Electric Vehicles and the end of ICE Age

The biggest disruption in automotive history has started and is now in full swing. The future of driving and mobility is quite literally – electric ! The death knell for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles has been sounded, and electric vehicles are making rapid advances to take their place. In the short period since the launch of the first edition of this book in 2019, the pace of change in the automotive industry has been dramatic. In a span of just 3 years from 2019 to 2021, the sale of global electric light duty vehicles has shot up nearly 3 times ! The race to the electric car has begun and is accelerating each passing day. The world’s top carmakers are planning to spend over $515 billion over the next five to ten years to develop and launch battery-powered vehicles. A number of countries, from Singapore to Sweden, have said they will ban sales of new combustion engine vehicles by a certain date. Many more, including India, have ambitious targets for reaching high level of electric vehicle penetration in the next few years. The era of Electric Vehicles has arrived. Are you prepared for the change ? This book traces the history of EVs, gives a brief about the technology behind electric vehicles and explores the impact of EVs on the environment, oil demand and automobile dealerships. It gives a glimpse of global carmakers’ plans for transition to electric mobility. A full chapter is dedicated to the company that made electric cars cool – Tesla. All the chapters in the second edition have been updated with the latest information available at the time of going to print. The scenarios in China, world’s biggest EV market in terms of volumes and that in Norway, which has the world’s largest EV market share, are discussed in this book. Also discussed is the trends of EVs in India. Some guidelines for electric car buyers and information on the world’s bestselling cars are also included in the book.