gmbh
  
  
• Isuzu
  
  
• Irmscher Gmbh
  
  
• Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
  
  
• Kewet Salg Aps
  
  
• Kewet Industrie
  
  
• Kta Services
  
  
• Jeanneau Newco.
  
  
• Laurel Hill Software Co.
  
  
• Man Nutzfahrzeuge Ag
  
  
• Mathes Electric Motorcar Corp.
  
  
• Mazda
  
  
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp
  
  
• Multicar Spezialfahrzeuge Gmbh
  
  
• Nissan
  
  
• Officine Mazzieri
  
  
• Pacific Electric Vehicles
  
  
• Peugeot S.A.
  
  
• Peugeot Ion
  
  
• Peugeot 106 Electric
  
  
• Peugeot 406 Vert
  
  
• Hydro-Gen Program
  
  
• Electric Car Self-Service
  
  
• La Rochelle Experiment
  
  
• Pasquali Macchine Agricole Srl
  
  
• Pfau Kommunalgeräte Gmbh
  
  
• Pivco
  
  
• Pininfarina & Unique Mobility
  
  
• Praxitele
  
  
• Renault S.A.
  
  
• Satcon Technology Corp.
  
  
• Scholl Sun Power
  
  
• Simai Spa
  
  
• Solectria Corp.
  
  
• Solar Nord
  
  
• Solon Ab
  
  
• Stromboli, Ltd.
  
  
• Suzuki Motor Corp.
  
  
• Toyota
  
  
• Prius Hybrid
  
  
• Rav4-Ev
  
  
• Transport Systemetechnik Ag
  
  
• Twike Ag.
  
  
• V.E.B-Torpedo
  
  
• Volkswagen Ag
  
  
• Volta
  
  
• Warsitz Enterprises
  
  
• Wilde Evolutions, Inc.
  
  
• Zebra Motors
  
  
• Zevco.
  
  
• Zebra Motors
  
  
• Z.E.V. Srl
  
  
• Zutter Evlectric Vehicles, Inc.
  
  
• Looking Forward
  
  
• Small Electric Vehicles And Devices
  
  
• Golf Carts And Neighborhood Evs
  
  
• Structure Of The Sev/Nevindustry
  
  
• Market For Golf Carts/Nevs
  
  
• Sev Manufacturers
  
  
• Bombardier
  
  
• Club Car
  
  
• Columbia Parcar
  
  
• Gemcar
  
  
• Nevco
  
  
• Planet Electric
  
  
• Yamaha
  
  
• Electric Bicycles
  
  
• Market For Electric Bicycles
  
  
• Structure Of The Electric Bike Industry
  
  
• Manufacturers Of Electric Bicycles
  
  
• Small Industrial Vehicles—Materials Handling Equipment (Mhe)
  
  
• Electric Fork Lifts
  
  
• Market For Small Industrial Vehicles/Mhe
  
  
• Structure Of Mhe Industry
  
  
• Small Industrial Vehicle/Mhe Manufacturers
  
  
• Looking Ahead
  
  
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  
  
• What Is Selling?
  
  
• Why It Is Not Selling
  
  
• Pngv
  
  
• Role Of The National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  
  
• Nrel Role
  
  
• Advisor
  
  
• Rapid Structural And Fluid Dynamics
  
  
• Thermal Energy Management
  
  
• Auxiliary Loads
  
  
• Benefits
  
  
• Increased Efficiency
  
  
• Reduced Vehicle Emissions
  
  
• Economics
  
  
• Challenges
  
  
• Types Of Hybrid Vehicles
  
  
• Research Progress
  
  
• Internal Combustion Engines
  
  
• Fuel Cells
  
  
• Electrochemical Energy Storage.
  
  
• Flywheels
  
  
• Power Electronics And Electrical Systems
  
  
• Materials
  
  
• Advanced Technology For Hybrid Vehicles
  
  
• Improving Battery Performance
  
  
• Improved Hev Performance
  
  
• Charger For An Hev
  
  
• Power Supply Equipment For An Hev
  
  
• Heating System For An Hev
  
  
• Operating Characteristics Of An Hev
  
  
• Battery Management
  
  
• Market For Hybrid Vehicles
  
  
• Technology Selection Process
  
  
• Promising Technologies
  
  
• Economic Viability
  
  
• Comprehensive Fuels Strategy
  
  
• Safety
  
  
• Systems Analysis
  
  
• Fuel Cell Development
  
  
• Cost Challenge
  
  
• Adequacy Of The Pngv Program
  
  
• Government Involvement
  
  
• Major U.S. Automakers With Hev Programs
  
  
• Daimlerchrysler
  
  
• Ford Motor Co.
  
  
• General Motors Corp.
  
  
• Other Hev Programs
  
  
• Audi
  
  
• Bmw
  
  
• Honda
  
  
• Isuzu
  
  
• Mitsubishi
  
  
• Toyota
  
  
• Looking Ahead
  
  
• Battery Technologies
  
  
• General Requirements
  
  
• Battery Safety
  
  
• Value Of Advanced Ev Batteries
  
  
• Battery Chemistries
  
  
• Lead-Acid (Pb-Acid)
  
  
• Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium
  
  
• Lithium Containing Batteries
  
  
• Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)
  
  
• Lithium Polymer
  
  
• Nickel Containing
  
  
• Nickel Metal Hydride
  
  
• Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cads)
  
  
• Nickel-Zinc
  
  
• Zinc-Containing
  
  
• Zinc-Air
  
  
• Other
  
  
• Sodium-Nickel Chloride (Na-Nicl)
  
  
• Sodium-Sulfur (Na-S)
  
  

Appendix 1: Glossary

List Of Tables



Summary Table: Value Of Electric Vehicles By Type, Through 2005

1 2% Zev Penetration Of New Vehicle Sales, 2005


2 Worldwide Ev Sales, 1999


3 Value Of Electric Buses, Through 2005


4 Comparison Of Ev And Ic Maintenance And Operation Costs Over 300,000 Miles*


5 Summary Of Bus Manufacturers


6 Passenger Type Ev Units, Through 2005


7 Sales Value Of Passenger Evs, Through 2005


8 Ev Comparisons


9 Daimlerchrysler Electric Vehicles


10 Ford Electric Vehicles


11 General Motors Electric Vehicles


12 Value Of Electric Golf Carts/Nevs, Through 2005


13 Value Of Electric Bicycles, Through 2005


14 Summary Of Bicycle Manufacturers And Distributors


15 Electric Materials Handling Equipment Units, Through 2005


16 Value Of Electric Mhe, Through 2005


17 Value Of Hybrid Vehicles, Through 2005


18 Value Of Advanced Batteries For Evs By Type, Through 2005

List Of Figures



Summary Figure: Electric Vehicles By Type, 2005

1 Ev Global Market Share, 1999


2 Value Of Electric Buses, Through 2005


3 Passenger Type Ev Units, Through 2005


4 Value Of Electric Golf Carts/Nevs, Through 2005


5 Value Of Electric Bicycles, Through 2005


6 Electric Materials Handling Equipment Units, Through 2005


7 Value Of Electric Mhe, Through 2005


8 Value Of Advanced Batteries For Evs By Type, Through 2005

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