RAC Report on Motoring 2016

4.0 Air quality and the environment

Driver attitudes to fuel types

51 %

28 %

5 %

of motorists say they expect their next car to be petrol-fuelled

of drivers say they will opt for a diesel when they buy their next car

plan to buy a plug-in hybrid or extended-range electric vehicle

Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that in 2015, sales of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs), which include hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric cars, rose by almost a third (32%) 24 .

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