http://insideevs.com/ford-plug-owner-survey-83-consider-solar-90-buy-another-ev/ Ford EV Owner Survey: 83% Considering Solar, More Than 90% Would Buy An EV Again [2015/08/04] by Jay Cole
[images http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ford-survey-1.jpg Ford Gives Some Insight Into Today’s Plug-In Owner http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ford-survey-2.jpg Ford Takes The Pulse Of The EV Nation ] Ford has polled 10,000-odd plug-in drivers (with a little help from PlugInsights [ http://www.pluginsights.com/ ]– a data gathering service from the guys that brought PlugShare to market) to highlight and better understand today’s EV owner. Here are some of the highlights that a Ford spokesperson says indicates EV owners love their vehicles “and the smart phone applications that help keep in the touch with them”: * – Renewable Energy: 83 percent of EV drivers will consider or have already installed adding solar panels to charge their vehicles at home for an emission-free driving experience that also saves them money * – Future EVs: 92 percent of battery electric and 94 percent of PHEV drivers plan to purchase another EV in the future. * – Smart phones are the most commonly used platform for EV owners, as they use apps to check the battery’s charge, start climate control functions, and review charge statuses. ◦The most requested smart phone features include vehicle health alerts, public charging station locator, charging time indicators, and reserving and paying for charging functions. * – Home charging: Almost half of PHEV drivers and more than ¼ of battery electric drivers use conventional outlets (120/110v) at home. 88% of EV drivers want a fast charger in the home. For us, the most interesting (and conflicting) result of the survey is that the vast majority of PHEV owners today are mostly still utilizing the traditional 110v plug, but also want faster charging at the same time. Perhaps this is either a call for more inexpensive L2 charging options, or the desire/anticipation to have a larger battery/all-electric range in their next PHEV purchase. [© insideevs.com] http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099531_electric-car-drivers-tell-ford-well-never-go-back-to-gasoline Electric Car Drivers Tell Ford: We'll Never Go Back To Gasoline By Stephen Edelstein Aug 11, 2015 For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.torquenews.com/3618/future-electric-car-range-current-ev-sales Touted 200mi Future EVs Hurting Current 80mi EV Sales http://www.autoevolution.com/news/worlds-fastest-charging-electric-bus-needs-10-seconds-to-hit-the-road-98572.html World's Fastest Charging Electric Bus Needs only 10 Seconds ... http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-tampa/tampa-international-airport-adds-12-new-electric-vehicle-charging-stations tampaaairport.com adds 12 more L2 EVSE + EVLN: 2015 e-Golf EV is priced and spec'd to compete with Leaf EV {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Ford-using-poll-2understand-Plugin-Owners-Never-Go-Back-To-ice-tp4677134.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
