{"id":475,"date":"2017-06-25T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/?p=475"},"modified":"2017-06-27T11:27:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T11:27:14","slug":"plug-turn-drive-evs-global-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/25\/plug-turn-drive-evs-global-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Plug In.  Turn On.  Drive!  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The organization is a non-profit, with 55.6 million members in the U.S. and Canada.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently cited figures show about one-half of the roughly $1.50\/mile cost of an UberX goes to the cost of the human driver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Morgan Stanley analysis suggests that replacing a human driver (annual cost: $50k per year) with an autonomous car (&lt;$5k of equipment up front) can result in payback profits in as little as 5 or 6 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-466 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/16925889345084995710-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"16925889345084995710\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/16925889345084995710-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/16925889345084995710-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-464 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-chevrolet-volt-premier-inline2-photo-669825-s-original-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"2017-chevrolet-volt-premier-inline2-photo-669825-s-original\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-chevrolet-volt-premier-inline2-photo-669825-s-original-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wheelsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-chevrolet-volt-premier-inline2-photo-669825-s-original-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional automakers are getting in the game, too. \u00a0Last year <strong>General Motors<\/strong> announced the launch of Maven, \u201cits next step in redefining personal mobility with a new car-sharing service (that) combines and expands the company\u2019s multiple programs under one single brand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Maven<\/strong>, expanding to urban markets across the U.S., lets users reserve and unlock vehicles with their smartphones. \u00a0GM says Maven\u2019s most popular vehicle is the hybrid\u00a0<strong>Chevrolet Volt<\/strong> that offers EPA-estimated 53 electric miles and up to 420 miles with a full charge and a full tank of gas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are approximately 1 billion cars driving about 10 trillion miles in the world, according to the Morgan Stanley report. \u00a0Even in a future where private car ownership may decline drastically, the surge in EVs and hybrids, along with the increasing reality of autonomous vehicles and those \u201cride-sharing\u201d networks, means the total global miles driven could double by 2030 and triple by 2040. \u00a0However you go, by gas or grid, enjoy the ride!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With new designs, models, and range and power capabilities appearing regularly, the future of EVs is positively electrifying. \u00a0 Hyperbole, puns and political posturing aside, mobility is going green. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Plug In. 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