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PEW RESEARCH CENTER
www.pewresearch.org
How we did this
Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views on electric vehicles.
We surveyed 10,329 U.S. adults from May 30 to June 4, 2023.
Everyone who took part in the survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP),
an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential
addresses. This way, nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be
representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation,
education and other categories. Read more about the ATP’s methodology.
We supplemented the data from the survey with data on EVs and charging stations from the U.S.
Energy Department, specifically the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and its
Alternative Fuels Data Center. This dataset is updated frequently; we accessed it for this study on
Feb. 27, 2024.
The analysis in this report relies on two different measures of community type, one based on what
ATP panelists self-reported when asked “How would you describe the community where you
currently live?” This measure is used when discussing differences in public opinion towards EV
charging infrastructure or related issues and distinguishes between urban, suburban and rural
areas. The other measure is based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s urban-rural classification, which
identifies urban and rural areas based on minimum housing unit density and/or population
density thresholds.
Here are the questions used for this analysis, along with responses, and the survey methodology.
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