Nearly all Kiwis driving electric vehicles (EVs) today wouldn't go back to petrol, a new survey suggests.
The finding comes from Flip the Fleet, a citizen science project canvassing the views of hundreds of EV and plug-in hybrid owners across New Zealand.
Ninety-one percent of 276 electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid owners said they would "definitely" or "probably" buy electric if they ever bought another car.
A further seven per cent were unsure, and just two per cent were unlikely to buy another electric vehicle – mainly because they wanted to retain a mix of electric and conventional vehicles at home for tasks like towing.
Many families mostly drove EVs to save money and to help the environment, but still kept petrol or diesel vehicles for lengthy trips or specialist jobs.