AutoTrader releases 2023 Electric Vehicle Buyers Survey results

[Jan]

South Africans want electric cars — but only if they can do this

Many South Africans plan to buy an electric car in the future. However, most will only do so if it offers at least 500km of range, can charge to full in under four hours, and costs under R500,000.

That is according to the 2023 edition of AutoTrader's Electric Vehicle (EV) Buyers Survey, compiled with responses from about 2,400 visitors to the car classifieds website.

 

[FiestaST]

Want vs Can.

 

[RaptorSA]

"When asked how fast they would want their car to fully charge while parked at home, 31.1% said 2–4 hours, while 29.6% said 1–2 hours."

What an idiotic answer.
If you're going to charge it overnight at home what's the difference between 2-4 hours and 8-10 hours.

 

[Hanno Labuschagne]

"When asked how fast they would want their car to fully charge while parked at home, 31.1% said 2–4 hours, while 29.6% said 1–2 hours."

What an idiotic answer.
If you're going to charge it overnight at home what's the difference between 2-4 hours and 8-10 hours.

Think it might be wise for AutoTrader to put in a note with that question in future explaining how much range a typical EV can get with 7kW of home charging per hour. I wonder if many did not misunderstand the question because it did not specify 0-100%.