Knowledge and Attitude towards Electric Vehic...

Knowledge and Attitude towards Electric Vehicles among Students

Author Name : Dr. B. Sai Likhith, Dr. K.V.N.R. Pratap, Dr. T. Madhavi Padma, Dr. V. Siva Kalyan, Dr. V. Srujan Kumar

ABSTRACT

Background: This survey aims to analyse the public attitude towards Electric Vehicles and to explore barriers in adoption of Electric vehicles. We identify the correlation of diverse groups of consumers with various socio-economic and attitudinal barriers encountered in EV adoption.  We found that battery (range confidence), recharging infrastructure and technology (unreliability) can be considered as major indicators in influencing EV adoption. We also found that resale value, environmental performance and recharging infrastructure are the major enablers of EV adoption. Hence, it is important among students to know about Electric vehicles and its usage to reduce pollution for better future.

AIM: This study attempts to determine about dental student’s knowledge and attitudes towards electric vehicles.

Materials and Methods – A cross sectional study was conducted among the dental students (I-year, II-year, III-year, IV year, interns) in a tertiary care teaching hospital Khammam, using a web-based tool called Google forms, a semi-structured online questionnaire was designed and distributed via link to the students in order to fill. Descriptive statistics were given. A p-value <0.05 was used to evaluate statistical significance

Observations & Results: A total of 307 dental students participated in the survey. Age of participants ranges from 18 to 25 years. Majority 55.7% of the students feel that electric vehicles improve the environment to a limited extent, 10.7% of the students own an electric vehicle.

Conclusion: Based on the current study results, students were aware about electric vehicles and have a knowledge about electric vehicles and their benefits to the environment.

Key words: Knowledge, attitude, Electric vehicles, Students, Environment.