Considering the survey obtained 745 completed surveys I decided to measure the origin of these respondents in order to get a better picture on the population size.

The regions are split up according to continent.

In the Graph above we can clearly see that 70.7% of the total respondents are located in North America. 

This question follows the previous one because it indicates the willingness for the respondents to opt in for more information. Although I did not option for this solution I can see that there are people out there who are hungry for more information on this topic.

In the graph above it is evident that the respondents want to know more information about new fuel efficient / alternative-fuel vehicles.

When asking the respondents when they thought the gasoline/oil supply would run out the two most significant numbers were in 2050 at 19.9% of the total and beyond 2100 at 18.5%. These numbers are not determinant of finding a pre-conception of the general respondents’ population. The responses are equally distributed among the different questions.

This is by far the most significant question in the survey because it directly asks the respondent which type of alternative powered is most appealing.

In the graph above the respondents’ preconception of the effectiveness of alternative-fuel vehicles positively affected Global warming is very significant.    

When measuring the respondents’ preconception of the major contributors to Global Warming 74.5% of the total respondents believe that Carbon-dioxide emissions from vehicles are the main contributors to Global Warming. Although not supported by any scientific facts the large majority still believes this is the case.

It can be also observed that 16.1% of the respondents were not sure of the major contributors to Global Warming.

Only 9.4% of the total respondents disagree that Carbon-Emissions are the major contributor to Global Warming.

Global Warming affects 74.4% of the respondents’ next vehicle purchase. This is a very significant figure as it indicates that possibly 3 out of 4 people may actually turn to a more fuel efficient or alternatively power vehicle when buying a new vehicle. This concern might overrule other purchase motivations when planning to buy a vehicle. If these statistics were to be true for the world population then many different Car manufacturers would need to shift in strategy in order to target the new Green Vehicle Market.

A total of 614 of the survey respondents are concerned with Global Warming. This number is quite significant as it over 80% of the total respondents. This clearly is the majority. It could be assumed that Global Warming appears to be a serious concern for the people who answered this online survey.

54.3% of the respondents indicated that car manufacturers are not doing enough to create fuel-efficient / alternative powered vehicles. Many different Car manufacturers are working hard to change there image towards fuel-efficient / alternative powered vehicles.

The number of “Undecided” was 18% of the total amount of respondents.

The remaining 27.7% of the respondents believed that manufacturers are doing their best to create new fuel-efficient / alternative powered cars.  

This question is directly linked to the question above: Would you consider buying a more expensive but more fuel-efficient vehicle? Now the correlation between the two questions can be measured in order to see how much more those respondents are willing to pay in order to drive a more fuel efficient vehicle.

In the graph above, the majority of the respondents with 53.5% are willing to pay between: € 2,000 EUR / $ 3,000 USD and € 4,000 EUR / $ 6,000 USD. This accounts for 53.5% of the total respondents. The assumption could be made that the majority is willing to pay more but not much more. Also 33.6% of the respondents are willing to pay much more, over € 4,000 EUR / $ 6,000 USD even up to € 10,000 EUR / $ 15,000 USD more. This data can further support the willingness of the public to want to spend more for fuel efficient vehicles. Although there will be a large majority which will not go through with spending the extra money needed to purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle but having 86.6% of our respondents willing to spend more is a significant percentage.

Give a little, take more!  

People are willing to pay higher down payments for a car if they are convinced that they will save in the long run by using less fuel.