Russians on benefits of electric car in 2019

Environmental friendliness was the most mentioned benefit of electric vehicle, as per 46 percent of polled participants in Russia, according to the survey by Ipsos from November 2019. For 40 percent of the respondents, cheaper maintenance was the major factor.

Consumer survey about benefits of electric vehicles in Russia in 2019, by feature

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Environmental friendliness	46%
Cheaper to run (i.e., cheaper than running on fuel)	40%
Save fuel resources	39%
Produce less pollution / gas emissions	37%
Ability to charge the vehicle at home	37%
Cheaper to maintain (i.e., less service visits)	31%
Are quite when driving	28%
Tax benefits or cash subsidy for purchase/owning	24%
Ability to charge the vehicle at place of work	21%
Use renewable energy	19%
Use more advanced technologies	18%
Free parking offered in some parking lots	11%
Additional storage space (no front engine comp.)	11%
Ability to drive in public transport / express lanes	10%
Have an atrractive exterior design	8%
Accelerate faster than non-electric vehicles	7%
Guarantee not to be affected by traffic bans	0%

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Release date

November 2019

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

November 2019

Number of respondents

106,740 respondents*

Supplementary notes

* Total number of participants across 10 participating countries (England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, United States, Brazil, China, Japan and Russia). The source does not provide exact number of polled participants in Russia.

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