The latest Consumer Report EV survey shows more Americans than ever are considering buying or leasing an electric car.
whether they would consider buying or leasing an electric car, and 36% said yes. That is the highest positive response rate to a CR electric car poll ever. And while that is good news for EV advocates, there are a few things that need further clarification in order to get an accurate picture of people’s attitudes about driving electric cars in the United States.
“The survey shows that there is clear interest among Americans in reducing costs for transportation and lowering their environmental impact,” says Quinta Warren, associate director of sustainability policy for Consumer Reports. “It underscores some key concerns, but fortunately, many of these barriers to owning a battery electric vehicle EV can be addressed through experience and education.”That last part about experience and education is important.
As more electric vehicles make their way onto roads and into driveways, giving more people experience with them, there should be a corresponding increase in interest and demand. Almost half of those who said they would “definitely” buy or lease an electric vehicle have a friend, relative, or co-worker who owns one. Of those who said they definitely would not, that figure was only 13%.
Also, far more of those who said they would buy an electric vehicle had been a passenger in one, while very few of those of those who would not consider an EV had ever ridden in one. According to the survey, 83% of Americans have never ridden in or driven an electric vehicle. That’s why it is so important that
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