Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technology Europe 2022

Automobile manufacturers will begin selling electric versions of one of America's favorite vehicle types, pickup trucks in 2022, bringing battery-powered automobiles closer to the public

FREMONT, CA: Last year, sales of battery-only automobiles soared in the United States, Europe, and China, while deliveries of fossil-fuel vehicles remained low. Electric vehicles are in such great demand that manufacturers are requesting customers to place deposits months in advance, and for the next two years, some models have already been sold out.

Automobile manufacturers will begin selling electric versions of one of America's favorite vehicle types, pickup trucks in 2022, bringing battery-powered automobiles closer to the public. Their advent will be the most significant change in the auto industry since Henry Ford unveiled the Model T in 1908, with far-reaching implications for industrial employees, corporations, and the environment.

While electric vehicles still make up a small portion of the market — according to the International Energy Agency, nearly 9 percent of new cars sold worldwide last year were electric, up from 2.5 percent in 2019, — their rapid growth could make 2022 the year when the march of battery-powered cars becomes unstoppable, erasing any doubt that the internal combustion engine is lurching toward obsolescence.

Electric vehicles will enhance air quality and assist in the reduction of global warming. Further, due to the prevalence of electric vehicles in Southern California, the air is already better. And the boom is good news for President Biden, who has fought in Congress to get his climate policy passed. In the next five years, the auto industry is expected to invest half a trillion to make the electric vehicles transition, stated Wedbush Securities, an investment firm. This funding will be spent on training workers, writing software, upgrading dealerships, refitting and building factories and more. More than a dozen new electric vehicles, cars and battery factories are expected to be built in the United States alone.