Over the past ten years, the volume of electric vehicle patents filed by car manufacturers has been steadily increasing, reaching 14,000 by the year end June 30, 2021. In contrast, fossil fuel vehicle patent filing from carmakers have been decreasing since 2016, down to some 24,800 patents in 2020/21.
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Electric vehicles
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Mathys & Squire. (December 9, 2021). Car manufacturers' patents filed globally between 2011/12 and 2020/21, by powertrain (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309008/patents-filed-globally-by-carmakers-by-vehicle-type/?locale=en
Mathys & Squire. "Car manufacturers' patents filed globally between 2011/12 and 2020/21, by powertrain (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309008/patents-filed-globally-by-carmakers-by-vehicle-type/?locale=en
Mathys & Squire. (2021). Car manufacturers' patents filed globally between 2011/12 and 2020/21, by powertrain (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309008/patents-filed-globally-by-carmakers-by-vehicle-type/?locale=en
Mathys & Squire. "Car Manufacturers' Patents Filed Globally between 2011/12 and 2020/21, by Powertrain (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309008/patents-filed-globally-by-carmakers-by-vehicle-type/?locale=en
Mathys & Squire, Car manufacturers' patents filed globally between 2011/12 and 2020/21, by powertrain (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309008/patents-filed-globally-by-carmakers-by-vehicle-type/?locale=en (last visited July 22, 2024)
Car manufacturers' patents filed globally between 2011/12 and 2020/21, by powertrain (in 1,000s) [Graph], Mathys & Squire, December 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309008/patents-filed-globally-by-carmakers-by-vehicle-type/?locale=en