EV age profile

goz83

I'm in my mid thirties and we are a 2 car household, both Leafs. There is a common misconception that EV owners are old people retired, or near retired who potter around the town in their EV. I would personally assume the average age profile of an EV driver to be mid forties, but there must be plenty of young EV drivers too? I can't be the youngest, but I am the youngest EV owner I know of.

For the purpose of this exercise, only BEV and REX are considered owners should vote, but hybrid and phev owners are welcome to chime into the conversation.

liamog

I'm 32 and am about to add our second EV.

I think it's more of a misconception that EV owners are mostly computer nerds.

unkel

goz 1983 wrote:

I'm in my mid thirties

Really?

NIMAN

Which age do I select, mine or my wife?

goz83

unkel wrote: »

Really?

With plenty of grey hair to prove it

NIMAN wrote: »

Which age do I select, mine or my wife?

The person who is the primary user......or the buyer if equal use.

Gumbo

I'm 36.
Came from a long line of 6 cylinder BMW's, Lancer Evolution, S3, V8's and even an ML, but here I am.

n97 mini

I'm 45, one EV (Leaf) and one hybrid (Civic IMA, great car as ICEs go) in the house

kceire wrote: »

I'm 36.
Came from a long line of 6 cylinder BMW's, Lancer Evolution, S3, V8's and even an ML, but here I am.

Yeah, and your posts used to annoy me no end, but now I see you as one of the best contributors to this forum Peace!

DesperateDan

29, but I don't count I'm not joining the EV party for about 6 months

Shefwedfan

Do I put in my actual age or the age i tell everyone I am ??????

unkel

Late 40s, bit of a computer nerd, but I don't look like one (is what people tell me)

n97 mini wrote: »

Yeah, and your posts used to annoy me no end, but now I see you as one of the best contributors to this forum Peace!

I can only imagine how much my posts (used to) annoy you no end :pac:

Dont be at yourself

Early 30s, work for a tech company!

jprboy

n97 mini wrote: »

Yeah, and your posts used to annoy me no end, but now I see you as one of the best contributors to this forum Peace!

unkel wrote: »

I can only imagine how much my posts (used to) annoy you no end :pac:

n97 wasn't referring to you ! :pac:

Gumbo

jprboy wrote: »

n97 wasn't referring to you ! :pac:

unkel knows that, but himself and myself would have been a very regular poster in the general motors forum and would have had a similar range of cars over the years.

Vronsky

I would have thought the typical age would be 35-45. Young enough not to be put off by being an early adopter, but more crucially old enough to have been forced to live in a commuter town 50-60km from the workplace.

It's only now really that the early leaf is getting cheap enough to be a first car, so you'll start to see very young drivers in them now too.

Gumbo

Vronsky wrote: »

I would have thought the typical age would be 35-45. Young enough not to be put off by being an early adopter, but more crucially old enough to have been forced to live in a commuter town 50-60km from the workplace.

It's only now really that the early leaf is getting cheap enough to be a first car, so you'll start to see very young drivers in them now too.

I live in Finglas. 6km from my work place

Water John

I thought this thread was started in response to the video below.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/watch-irish-granny-test-driving-new-electric-car-will-brighten-up-your-day-822105.html

Brilliant viral advertising.

n97 mini

unkel wrote: »

Late 40s, bit of a computer nerd, but I don't look like one (is what people tell me)

You actually do, but not in the classical sense. More of a Dutch computer nerd

unkel wrote: »

I can only imagine how much my posts (used to) annoy you no end :pac:

And still do! Ha, only joking. You have a particular bias towards certain marques, which is evident in your posts. I probably (definitely) have different values to you.. ie I want a car that gives me no trouble first, looks are second. Probably comes from my IT background where I like stuff that just *works*.

unkel

n97 mini wrote: »

You have a particular bias towards certain marques

Only ever really against Asian / Japanese cars. And a preference for BMWs in particular and maybe one other German brand too. But my first few cars were Japanese, I've owned and liked cars from several countries. And here I am now with no BMW but instead owning a Hyundai

Whereas yourself, have you ever owned a non-Japanese car? Talk about bias. Pot, kettle and all that...

beauf

goz83 wrote: »

I'm in my mid thirties and we are a 2 car household, both Leafs. There is a common misconception that EV owners are old people retired, or near retired who potter around the town in their EV. I would personally assume the average age profile of an EV driver to be mid forties, but there must be plenty of young EV drivers too? I can't be the youngest, but I am the youngest EV owner I know of.

For the purpose of this exercise, only BEV and REX are considered owners should vote, but hybrid and phev owners are welcome to chime into the conversation.

Where did you get that idea from?

http://www.irishevowners.ie/interview-meet-adam-nuzum-the-youngest-irish-ev-owner/

n97 mini

unkel wrote: »

Whereas yourself, have you ever owned a non-Japanese car? Talk about bias. Pot, kettle and all that...

Shur I said I have biases, just like you do! Ownership has been overwhelmingly Japanese (everything except Subaru, still on the to-do list) but there's been German in there too.

beauf

I thought it was interesting the idea that someone today might buy an EV as their first car and never own a petrol or diesel car in their lifetime. But soon yeah but interesting.

liamog

beauf wrote: »

I thought it was interesting the idea that someone today might buy an EV as their first car and never own a petrol or diesel car in their lifetime. But soon yeah but interesting.

Just buying 'my' first car VW e-Up! we had a Grande Punto for 6 years but I didn't bother learning to drive. Got the Ioniq in January and finally learnt to drive. Time for a second car so makes the e-Up! my first car.

DesperateDan

Yeah it's very strange to think there will be children in the next couple years who for them, riding around in an ICE will be a novelty