Cars and vans in England are driven just 4% of the time on average, new figures show.
The vehicles are usually either parked at home (73%) or elsewhere (23%) such as at work, analysis by the RAC Foundation found.
The motoring research charity believes the figures – which are similar to those recorded 26 years ago – demonstrate there is a “huge opportunity” for electric vehicles to be charged at home.
It said 65% of Britain’s 28 million households have enough off-street parking to accommodate at least one car or van.
RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding said: “The average car is driven just one hour out of every 24, a proportion that is almost the same as it was back in 1995.
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