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Multifamily Garages to See Increased Need for Electric Car–Charging Stations

The number of battery-electric cars sold will exceed 70 million by 2032, says new research from Information Trends.

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Fewer than a million battery-electric cars were sold last year, but that number will exceed 70 million by 2032, says market research firm Information Trends in a new report.

With the amount of electric vehicles increasing so drastically in the next 14 years, developers of multifamily buildings will likely have to incorporate more battery-charging stations in their garages.

The report, Global Market for Battery-Electric Vehicles, focuses solely on battery-electric vehicles, as opposed to plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles, and indicates that battery-electric cars will make up almost half of all vehicles sold in 2032. Battery-electric cars are the fastest-growing segment of vehicles on the market, according to the report.

“We’re witnessing a seismic shift in the auto market that parallels the mobile phone revolution,” said Naqi Jaffery, the report’s lead author, in a press release. “While battery-electric vehicles are the short-term beneficiaries of the transition to clean energy, we’ll eventually see widespread adoption of battery-electric/fuel-cell hybrid vehicles.”

The primary factor in the recent increase in electric-vehicle usage is government incentives and subsidies, notes Information Trends. But as the vehicles’ popularity climbs, costs associated with them will decline considerably, making the incentives unnecessary.

Data from a 2016 Multifamily Executive article states that 15% of a surveyed 84,000 renters said they planned to buy an electric vehicle in the next five years. And of that 15%, a majority (58%) said they’d be willing to pay extra each month to have charging stations on-site.

In conjunction with electric cars, charging infrastructure is starting to be rapidly developed and will help foster the vehicles’ adoption. Such infrastructure is equipped with fast-charging capabilities designed to significantly reduce present-day charging times.

About the Author

Symone Strong

Symone is an associate editor for Zonda's BUILDER and Multifamily Executive magazines. She also has stories in other company publications, including ARCHITECT. She earned her B.S. in journalism and a minor in business communications from Towson University.

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