Join daily news updates from CleanTechnica on e mail. Or follow us on Google News!
A brand new survey of electrical automobile homeowners around the globe finds that only one% of electrical automobile homeowners would purchase a pure gas-powered (or diesel-powered) automobile for his or her subsequent automobile.
The survey comes from the Global EV Drivers Alliance (GEVA)and that is GEVA’s first survey on the subject. (Hat tip to GO TO-U.) Apart from that key discovering above, the opposite massive one is that 92% of EV homeowners mentioned they’d purchase one other EV as their subsequent automobile.
There’s an asterisk
within the title as a result of one other 4% mentioned they’d head on over to a plugin hybrid. One might name them fuel vehicles simply as one might name them electrical vehicles (since they’re each). Whereas there are many points with plugin hybrid incentives and other people not charging them in some markets, if somebody does wish to use them as EVs and simply use the fuel tank as emergency backup, it’s straightforward for them to be pushed on electrical energy 90%+ of the time. If somebody driving a BEV is planning to get a PHEV subsequent, it’s probably they wish to drive on electrical energy but in addition need some fuel backup for tough circumstances.
“These results confirm that EV drivers are highly satisfied with their choice, and that reports of declining EV popularity are greatly exaggerated,” says Petter Haugneland, Assistant Secretary Common of The Norwegian EV Affiliation.
“This is a remarkably high number and the results confirm that drivers love the EV experience and EVs are here to stay,” says Joel Levin, chair of GEVA and Director of Plug In America.
Picture by Zach Shahan | CleanTechnica. The rationale that rose to the highest was decrease working prices. Folks like decrease “fueling” (charging) prices and fewer upkeep. I think about baked into that for many individuals is the comfort of dwelling charging and office charging. As an alternative of getting to usually drive to a fuel station to refuel, one can sit comfortably in their very own dwelling or workplace whereas the automobile sips electrons. These are large time financial savings if you consider it, and barely
extra stopping time on street journeys doesn’t counteract that and make the time issue a internet unfavorable. You’re saving way more time all year long not going to fuel stations, or for oil modifications, emissions checks, and so on.
Picture courtesy of Volkswagen.
Many EV drivers do prioritize the local weather and air, although. “The environmental benefits of EVs emerged as the second most important motivation,” GEVA writes.
The pleasing inexperienced glow after I arrive at a longtime Electrify America charging station proper off the freeway. Picture by Cynthia Shahan | CleanTechnica.
This can shock nobody, however the one main disadvantage many highlighted was the general public quick charging infrastructure. “Charging infrastructure is quite good in most countries and continues to expand on a steady pace. However, some EV drivers still find charging to be a hassle. When being asked about the disadvantages of driving an EV, the results indicate that the most significant drawbacks are the limited availability of fast chargers, the time-consuming nature of charging, and the frequent downtime of fast charging stations.” All of these items have to maintain enhancing. We’re far from a really perfect finish state, and it’s a continuing problem to get sufficient chargers put in — and in the correct locations, and dependable
ones — as EV gross sales develop.
Who answered the survey?
The responses got here from 23,000 EV drivers in 18 international locations. GEVA claims that that is “the first and most comprehensive global survey among EV drivers.” We really carried out international surveys of hundreds of EV drivers a number of years in the past, however, admittedly, we weren’t near the size of 23,000. Additionally, that is a completely completely different EV period we’re in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olorli2B2Q4 Chip in a few dollars a month to assist assist unbiased cleantech protection
that helps to speed up the cleantech revolution! Have a tip for CleanTechnica? Want to advertise? Want to suggest a guest for our CleanTech Talk podcast?Contact us right here
. Sign up for our daily newsletter for15 new cleantech tales a day . Or sign up for our weekly one
CleanTechnica uses affiliate links. See our policyright here
CleanTechnica’s Remark Coverage
Our Main Site
