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In NTAS Wave 9 (2023), of those who said they were planning on buying a new car, 49% said they were planning on buying an ultra-low emission vehicle as their next vehicle

Attitudes towards ultra-low emission cars and public chargepoints

Knowledge of electric cars

Respondents were asked about their knowledge of electric cars. 45% of respondents said they had low to no knowledge (responded 1 to 3, out of 7), compared to the 37% who rated their knowledge high to complete (5, 6 or 7 out of 7). Males were more likely to rate their own knowledge highly (47%, compared to 28% of females), and conversely females were more likely to rate their knowledge towards the low end of the scale (56%, compared to 32% of males).

Finally, those with a higher household income rated their knowledge more favourably compared to those with a lower household income. Of those with a household income over 拢50,000, 44% rate their knowledge as good to complete (5 to 7), compared to 32% of those with an income less than 拢15,000.

Chart 13: Self-reported knowledge about electric cars, by selected measures (percentage of respondents)

Measure	Low to no knowledge (1 to 3)	Average knowledge (4)	Good to complete knowledge (5 to 7)	Don鈥檛 know	Total
Sex: Male	32	21	47	0	100
Sex: Female	56	15	28	0	100
Ethnic group: White	47	18	35	0	100
Ethnic group: Ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities)	35	16	49	0	100
Household income: Less than 拢14,999	54	14	32	0	100
Household income: 拢15,000 to 拢34,999	47	17	36	0	100
Household income: 拢35,000 to 拢49,999	40	23	37	0	100
Household income: 拢50,000 or more	37	19	44	0	100
All respondents	45	18	37	0	100

Purchasing ultra-low emission vehicles

All respondents were asked if they were planning to purchase a new car, and the likelihood of their next car purchase being an ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV); 16% said that they were not planning on buying a new car in the near future, and 49% said they were planning on buying a ULEV for their next car.

Household income appears to be a large factor. Of those with a household income 拢50,000 or more, 57% were planning to make a ULEV their next purchase and only 8% were not planning on purchasing a new car. This is also largely the same as individuals in households with an income between 拢35,000 and 拢49,999. By contrast however, 41% of those in households with an income of less than 拢15,000 were likely to make a ULEV their next vehicle, and 29% had no plans to purchase a new car at all.

Chart 14: Likelihood of purchasing a ULEV as their next car (percentage of respondents)

Household income	Likely	Unlikely	I don鈥檛 plan to buy a car in the future	Don鈥檛 know	Total
14,999 or less	41	30	29	0	100
拢15,000 to 拢34,999	45	39	16	0	100
拢35,000 to 拢49,999	55	35	9	0	100
拢50,000 or more	57	35	8	0	100
Don鈥檛 know	34	41	25	0	100
All respondents	49	35	16	0	100

Queues for public chargepoints

Of all respondents, 27% agree that most public chargepoints have long queues, an almost even split with the 26% who disagree. This has increased from the 18% who said that most public chargepoints have long queues when asked in the NTAS wave 7 survey (2022).

Of those respondents who agree that public chargepoints have long queues, 46% say they are likely to make their next car purchase a ULEV, and 9% say they don鈥檛 plan to buy a new car in the near future. Conversely those who disagree that there are long queues, 55% say they are likely to make their next car purchase a ULEV, and 16% say they don鈥檛 plan to buy a new car in the near future.

Chart 15: Likelihood of purchasing a ULEV as their next car, based on the attitude of queues at public chargepoints (percentage of respondents)

鈥淧ublic chargepoints have long queues鈥�	Likely to make next purchase a ULEV	Unlikely to make next purchase a ULEV	I don鈥檛 plan to buy a car in the future	Don鈥檛 know	Not applicable	Total
Agree	46	44	9	0	0	100
Neither agree nor disagree	48	35	17	0	0	100
Disagree	55	29	16	0	0	100
Don鈥檛 know	37	18	45	0	0	100

Males are more likely to agree that there are long queues at public chargepoints (31%, compared to 23% of females and 27% of all respondents).

32% of individuals who have held a full driving licence for less than 20 years disagree that there are long queues for public chargepoints, compared to only 20% of those who have held a full driving licence for 40 years or more. This could also be a function of age of the individual, as 31% of those aged between 16 and 39 years agree that there are long queues for public chargepoints, compared to 19% of those aged between 60 and 69 years, and 23% of people aged 70 years or more.

41% of respondents from ethnic minority (excluding white minority) backgrounds agree that there are long queues at public chargepoints, compared to 24% of white respondents, and 27% of respondents overall. This opinion does not appear related to the type of area where they live; nearly the same proportion of those who live in rural areas (25%) as those in urban areas (27%) agree that there are long queues.

Accessibility of public chargepoints

When asked if 鈥渕ost public chargepoints for electric vehicles are not accessible to drivers with disabilities鈥�, 24% of people agree and 16% disagree. This is an increase from the 20% who agreed in the 2022 NTAS wave 7 survey. The majority (55%) of people neither agree nor disagree, and 4% say they do not know.

Respondents were asked when they completed the NTS 鈥渉ow is your health in general?鈥� and 鈥渄o you have any physical or mental health conditions or illnesses lasting or expected to last for 12 months or more鈥�. Of those people who said that their health was very good, 21% agreed that most public chargepoints for electric vehicles are not accessible to drivers with disabilities, compared to 31% of those who rate their health as 鈥渇air鈥� to 鈥渧ery bad鈥�. Similarly, 27% of those who said they had a physical or mental health condition or illness lasting or expecting to last for 12 months or more agreed that they are not accessible, compared to 23% of those who say they do not have such a condition.

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