Survey latest: 89% US EV owners to charge at home

Ahead of The Chartwell Electric Vehicle Programs Summit, set for Nov. 15-16 in San Diego and the launch of its EV Customer Strategy Research Council and Electric Vehicle Programs Summit, Chartwell has conducted a study that reveals 89% of consumers would be "likely" or "extremely likely" to charge their plug-in EVs at home. In fact, the recent survey of 1,500 North American consumers by the specialist information provider to utilities shows that 81% of that group would fall into the extremely-likely category. This was a far greater percentage than consumers who foresee external charging stations as the primary means for fuel.


This is in line with previous surveys on the same subject in both the US and Europe, which indicate that around 80% to 85% of charging will be done at home. 


Good for the grid because it fills the off-peak trough, not so good if everyone in one country or region comes home and plugs in at the same time every evening. Of course the more people that can use off-grid charging from renewables, the less this matters.