EV trial results encouraging

A series of UK car trials involving EVs funded by the Technology Strategy Board has reported positive results.  
20,000 charging events and over 110,000 individual journeys covering just under 680,000 miles in electric cars provided by smart, BMW, Mini, Liberty Electric Cars, Nissan and Mitsubishi were included in the trials. The data covers the collected information received from the CABLED, MINI E, EVADINE and EEMS Accelerate trials to name a few. They formed part of TSB’s £25 million Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator programme.

•  83 per cent of private drivers involved in the trial said the vehicles met their daily needs.
• Range anxiety dropped by 35% after 3 months of driving an EV.
• 95 per cent of participants said they didn’t find using an electric vehicle any more difficult than their conventional combustion cars.

Prior to the trials, only 16 per cent of private drivers and 14 per cent of Fleet Drivers expected their EV to perform better than their normal car.  However, these scores improved by 24 per cent and 26 per cent respectively after three months.

Another small step in the right direction then.