 They offer the most advanced battery technologies for virtually every type of vehicle. We recently talked with Clarios Vice President of Technology, Craig Rigby. Craig touched on the future of electric and hybrid vehicles. Well, new vehicle production is definitely shifting towards hybrids, and in particular, electric vehicles at a very rapid pace. Clarios estimates that out of the 1.7 billion cars expected to be on the road by 2040, up to 50% of those will be some combination of full, mild hybrids and electric vehicles.