New Poll Shows Most Americans Still Have Concerns about Electric Vehicles

According to a recent survey, almost 50% of Americans feel it’s doubtful that the next car they buy will be an electric vehicle, citing the cost and scarcity of charging alternatives as the major deterrents. The Biden government’s ambitions to significantly increase American sales of electric vehicles may encounter customer pushback, according to an AP-NORC/EPIC poll. Just 8% of American people claim ownership of or leases on an electric car, and just 8% claim to have a PHEV in their homes.

Despite the $7,500 in tax incentives to purchase a new electric vehicle, it could be challenging to convince people to trade in their gas-guzzling automobiles and trucks for ones with no exhaust emissions.

Automakers are spending billions on manufacturing and battery technologies in order to hasten the transition to electric vehicles in an effort to reduce pollution and combat global warming. However, only 19% of American adults feel that it is extremely likely that when they next purchase a car, they will get an electric one, and 22% say it is fairly likely, based on the poll. The majority, 47%, said it is unlikely that they will switch to electricity.

High price was seen as a significant reason by 6 out of 10 people and a moderate reason by nearly a quarter of the people. Just 16% of respondents claimed that the high price of an electric vehicle wouldn’t be an obstacle.

Around 75% of people think there aren’t enough charging stations; 50% of them say it is a significant reason why they won’t transition to electric vehicles. And two-thirds identify their “desire for conventional cars” as a significant or minor barrier to doing so.

There is a party gap in the way Americans feel about electric cars, with at least 50% of Republicans and Democrats mentioning the high costs of electric vehicles and scarcity of chargers as the biggest deterrents from purchasing one. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to claim that their preference for gasoline or diesel cars is a key deterrent to purchasing an electric vehicle (54% vs. 29%, respectively).

A promising result for advocates of electric vehicles is that 55% of persons below the age of 30 and 49% of adults between the ages of 30 and 44 claim they’re considerably more inclined to purchase an electric car at the right moment, in contrast to only 31% of persons above the age of 45.

Reducing one’s personal influence on the environment is cited by 35% of respondents as a significant cause for purchasing an electric vehicle and 31% as a moderate reason. Automakers such as NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) appear to have their work cut out to convince more members of the public to choose electric vehicles when they next purchase an automobile.

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