Many Australian drivers would buy a high-tech electric vehicle made by Google or Apple, a new survey reveals.
Insurance company BudgetDirect polled 1010 Aussie drivers and found 28.3% would consider doing just that.
Men are keener about buying a car from a tech giant instead of an established automaker, 34% saying they’d be open to the idea.
About 22% of women expressed an interest, motoring.com.au reports.
Those surveyed aged 18 to 24 are keenest to buy a high-tech car, 44.3% saying they would.
Victorian and ACT participants were the most in favour at about 36% and 30% respectively.
However, the survey shows 71.7% would not buy a car from a high-tech company, those respondents mainly from South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Much could boil down to whether Google and Apple do produce EVs for the mass market and if people sign up to them under a subscription service, upgrading to a newer model after a year or so.
Overseas media reports Google’s Waymo has bought 20,000 electric SUVs for its driverless car project, while Apple has been tipped as considering re-entering EV development.
Apple has reportedly rehired former Mac Hardware Engineering vice-president Doug Field who had gone to Tesla.
