DUBLIN, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Hybrid and Electric Buses and Taxis 2012-2022: Forecasts, Opportunities, Players" report to their offering.

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This is the world's first report forecasting the global market for electric buses and taxis both hybrid and pure electric. It separately forecasts the market in the most important country, China, and it takes a detailed look at technologies present and future with a blunt assessment of reasons for failure and threats for the future, not just the positive aspects. The market for electric buses and taxis will rise 8.7 times from 2012 to 2022, approaching $60 billion not long after that. The buses will be designed exclusively for purpose, though some will have power trains used for trucks as well. The taxis will largely consist of regular cars and people movers with modest adaptation. We explain why, for both, this is the decade of the hybrid but with pure electric versions coming up fast. China will become by far the largest market for both electric buses and electric taxis within the decade. This report looks at the statistics and trends for conventional buses and taxis, the government incentives, paybacks and new technologies with detailed tables and figures to summarise the situation, so the reader can understand the situation with ease. There are no rambling anecdotes or cut and paste of catalog items here - this is all summary, comparison and prediction with numbers, unit values, specifications and a profusion of images.

This uniquely up to date reference book is extremely thorough. Just one of the tables lists 78 hybrid bus manufacturers with country and product image, another lists 53 pure electric bus manufacturers with country and product image and another compares 68 lithium-ion traction battery manufacturers with cathode and anode chemistry and other technical detail and who is using these batteries - naming bus, car and other companies using them, explaining who is winning and why. There is a table comparing eight electric taxi projects with country, image and commentary, including technical detail, and another comparing many fuel cell bus trials. Many of the figures are graphs, bar charts, pie charts, and other analysis to allow you to assess the situation quickly and conveniently.

The market forecasts cover units, unit prices and total market value 2012-2022 backed up by forecasts for the market for all types of bus taken together, each for global and separately China. Taxi number, unit value and market value is similarly forecasted and the whole is put in the context of statistics for past sales and production output by manufacturer and forecasts for the electric vehicle market as a whole. The leading suppliers are identified. Transmission manufacturers are compared using sectioned technical diagrams. There is a glossary of terms and one hour of free consultancy with every purchase will answer any questions you have remaining.

Key Topics Covered:

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

2. INTRODUCTION

3. ELECTRIC BUS MANUFACTURERS AND TECHNOLOGIES

4. PROFILES OF SOME INTERESTING SUPPLIERS

5. BUS DRIVE TRAINS

6. ELECTRIC TAXI MANUFACTURERS AND TECHNOLOGIES

7. TRACTION BATTERIES, FUEL CELLS, RANGE EXTENDERS

8. FUEL CELLS

9. MARKET STATISTICS AND FORECASTS

Companies Mentioned:

- Adura Systems USA
- Alexander Dennis UK
- Allison Transmission USA
- Anhui Ankai Automobile Company China
- Azure Dynamics USA
- BAE Systems UK, USA
- BLK China
- BYD China
- Daimler Germany
- Eaton USA
- Hino Motors and parent company, Toyota Japan
- ISE Corp, USA
- ISE Corporation
- IVECO Italy
- MAN hybrid bus Germany: supercapacitor not battery
- Navistar USA
- New Flyer Industries Canada
- Nova Bus Canada
- Optare UK
- Proterra
- Ryobe Bus Japan
- SIM Drive Corporation Japan
- SR Drives UK, Green Propulsion Belgium
- TATA India
- ThunderVolt USA
- Volvo Sweden
- Wrightbus UK
- Zhongtong Bus Holding Co., Ltd, China

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bxf5hv/hybrid_and

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