The Current Status and Prospects for the Development of the Electric Vehicle Market

Abstract

Ground transport is one of the main sources of pollution, deterioration of the ecology of the planet. Gases emitted by burning fuel in internal combustion engines contain more than 200 items of harmful substances, including carcinogens. Oil products, remnants from worn tires and brake pads, bulk and dusty cargoes, chlorides, which are used to sprinkle roads in winter, pollute roadside lanes and water objects. Despite the extraordinary relevance of the introduction of environmental transport in Ukraine, this topic was not considered in the context of scientific research. The vast majority of public materials are presented on HEvCars - the information portal of electric and hybrid cars in Ukraine and the world - in the form of popular review articles on the current trends and prospects for the distribution of electric vehicles in Ukraine and Europe, as well as published data on the volume and structure of sales of electric vehicles. This article is concerned with studying of the current status of the electric vehicle market in the world. Contemporary problems in the ecology as the grounds for emergence of the aforementioned market are considered. Statistics from the past few years are provided to help better understand the major tendencies in this area. The major problems of the industry, hindering its development, are considered. The problematics of the automotive industry in the face of the increasing share of electric vehicles are described. The emergence and development of electric vehicles are analyzed, and the actions of the leading countries implementing governmental policies to stimulate the transition of the population to alternative modes of transport are reviewed.

Keywords

• electric cars
• electric vehicle market
• transport-road complex
• fuel
• external environment
• ecology