Six out of 10 motorists (61%) say there aren’t sufficient electrical automobile chargers in locations the place they need to drive, new analysis reveals.
February’s Startline Used Automobile Tracker discovered that 36% say there’s a scarcity of chargers close to the place they dwell and 28% on longer journeys the place they drive frequently, whereas 23% wouldn’t purchase an electrical automobile due to poor charger availability.
Nonetheless, 23% say charger availability near their house is satisfactory and 16% suppose there are sufficient chargers on longer routes they drive.
Paul Burgess, CEO at Startline Motor Finance, stated: “We added this query to the February Tracker in response to current analysis from the Nationwide Audit Workplace, which suggests that there’s a southern bias to new EV charger installations.
“Our outcomes assist this image with a majority of individuals merely not feeling that there are sufficient public chargers on the routes they frequently cowl for them to undertake an electrical automobile.
“This is a problem. Unless people – especially those who live in terraced houses or apartments and don’t have the space for an off-street charger – can see low-cost, easy-access public charging near their home or on the roads they use, they’re unlikely to feel it is viable for them to buy an electric car. A greater number of visible chargers are needed now.”
The Tracker analysis additionally reveals that 10% of these surveyed already personal an electrical automobile and expertise few points with charger availability, whereas 2% of electrical automobile drivers say they do have issues.
Paul added: “These figures are positive for the electric car market with the results suggesting that most drivers of these vehicles access charging quite easily. However, our assumption is that most of these have their chargers installed on their drives, which completely changes the dynamic of electric car ownership.”
The Startline Used Automobile Tracker is compiled month-to-month for Startline Motor Finance by APD World Analysis. This time, 302 customers and 58 sellers have been questioned.
