IMS Research Forecasts Global Electric Car Production to Top 16 Million in 2021, 16-Fold Increase from 2010
Date: 12 July 2011

Wellingborough, UK, 12 July 2011 — According to a new report, Opportunities for System and Semiconductor Manufacturers in Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicles, global production of electric cars – either hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery electric or fuel cell vehicles – will better 16 million in 2021, and will account for 16 percent of all vehicles manufactured.

IMS Research estimates that less than one million hybrid electric vehicles were produced in 2010 and this equates to only around two percent of all vehicle production worldwide. Less than 16,000 battery electric vehicles and 2,000 plug-in hybrids and were produced last year.

“Japanese vehicle manufacturers initially dominated production of electric vehicles and used either their own existing suppliers or used systems from suppliers they part-own – their Keiretsu partners,“ says principal analyst, Jon Cropley. “These barriers to market entry are disappearing as vehicle manufacturers from other regions ramp-up production and Japanese vehicle manufacturers look for competing suppliers.”

Today, growing demand for electric cars is creating new vehicle manufacturers such as Tesla Motors, Coda, Fisker, BYD, and Aptera, who are joining established household-name manufacturers like Toyota, Ford and General Motors in this high potential growth market. Equally, growing demand for electric cars is also providing would-be suppliers in other tiers of the supply chain with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enter the automotive market.

Examples of companies entering the market include A123 Systems of the United States and LG Chem of South Korea which have agreements to supply lithium ion batteries for major electric vehicle programmes. They also include US companies AC Propulsion, Remy International and UQM Technologies which all offer traction motors. What is more, further down the supply chain, semiconductor companies from outside Japan are supplying devices for electric vehicle programmes. Examples include Infineon Technologies, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics.

“This massive forecasted growth in the global electric car market, driven by consumers‘ increasing demand for cheaper to run and greener vehicles, and supported by government policy around the world, is creating a sea-change in the automotive industry,“ Cropley adds. “ While many of the established car manufacturers and their suppliers are responding to this new demand, new players – both OEM and across the supply chain – are well poised to take advantage and gain meaningful market share.“

Editors Note :

This is the second edition of a highly acclaimed report which presents market forecasts for different types of electric vehicle, shows alternative scenarios and summarizes the approaches of different vehicle manufacturers. It then goes on to provide forecasts for different systems used in electric vehicles followed by a detailed analysis of the market for semiconductors in electric vehicle drivetrains by system and semiconductor type. It provides management, marketing, development and technical executives with the most comprehensive analysis available on this emerging and fast moving market for systems and semiconductors used in electric vehicles.

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