More Aussies intend buying an EV

About 51% of Australians intend buying an EV, according to the latest EV sentiments survey commissioned by online financial broker Savvy.

“While the numbers of Australians interested in buying an EV in the future remained relatively the same over the last two years since we ran the first survey, the number of people saying they will buy one in the next year did increase 3%, as did the number of people saying they already own one,” says Savvy spokesperson Adrian Edlington.

“The biggest change by far though was people’s perceptions of affordability,” he explains.

“People who said they couldn’t afford one dropped from 30% to 17%, so people are beginning to find EVs more affordable.

“In reality there’s still a long way to go though before EVs are in reach for average Australians,” says Edlington.

“Hopefully, this year and next we will see more makes entering the market in the sub-50k range.

“The closer we get to $40,000 electric vehicles in Australia, the closer we get to mass-uptake.”

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