What percentage of which car type (total 100%) do you expect in Europe in 2050? And ditto for 2020 and 2030?

President Obama announced on August 5 2009 the start of 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The aim of the projects is to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of electric vehicles, batteries, and components for the next generation of advanced vehicles. The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles made in the US, and shows that the US is willing to invest in the vision of electric cars. Also, the EU has extensive programs, for example within FP7, but is also investing in fuel cells (a separate program of 1 billion Euros).

At the moment, the market is dominated by conventional cars, with a combustion engine fuelled by fossil fuel. Some car manufacturers have also introduced hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), that make use of both electric motors and other types of engine. Batteries of hybrid vehicles can be charged from an external source, the so-called plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Electric vehicles have a pure electric power train. Full electric cars use only batteries. To extend the driving range and charge the batteries without connection to the grid, a range extender might be used. This can be a small combustion engine, but also a mini-gasturbine or a fuell cell or any other technology. The coming decade will show us whether the electric vehicle will be capable to oust these types of cars and will be worthy to win the trust of car drivers.

What percentage of which car type (total 100%) do you expect in Europe in 2050? And ditto for 2020 and 2030?