ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORKS MAY START GROWTH IN PRIVATE HOMES
November 1st, 2010
BY DEIRDRE MASON
AS the market for electric vehicles (EVs) picks up, the infrastructure for recharging them will inevitably have to keep pace - so, according to US-based consultants in global clean technology markets Pike Research (NOTE: CORRECT), there will be around 4.7 million EV charging units operating worldwide by 2015.
Pike published a wide-ranging report into the global market for EV infrastructure in June this year that said nearly one million of these units will be in the US, and of these, 64% will be residential - people prefer the convenience of home ...
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