... of electric vehicles has been started. In 2008, 370 battery electric vehicles (50 buses and 320 shuttles), 100 hybrid electric vehicles (25 buses and 75 passenger cars), and 23 fuel cell vehicles ... improved batteries, motors and other hybrid electric components. Several electric vehicles – generally small and low volume – were produced worldwide in the 1 970 s (Anderson and Anderson, 2010), though ... engines (My Nissan Leaf, 2011; Electric Vehicles – The Benefits and Barriers 64 and Liaoning) and a number of large cities (in provinces of Hubei, Shandong, Hebei, and Jiangsu). In recent years,...