Less than 48 hours until the UK’s smart charging legislation comes into force, current and future EV owners are confused about what the change means for them, a new survey has found.
About 44 percent of surveyed EV owners and those considering purchasing an EV as their next vehicle weren’t confident in the definition of ‘smart charging’, a YouGov survey commissioned by Monta discovered.
However, when prompted with correct responses, 62 percent of respondents were correctly able to identify that smart charging is better for the national electricity grid, while 67 percent knew that smart charging schedules charges at times when there are more renewables, a lower cost, and less CO2 emissions.
Yet 30 percent and 35 percent of respondents were unsure about accurately defining smart charging when presented with two correct definitions, meaning around a third of current and future EV owners are unaware as to what the new smart charging legislation means to them.
