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EV Research - Web resources

The "answers" are not always in a database!

Ask yourself Who Cares? about your topic and try to identify:

government agencies (e.g. the SEC or regulatory groups)
trade publications and associations
think tanks or consumer groups
and other possible resources, including company websites and investor relations.

Check the links to additional resources found by searching online for Electric Vehicles Global and (sales or market). Some of the sources are think tanks or research institutes, others are government agencies, trade organizations and advocacy groups - sprinkled with some ads for EVs :).

Company Sources

Don't forget to review a company's website for additional insights into the company. You can also find links to their Annual Report to Shareholders on their corporate website (usually--Look for an "Investors" section). The Annual Report is usually a .PDF with photos, updates about the company's past year and glimpses into their future plans and a Letter to Shareholders from the CEO. Some companies will also have a separate report related to their sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility activities available on their website.

Check for bias!

Always consider the potential bias of a source (especially when the information comes directly from the company itself) and think about why it might skew one way or another. SIFT the info and/or use the CRAAP test:

Currency: Is the source up to date?
Relevance: Is the source relevant to your research?
Authority: Where is the source published? Who is the author? ...
Accuracy: Is the source supported by evidence? ...
Purpose: What was the motive behind publishing this source?

Automotive industry research - Kresge Research Guide

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Search for articles about your company, industry, and more.

The databases below contain the full text of scholarly and trade journals, newspapers and more. Search on keywords related to your company or industry (e.g. Tesla or "electric vehicles") or add in a word like "consumers" or "trends" to see what you find.

Factiva
Use Factiva to find and browse full text articles and news stories from over 6,000 global newspapers, trade and business publications. Use the Factiva search screen to narrow your search by industry, subject or topic of the article, specific companies and dates.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains articles from thousands of newspapers, trade publications, and key business magazines such as the Harvard Business Review. It also contains papers from leading academic journals across all major business disciplines.
Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of Business Source Complete."
ABI/INFORM Collection
ABI/INFORM contains articles from thousands of newspapers and key business magazines such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, the Economist, and the New York Times. It also contains papers from leading academic journals across all major business disciplines.
Email and RSS feed alerts available.

Company directories and financial data

D&B Hoovers
Use D&B Hoovers to look up public or private companies.
Mergent Online
Use Mergent Online to look up public parent companies and get easy-to-export financials. Use the Investext tab to search for analyst reports.
Help guide
PitchBook
Search thousands of Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) deals by hundreds of criteria. Use PitchBook to establish benchmarks, find real time data on deals, identify and analyze comparables, and search investor details. The Research Center has market updates, FactBooks, PlayBooks and Emerging Technology Research reports that will keep you up to date on the private market.

Technical Notes: Available to current UM Ann Arbor students only. Downloads are limited to 10 per month. Students may not publish PitchBook's data to any public forum such as a publicly available website. Students may not use PitchBook data for any non-academic purpose. University may institute disciplinary actions against any students who intentionally misuse PitchBook's data. PitchBook must be accessed through links provided on the Library website. Authentication is Single Sign On via UMICH Web Login. Users may be asked to set a Pitchbook password at first login.
- Video Tutorials
Accounts expire at the end of Winter term

Multi-industry databases for EV market and consumer research

Mintel
Mintel provides marketing intelligence for a wide scope of industries in the US and abroad. Their reports are downloadable and contain market, consumer and brand/company information. Their databooks allow users to create graphs and tables using the marketing data that they collect.
IBISWorld Industry Reports
IBISWorld is a database that has industry research across an extensive range of industries. Reports include main industry activities, key statistics and ratios, SWOT analysis, key external drivers, industry performance and outlook, competitive landscape, products & markets, major companies, supply chain influences, market share concentration, cost structure, key success factors, operating conditions, and trends. iExpert reports are brief executive summaries of broader reports. Risk Ratings reports highlight structural risk, growth risk, and sensitivity risk.

Technical notes:Downloads are limited to 30 reports per session. Exceeding this limit blocks access for the entire University. If you have a research need beyond this limit, please contact us at kresge_library@umich.edu.
EMIS Emerging Markets
EMIS includes company profiles, news, market reports, country reports, and data on global emerging markets. EMIS is also a clearing house for several industry research and market firms such as Allied Market Research, Arizton Advisory and Intelligence, BIS Research, BMI Research, BuddeComm Telecom Reports, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Industry Reports, GlobalData, MarketLine, Mordor Intelligence, and Oxford Economics.
Technical notes: Users must create individual accounts in EMIS and login in order to download or export data from the database.
Statista
Statista includes ready-made statistical charts, graphs and tables on marketing, demographics, communication, technology, politics, health, leisure and public opinion polls.

Automotive Industry Databases

Wards Intelligence
Ward’s Intelligence offers in-depth automotive industry data including North American Monthly Sales, Production, and US Inventory, International Monthly Sales and Production, North American Production Tracker, Fuel Economy Index and Vehicle Specifications.
Available data include:
- North American Monthly Sales, Production, and U.S. Inventory
- International Monthly Sales and Production
- North American Production Tracker
- Fuel Economy Index
- Vehicle Specifications
Note: The Outlook Conference Series,Wards Intelligence Reports, and North American Production Forecast are not included in our subscription.
Automotive News & Data Center
Automotive News is a leading source for news articles and special reports from the North American automotive industry focusing on auto dealers, dealership buy/sell, manufacturing, executive changes, earnings, mergers and acquisitions. Subscription includes access to full text of the Automotive News articles and Digital Edition Archive.

The Data Center provides access to the Market Data Books and statistics on automotive sales, production, inventory, and incentives for the US, Canada, and Mexico.

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