As more electric and plug-in hybrid cars accuse to market, most (87 percent) consumers have a concern, with range limits being chief in the middle of them. There are also major safety concerns, many of which may have been fan by the extensively covered Chevrolet Volt fires experienced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) after conducting smash into tests. The examination may have been closed, but the public remains worried.
In conduct our recent 2012 Car make Perception Survey, we additional a couple question to take America’s pulse on electric vehicle security, and the results propose consumers are misinformed and are likely overestimate the risk.
Despite the concern raised, 43 percent of respondents feel emotional and plug-in hybrids are as safe as gasoline-fueled cars, and one-fifth (20 percent) deemed them safer. Twenty-eight percent said the electrified cars are less safe, and nine percent respond they don’t know (a fair answer). Young consumers, those aged 18-44 years, were additional probable than others to view the option powertrains as safer (23 vs. 17 percent).
The top worry spoken during the telephone interviews was for limited range (77 percent)—an understandable anxiety. Range can vary depending on many factors, including weather. We have found that although theoretically the Nissan Leaf has abundance of variety to address the typical daily wants for most American drivers, have to sprint the warmth and defrost can take its toll. Of course, an extended-range EV likes the Chevrolet Volt or plug-in hybrids like the Toyota Prius do not have such limits. For these cars, when the touching power is consumed, there leftovers a gasoline engine to provide choice on par with any other conventional car.
