Overview
- Kwik Fit’s latest survey reports about 20% of drivers aged 18–34 intend their next car to be fully electric, compared with 11% of those over 55.
- Overall, 38% of motorists plan to choose either electric or hybrid for their next vehicle, a share unchanged for two years.
- Younger drivers show far greater openness to used EVs, with more than half willing to buy second‑hand versus 18% of over‑55s, and 42% of younger motorists seeing better value in used EVs compared with 9% of older drivers.
- Openness to Chinese-made EVs also skews young, with 43% of 18–34s considering one versus 14% of over‑55s, in coverage that also notes recent sales growth for brands such as BYD.
- The findings are set against Labour’s timelines that end new petrol and diesel sales in 2030 and require all new cars and vans to be zero-emission by 2035, with this year’s ZEV mandate target described as 28%.