A hybrid electric future?

Expert tells conference about the prospects for the electric vehicle marketplace

Peter Harrop spoke at the Electric Futures event held as part of a continuing focus on this topic by New Transit.

Peter Harrop spoke at the Electric Futures event held as part of a continuing focus on this topic by New Transit.

Hybrids vehicles will become more efficient as technology improves, with Jaguar C-X75 concept able to extend its range to 900km

Hybrids vehicles will become more efficient as technology improves, with Jaguar C-X75 concept able to extend its range to 900km

By 2021, the world’s automotive industry will be producing some eight million hybrid electric cars a year, according to industry expert Dr Peter Harrop.  It will be only a part of what Harrop, who spoke at New Transit’s Electric Futures event in London in April, expects to become a US$260bn-plus market for electric vehicles, including many buses. He is the chairman and founder of consultancy and publisher IDTechEx, which specialises in electric vehicles, printed electronics and...