UK: EV drivers by ethnicity

82 percent of electric vehicle drivers in the United Kingdom identified as white in a November 2021 survey, making it the most prevalent ethnic group driving electric vehicles in the country. Black, African, Caribbean, and Black British drivers were the second largest ethnic group at five percent.

Distribution of electric vehicle drivers in the United Kingdom as of November 2021, by ethnicity

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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: 'To which of the following ethnic groups do you consider you belong?'

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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