Questions - Electric Cars - December 5-6, 2011
National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted December 5-6, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How closely have you followed
recent news stories about electric-powered cars?
2* Do you have a very favorable,
somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of
Chevrolet?
3* How
concerned are you about the safety of electric cars?
4* How likely is it that you will
buy an electric car within the next decade?
5* Are you more likely to buy an
electric car because it’s good for the environment or because of high gas
prices?
6* Should
the government provide tax credits to consumers who buy automobiles developed
to run on alternative fuel sources?
7* The
federal government currently provides a $7,500 tax credit to those who purchase
an electric car. Some in Congress want to raise this to $10,000. Do you favor
or oppose the government offering a $10,000 tax credit to encourage the
purchase of electric cars?
8* There are currently less than
50,000 electric vehicles on the road in the United States. How likely it is that there will be one
million electric vehicles on America’s roads by 2015?
9* Twenty five years from now, how
likely is it that electric and alternative-energy-fuelled vehicles will make up
the majority of vehicles on the road in America?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence