Drivers want electric vehicle (EV) signage pointing to public chargers to be made green and locations to use petrol station-style pricing totem poles showing the cost per kWh to boost the appeal of switching to battery cars, a new survey suggests.
Some 77 per cent of an 8,268-strong UK motorist survey by the AA backed the use of green signage, with EVs already displaying a flash of green on number plates to indicate their zero tailpipe emissions evasion of emissions-based charging schemes in city centres.
Existing signs indicating the location of public charging devices for EVs feature the same traditional blue 'P' parking symbol that's been in place for decades and therefore do no stand out.
The study examined potential changes to charging infrastructure that would help to curb widespread public concerns about range anxiety, which is one of the major hurdles for mass EV adoption.
Half of respondents to the AA member poll who said they would consider buying an EV in the future were in favour of charging locations having totem pole pricing boards, as is the case at fuel forecourts.
And some 52 per cent of those polled also supported the prospect of charge point locations being included in built-in sat navs for petrol and diesel cars.
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