UK: year drivers started to use an EV

Over a third of respondents reported having started to drive an electric vehicle in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic led to increased environmental consciousness in consumers, which boosted global interest in electric vehicles.

Year electric vehicle drivers from the United Kingdom reported having started to use a battery-electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, as of November 2021

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

October 7 to November 4, 2021

Number of respondents

848 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

electric vehicle drivers in the UK, including battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle drivers.

Method of interview

Panel survey

Supplementary notes

Original survey question: 'What year did you first start driving a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) or battery electric vehicle (BEV)?'

The source offers the following supplementary notes:

Respondents include 'UK adults aged 18+ whose household had continuous access to either a battery electric or plug-in hybrid electric car, and included respondents with and without access to off-street parking.'
'The sample achieved in this survey includes 627 respondents with continuous access to a battery electric vehicle (BEV) (74%), 340 to a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) (40%), and 119 to both types of vehicles (14%), suggesting that BEV drivers are slightly overrepresented in this sample.'
'To maximise the sample size that could be achieved, participants were primarily sourced from a survey panel of members of the public (505) and this was supplemented with recruitment via EV driver associations and online forums (343) to give a total of 848 respondents.'

This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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