94% of EV Homeowners Prone to Take into account Buying One other One

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Electrical automobiles are simply higher. It’s onerous to say this or clarify this to individuals who don’t have EVs with out coming throughout as patronizing or a fanatic or one thing. But it surely’s true. They drive nicer, they’re extra handy you probably have dwelling and even simply office charging, they sometimes have newer tech inside, they’ve much less upkeep, and they’re safer. Are there circumstances the place individuals are not pleased with their EVs or the place EVs simply don’t work for them for some purpose? After all, however they’re few and much between.

Buying A BEV Subsequent?

J.D. Energy’s 2025 U.S. Electrical Car Expertise Possession Examine confirms this. In a current survey of 6,164 homeowners of pure electrical automobiles and plugin hybrids, J.D. Energy discovered that 94% of pure EV (BEV) homeowners have been prone to think about buying one other one for his or her subsequent automotive. However, hey, contemplating one thing is a smooth dedication, proper? Nicely, on the flip aspect, solely 12% have been prone to think about changing their EV with any automobile with an inner combustion engine. That features hybrids and even plugin hybrids! So, if I’m studying that knowledge proper, there’s a crossover of 6% who’re contemplating each choices — shopping for a BEV once more or shopping for a non-BEV.

Curiously, previously a number of years that J.D. Energy has been doing this research, the outcomes have been stunningly constant. 94–97% of BEV homeowners have persistently mentioned they’re prone to think about buying one other one for his or her subsequent automotive.

Adjustments in EV Possession Satisfaction

Respondents have been surveyed between August and December of final yr, 2024. General, proprietor satisfaction of EVs was up considerably in comparison with a yr earlier than.

“After a decline in general satisfaction in 2024, homeowners of each premium and mass market battery electrical automobiles (BEVs) are expressing a change of sentiment this yr, in keeping with the J.D. Energy 2025 U.S. Electrical Car Expertise (EVX) Possession Examine,” the corporate writes.

Curiously, it’s the homeowners of cheaper EVs who’ve confronted the fewest points with their automobiles. “Mass market BEV high quality continues to outperform premium BEVs: Homeowners of mass market BEVs as soon as once more expertise fewer issues than do homeowners of premium BEVs, albeit the hole has narrowed this yr. Among the many prime 10 BEV fashions with the fewest reported issues within the research, seven are within the mass market phase,” J.D. Energy writes.

That mentioned, it’s nonetheless homeowners of premium automobiles who’re most glad with their automobiles. “Earlier iterations of this research have discovered that PHEV homeowners have been a lot much less glad than BEV homeowners. Nonetheless, new for this yr is the addition of the premium PHEV phase. Satisfaction amongst homeowners on this phase is 741, which is larger than mass market BEVs (725) and mass market PHEVs (632) and solely 15 index factors decrease than satisfaction amongst homeowners of premium BEVs.” Who would’ve thought it — homeowners of premium automobiles like their automobiles extra.

The Most Happy EV Homeowners

So, which EV homeowners are most glad with their automobiles? The next are the EV fashions with the best scores:

1. BMW iX — 790
2. BMW i4 — 783
3. Rivian R1S — 770
4. Hyundai IONIQ 6 — 751
5. Kia EV6 — 743
6. Chevrolet Equinox EV — 737

Congratulations to BMW — that’s fairly an accomplishment getting the primary two spots. And congratulations to the others on the prime as effectively.