subject: Electric Vehicle Traction Batteries 2010-2020 [print this page] Electric Vehicle Traction Batteries 2010-2020 report gives a comprehensive report which has detailed assessments and forecasts for all the sectors using and likely to use traction batteries. The report includes chapters on heavy industrial, light industrial/commercial, mobility for the disabled, two wheel and allied, pure electric cars, hybrid cars, golf cars, military, marine and other topics. The vivid and descriptive pictures, diagrams and tables make the subject more appealing and provides an independent view of the future ten years. There is a forecast for unit sales, unit prices and total market value for 2010-2020. the report has also quantified the replacement market . It also has ten year technology trend with a view on winning and losing technologies and companies. For those who are in the hybrid and pure electric vehicle value chain this is an important reference book. It is also precious for researchers, market analysts and those making cells, battery sets.
When it comes to vehicle traction batteries it is important to look at the whole picture and this report does it for the first time. The rapidly growing market for traction batteries will exceed $55 billion in only ten years. A number of low cost batteries are being used for e-bikes but even here several new technologies are appearing. Today, the largest replacement market is for e-bikes and the value market for replacement batteries will not be dominated by cars when these batteries last the life of the car. This is likely to happen within ten years.
Most of the times vehicle manufacturers employ new battery technology first in their forklifts or e-bikes, not cars. Still there is huge progress with car batteries as well. In 2010 the second largest volume of electric vehicles made were mobility aids for the disabled but in the next ten years this is going to change to hybrid cars. The car traction batteries market is definitely going to be larger than others. However, there will only be room for only six or so winners in car batteries.
This report is frequently updated. We analyse the successes, the needs, the statistics and the market potential for traction batteries for all the major applications. And this has never been done before. Traction battery manufacturers typically sell horizontally across many applications and electric vehicle manufacturers increasingly make versions for many applications - heavy industrial, on road, leisure and so on. The smarter suppliers will definitely go for sectors that best leverage their strength instead of joining the herd.
