This statistic represents the global electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion battery demand from 2014 to 2017 and a projection through 2020. By 2020, battery-electric vehicle lithium-ion battery demand is expected to reach some 150 gigawatt hours (GWh) worldwide.
Global electric vehicle lithium-ion battery requirement from 2014 to 2020
(in gigawatt hours)
Characteristic
Hybrid electric vehicles
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
Battery electric vehicles
2020*
3.2
20.5
148.9
2019*
3.1
15.9
113.3
2018*
2.4
11.5
78.6
2017
2.3
5.4
35.4
2016
1.5
4.8
27.4
2015
1.3
2.4
17.6
2014
1.3
1.5
12.7
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