There are now more than 400,000 electric cars on the world's roads - twice as many as a year ago, and on current trends there will be a million by 2016.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/electric-car-numbers-double-one-year
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/environment-news-network
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electric
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zero-emissions-vehicles
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution-control
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/japan
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/germany
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/france
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/netherland
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/norway