Solid-state battery patents, hybrid car sales in rural America, electric vehicle demand before gas prices spike: Car News Today
Electric vehicle sales are surging in rural America. Toyota and Panasonic lead in solid-state battery patents. And EV interest goes up a lot, even before considering gas prices. This and more, here Green Car Report.
Even before the price of gas spiked this spring – now at $4.72, the national average according to AAA – Consumer Reports saw a greater determination among shoppers in building their next car is the EV. While 71% interest in EVs closely matches a similar survey in 2020, it notes 14% said they would “definitely” buy or rent an electric vehicle in 2022 — compared to just 4% in 2020.
Toyota and Panasonic are in leadership in solid-state battery patentsbased on Nikkei. While it’s not a strong indication of how well a company has grown in bringing technology to production, it is a good way to gauge research and development on technology – what that Toyota has been doing since the 1990s.
And according to a meta-analysis of millions of used car sales, The strongest growth of electrified vehicles is in rural America. Looking from 2014 to 2022, demand for hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles is growing faster in areas outside urban areas and coastal suburbs that are generally considered early adopters. .
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