# How many vehicles will be on the road by 2050?

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/how-many-vehicles-will-be-on-the-road-by-2050/5685>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [December 19, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/how-many-vehicles-will-be-on-the-road-by-2050/5685 "2015-12-19T14:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greendriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Greendriver](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Greendriver)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/how-many-vehicles-will-be-on-the-road-by-2050/5685/1 "2015-12-19T14:01:43Z")

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It is expected that the number of vehicles on the road will increase from 800 million today to around 2 billion by the year 2050. With this expected increase in numbers surely electric vehicles are the only viable alternative to fossil fuels?