Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 3rd July 2014
Date published/launched: June 2014
This bulletin summarises the results of a survey on public attitudes to electric vehicles from the Office for National Statistics opinions and lifestyle survey.
In 2014, when asked about attitudes to and knowledge of electric vehicles:
• 5% said that they were thinking about buying an electric car or van.
• 56% said that they had not thought about buying one.
• 14% said that they had thought about buying one and decided not to.
When asked about the most important things they considered when buying a car (more than one answer allowed):
• 85% said cost
• 78% said reliability
• 66% said safety
• 53% said comfort
For more information contact:
attitudes.stats@dft.gsi.gov.uk
T: 020 7944 4442