A 2021 survey highlighted that consumers in the United States were more likely to purchase electric vehicles if they had heard a lot about this vehicle segment. Purchase likelihood dropped from over half of respondents to 13 percent of respondents among those who had heard nothing at all about electric vehicles. That same year, over half of the U.S. states were accessible or partially accessible markets for consumers wishing to purchase an electric vehicle.
U.S. Consumers' likelihood to purchase an electric vehicle based on previous knowledge of this vehicle segment as of 2021
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Very or somewhat likely
Not too or not at all likely
Don't plan to purchase a vehicle
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EERE. (November 22, 2021). U.S. Consumers' likelihood to purchase an electric vehicle based on previous knowledge of this vehicle segment as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277778/electric-vehicle-purchase-likelihood-based-on-us-consumers-knowledge/
EERE. "U.S. Consumers' likelihood to purchase an electric vehicle based on previous knowledge of this vehicle segment as of 2021." Chart. November 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277778/electric-vehicle-purchase-likelihood-based-on-us-consumers-knowledge/
EERE. (2021). U.S. Consumers' likelihood to purchase an electric vehicle based on previous knowledge of this vehicle segment as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277778/electric-vehicle-purchase-likelihood-based-on-us-consumers-knowledge/
EERE. "U.S. Consumers' Likelihood to Purchase An Electric Vehicle Based on Previous Knowledge of This Vehicle Segment as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277778/electric-vehicle-purchase-likelihood-based-on-us-consumers-knowledge/
EERE, U.S. Consumers' likelihood to purchase an electric vehicle based on previous knowledge of this vehicle segment as of 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277778/electric-vehicle-purchase-likelihood-based-on-us-consumers-knowledge/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
U.S. Consumers' likelihood to purchase an electric vehicle based on previous knowledge of this vehicle segment as of 2021 [Graph], EERE, November 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277778/electric-vehicle-purchase-likelihood-based-on-us-consumers-knowledge/