1、 July 2025 TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INSTITUTE:CONSUMER SURVEY 2025 DRIVER BEHAVIORS AND PERSPECTIVES 2 About this Report Consumers will be the ultimate decision maker regarding which vehicle technologies or energy options will be most successful.Therefore,it is essential to understand what they think a

2、nd how they behave to ensure that the solutions being offered to them fit their needs and preferences.For this reason,the Transportation Energy Institute(TEI)frequently commissions or participates in consumer surveys,to provide insight into what consumers are thinking during a given period of time.T

3、his white paper presents findings from a 2025 consumer survey supported by the Institute.These results are presented as an additional tool to better understand the driver.As with all surveys,the results reflect how respondents answered questions at a given moment in time.The timing of the annual sur

4、veys is deliberate;they are designed to assess consumer sentiment and insights early in the transition to summer-blend fuels often before consumers have observed related price increases linked to the transition.Methodology On behalf of the National Association of Convenience Stores(NACS)and TEI,Bold

5、 Decision(bold-)conducted online interviews from Monday May 19 Wednesday May 21,2025,among N=1,203 American adults(age 18+,nationwide).The overall margin of error at the 95%confidence interval is+/-2.83%for interviews among the N=1,203 US adults.Some questions were split-sampled to reduce respondent

6、 fatigue,and these findings may total more or less than 100%due to rounding.A list of the questions asked of respondents is included in Appendix B.About the Data Charts The results from the survey are presented in this report largely in chart format.Many of the charts were designed to enable compari