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Research and Markets: Global Market Review of Automotive Batteries – Forecasts to 2016

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8b75d6/global_market_revi) has announced the addition of the "Global Market Review of Automotive Batteries - Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering.

Manufacturers are pushing back the technical boundaries of batteries used for hybrid electric vehicles. Not so long ago, the automotive industry was protecting an old technology yet nowadays it appears to have embraced the need for hybrids and the use of advanced battery technology. According to executives at Western Lithium Corp, macroeconomic, political and environmental events such as oil dependency, new competition and increasing carbon emissions have all contributed towards the new move to electrification of transportation. They told just-auto: "New technology in the form of lithium-ion batteries has facilitated the change away from old business models that are not sustainable in the future. The economic recession has actually forced governments, corporations and consumers to make decisions that will return future benefits with respect to profitability and sustainability. The automotive industry is quickly responding to the anticipated demand for electric and hybrid cars and is working towards mass-producing them in a profitable manner, with manufacturers like Nissan and GM leading the way."

Yet the sheer cost of such advanced batteries for electric vehicles appears to be a stumbling block. Battery manufacturers report more and more governmental authorities taking on a longer-range outlook as far as the environment is concerned.

This just-auto sector report reviews the key market drivers, mainly for starter batteries, but with the rise in interest of new battery technology, just-auto also looks at new developments in areas such as lithium-ion. The report includes just-auto's estimates of global market volume for advanced batteries fitted to hybrid light vehicles (from 2008 to 2016).

Key Topics Covered:

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 The market
  • Chapter 3 Technical review
  • Chapter 4 Manufacturers
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Methodology

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