Fewer Americans Expect to Buy Electric Cars
Despite the hype around electric vehicles, fewer Americans expect their next auto purchase will be an EV.
‘The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 29% of American Adults say it’s likely that their next automobile purchase will be an electric car, including 10% who say it’s Very Likely. Sixty-five percent (65%) don’t think they’re likely to make an EV their next automobile purchase, including 37% who say it’s Not At All Likely. The number who expect to buy an EV is down from last April, when 40% said it was at least somewhat likely their next auto purchase would be an electric car. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,224 American Adults was conducted on January 10-11 and 14, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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