Consumer sentiment on EV government grants in selected European countries

According to a survey conducted in 2023, the majority of participants in selected European countries found government grants for electric vehicles are complicated and confusing. Norway was the country that had the highest proportion of participants who did not find EV grants either complicated or confusing, at a share of 48 percent.

Share of survey respondents who find EV government grants complicated and confusing, by selected European country, as of July 2023

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom

Survey time period

June 28 to July 17, 2023

Number of respondents

7,000*

Age group

18 to 65 years

Special properties

respondents who believe that public subsidies exist in their country to replace their thermal car with an electric one.

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

Original survey question: "With regard to these government grants, would you say that they are complicated and confusing?"

Respondents came from national samples from each country. The quota approach was employed to ensure that the sample was representative of gender and age.

Data might not equal 100 percent due to rounding.

Results include the share of respondents who chose "completely agree" or "somewhat agree" as "agree" and respondents choosing "somewhat disagree" or "completely disagree" as "disagree".

*The source conducted 3,000 interviews in France and 800 in each of the other countries. The respondent count provided is the overall respondent count, 62 percent of these respondents in Germany knew of government grants in their country, with 54 percent of respondents in Spain, 66 percent of respondents in France, 29 percent of respondents in Norway, 28 percent of respondents in the UK, and 51 percent of respondents in the Netherlands also aware of these national initiatives.

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