UK drivers will have to buy an EV from 2030 if they want a new car.
That’s the current law, but recent research suggests 77% of UK drivers still don’t want a car electric car.
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A study conducted by an electric car subscription company Elmo asked 2000 British drivers who don’t own an EV what they thought.
About 77% said an electric car would not be their next purchase.
About 26% said they still find petrol or diesel cars most attractive.
Hybrid cars followed in second place with 25.7% of the vote and finally all-electric third with 12.5% of the vote.
Just under 24% of drivers can’t tell the difference, and a further 12% say they don’t find any type of car more attractive than another.
More than a third of those opposed to EVs (38.9%) said the purchase price is the biggest turn-off for them when looking at buying an electric car as their next vehicle.
Nearly 21% said lack of charging infrastructure was the main reason, while nearly 15% said not good enough range of electric cars was their main letdown.
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After that, 10% mentioned charging times as the biggest frustration.
However, Elmo also found that 58% of people were unaware of the potential monetary benefits of owning an electric vehicle.
In addition, more than a third (35%) of drivers surveyed did not know the cost of charging an electric car.
Elmo cracked the numbers on how much cheaper EVs should run than the equivalent gasoline or diesel engine.
It said drivers can expect the annual running cost of owning an electric vehicle to be less than £2,000 – or as little as £30 a week.
Compare that to conventional vehicles, where drivers can pay an average of £2,200 a year, which equates to over £40 a week.
With the average driver owning their car for 8.6 years, this equates to a saving of £1,720 per car.
