The popularity of electric vehicles continues to increase in Iceland. Iceland is already the second fastest growing market for electric vehicles in the world, as a fourth of all new vehicles sold in Iceland in 2017 were electric or hybrid cars. This share will likely increase significantly, a new poll from the polling firm MMR suggests: 42% of people who say they are planning to buy a new car in the next three years now say they will chose an electric car.
Read more: Fourth of all new cars in Iceland now electric vehicles
The share of people who say they are planning to buy an electric car has more than doubled since 2015 when the share was 20%. At the same time the number of people who say they are planning to buy a diesel car has dropped from 47% to 28%.
Conservative, right-wing voters prefer fossil fuels
The popularity of electric cars rises significantly with educational attainment: Only 22% of people who have not finished highs chool say they are planning to buy an electric car, while 55% of people with college degrees plan to buy an electric car.
Electric cars are also more popular among liberal and left-wing voters. A solid majority of the Left wing parties say they plan on buying an electric car, with 60% and 61% of the voters of the Left Green Movement and the Social Democratic Alliance, and 66% of voters of the anti-establishment Pirate Party saying they would buy an electric vehicle. 51% of the voters of the liberal Restoration say they would prefer electricity.
Meanwhile 71% of the voters of the conservative Independence Party say they would prefer a diesel or petroleum vehicle, and 85% of the voters of the populist right wing People's Party.
The popularity of electric vehicles continues to increase in Iceland. Iceland is already the second fastest growing market for electric vehicles in the world, as a fourth of all new vehicles sold in Iceland in 2017 were electric or hybrid cars. This share will likely increase significantly, a new poll from the polling firm MMR suggests: 42% of people who say they are planning to buy a new car in the next three years now say they will chose an electric car.
Read more: Fourth of all new cars in Iceland now electric vehicles
The share of people who say they are planning to buy an electric car has more than doubled since 2015 when the share was 20%. At the same time the number of people who say they are planning to buy a diesel car has dropped from 47% to 28%.
Conservative, right-wing voters prefer fossil fuels
The popularity of electric cars rises significantly with educational attainment: Only 22% of people who have not finished highs chool say they are planning to buy an electric car, while 55% of people with college degrees plan to buy an electric car.
Electric cars are also more popular among liberal and left-wing voters. A solid majority of the Left wing parties say they plan on buying an electric car, with 60% and 61% of the voters of the Left Green Movement and the Social Democratic Alliance, and 66% of voters of the anti-establishment Pirate Party saying they would buy an electric vehicle. 51% of the voters of the liberal Restoration say they would prefer electricity.
Meanwhile 71% of the voters of the conservative Independence Party say they would prefer a diesel or petroleum vehicle, and 85% of the voters of the populist right wing People's Party.
