Despite electric vehicles gaining popularity they will account for only one percent of all cars sold in 2040, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook report for 2014.
Fossil fuel-powered cars will continue to be the top sellers, accounting for nearly eight in ten cars sold, down marginally from last year. The number of diesel cars will be 4 percent and the number of hybrids will be 5 percent of the total cars sold, up from 3 percent last year. But only one percent of cars will be plug-in hybrids, with another one percent of cars being fully electric.