Table 1summarises participants’ general attitudes towards BEVs. There was a significant gender difference in how far
participants agreed that BEVs emit less CO2: most males strongly agreed with this, whereas most females only agreed
somewhat.
There was a significant positive correlation between the personality trait Conscientiousness and agreement that a BEV
would be more expensive to buy, and significant positive correlations between the trait Extraversion and agreement that
a BEV would be less expensive to run, and agreement that not having to go to a petrol station would make participants more
likely to buy one. There was also a significant positive correlation between participants’ commuting distance to work, and