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The past few years have seen electric cars move from an ambitious dream to a lucrative reality, and it would seem as though the days of traditional fossil fuel-guzzling vehicles are numbered.

With many countries vowing to phase out their consumption of oil within coming years, and committing to replacing existing vehicles with electric alternatives, it appears that the electric revolution has well and truly begun.

Peugeot CEO, Carlos Tavares, went on record in November 2017 attesting that by 2025 the company's output would be entirely electric.  His comments were made during last year's Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Michigan.

In addition to his predictions on electric cars, Tavares also said that by 2030, 80% of Peugeot's vehicles will be self-navigating. If Tavares' words are anything to go by, we can expect roads full of electric vehicles in less than a decade.

In November of last year, Fisker Inc. revealed a massive breakthrough in batteries for electric vehicles. The innovative new power source could last for 500 miles, and would take just one minute to charge.

In November of last year, Fisker Inc. revealed a massive breakthrough in batteries for electric vehicles. The innovative new power source could last for 500 miles, and would take just one minute to charge.

Fisker's VP of battery systems, Dr. Fabio Albano, was keen to stress that their solid-state batteries would be safer and more efficient than Lithium Ion batteries, marking this development as a huge breakthrough not just for Fisker but for the electric automobile industry at large.

In July of 2017 Volvo president, Håkan Samuelsson, announced that starting in 2019 the company would no longer be producing combustion engine vehicles. So from 2019 onwards, Volvo will be producing only electric or hybrid vehicles.

According to Director of Corporate Research & Development Center at Toshiba Corporation, Dr. Osamu Hori, the breakthrough batteries could be applied to Toshiba electric vehicles as soon as next year. So there might not be long to wait for fast-charging EV batteries.

Vacuum cleaner giants, Dyson, announced their entry into the electric vehicle stakes in September of last year. In a memo to Dyson employees, CEO James Dyson outlined his plans to have Dyson EVs on the roads by 2020.

Earlier this year, Waymo joined forces with Jaguar to create a fleet of autonomous, electric SUVs, the I-Pace. Waymo CEO has voiced their commitment to putting self-driving cars on the market, and the I-Pace is set to become available in 2020 once testing is completed. Within two years, people might not even have to drive electric cars - they could be doing the driving for us.

If the world is going to embrace electric vehicles sooner rather than later, we need to have the right infrastructure in place. Countries like China, Australia, and Sweden have already started working on roads that could charge electric vehicles as they drive.

Sweden's own electrified road was created by eRoadArlanda, and can charge vehicles without being a danger to anyone. According to CEO Hans Säll, the country would only need 20,000 km (12, 427 miles) to keep roads full of electric vehicles well-charged and operational.

While only 2km has been built so far, the next two years are to be used to testing and observational purposes before expanding the scope of electric roads. All going well, electric roads could become a lot more common within the next few years.

Electric vehicles are starting to convert even the most skeptical of manufacturers. At the start of the year, noted EV skeptic and Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne announced that the company would be building an electric supercar.

While there's no definite timeline in place for the release of Ferrari's electric supercar, their decision to enter the race shows that the fight to get electric cars on the road is speeding up.

When it comes to integrating smart technologies with electric vehicles, Mitsubishi are hoping to lead the charge. Mitsubishi Electric unveiled a number of their cutting-edge technologies at this year's CES, in a bid to pique consumer interest in their up-and-coming innovations.

The past year or two has seen many countries reveal timelines for phasing out fossil fuels and combustion engine vehicles. Major car manufacturers have followed suit, and in October 2017 General Motors became one of many companies to announce their dedication to switching to electric.

The move was announced by Head of Product Development, Mark Reuss. The move marks the beginning of a five year plan that will see General Motors release as many as 20 new all-electric vehicles by 2023, and phase out their production of combustion engine models.

There's a lot of work to be done to make roads ready for the incoming fleets of electric vehicles, and that work can't be handled by just one company alone. This why many major car manufacturers are joining forces to put the necessary infrastructure in place.

One such initiative in IONITY, created by Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, and Porsche. In February of this year, IONITY announced that they would be building a network of 400 charging stations across Europe. CEO Michael Hajesch announced the plans in a press release, and 100 of the stations are set to be completed this year.

Last year Porsche revealed that they were creating an electric luxury vehicle that would rival Tesla's output. Porsche CEO, Oliver Blume, seemed excited for the new release when speaking to the Financial Times in September, but was quick to point out that the electric revolution won't happen overnight.

Though the Mission E, Porsche's luxury EV, will be road ready by 2019, it won't be on the market until 2020 at the earliest. But even at that, two years isn't long to wait for more luxury EVs to start entering the market.

While most manufacturers are creating electric cars that run off batteries, Lamborghini are looking at the next step forward - supercapacitor technology. The company's Terzo Milennio electric car would be powered by carbon nanotubes that make up the car's body.