Industry research
Automotive & electric mobility research
Frame the opportunity across vehicles, components, charging, and mobility services. Define the technology, geography, and value-chain position before comparing market estimates.
Research for your decision
Plan a custom research scope for your question.
Discuss your research scope →Questions to resolve before choosing research
Use these topics to assess a report’s coverage or brief a custom study. The scope of each published edition is stated on its report page.
Define which vehicles and technologies count
Passenger cars, commercial vehicles, two-wheelers, battery electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrids describe different populations. Check whether the report measures registrations, sales, production, or vehicles in use. These measures answer different questions.
Connect the installed fleet to infrastructure
Vehicle sales are a flow; the fleet and charging network are stocks. Charging demand also depends on utilization, driving patterns, battery efficiency, and the balance of public and private charging. Avoid translating car-sales growth directly into charging revenue.
Localize costs, demand, and market access
Infrastructure, customer use cases, energy prices, trade conditions, and product availability can differ across regions. Ask which assumptions are observed and which belong to a scenario. Use local evidence for the location and entry window you are considering.
Identify the commercial decision
A component supplier needs a different market boundary from a charging operator or fleet buyer. Specify the customer group, route to market, capacity constraints, and payback criteria in the research brief. Compare competitors within that boundary.
Start with the evidence
Public statistics can establish a baseline. Check the source’s definitions, observation period, and covered population before applying it to your target market.
IEA Global EV Outlook 2026: electric car trendsRead our methodology and define a research brief before comparing forecasts.