More than half of Brits expect to go electric within five years

Staff writer
File photo dated 12/06/15 of a general view of an electric car charging point at Chester Services. New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
File photo dated 12/06/15 of a general view of an electric car charging point at Chester Services. New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.

It seems every week another car manufacturer announces a new hybrid or all-electric car, and some have even pledged to electrify their entire model ranges as early as 2020. Luckily for manufacturers, it looks like the car-buying public is ready for such a shift.

In a recent poll by specialist electric and hybrid car website Total EV, 51 per cent of motorists said they expected to buy an electric car within five years.

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