A survey of over 2,000 people has found 69% of motorists would be unwilling to walk more than 10 minutes to access an EV charger, indicating that chargepoint provision for those without the ability to plug in at home remains a significant sticking point.
A fifth of those polled said they wouldn’t walk more than five minutes to plug in, while even among those who have already made the switch to an EV, just 51% believed there to be enough public chargepoints in the UK.
The data comes from Motability, which provides vehicles to people with mental-health conditions and physical disabilities in exchange for a portion of their benefits, such as the enhanced-rate mobility element of the Personal Independence Payment.
The organisation found, though, that the average walk to a public charger stands at just under 12 minutes for UK households, and says 42% of drivers feel positively about electric cars, though this figure drops to 26% of drivers with disabilities.
Almost a fifth of the two million or so new cars sold each year are bought by Motability, which then provides them to qualifying motorists. Some 170,00 people joined the scheme in the previous financial year following a change in eligibility criteria for some disability benefits.
