Prius owners UK!

I'm a third year student at the University of Exeter and my chosen dissertation topic looks into the future of vehicle technology, how renewable fuels and attitudes shape the current hybrid and electric vehicle markets and how existing owners feel and perceive their cars to be representative of themselves.

I have so far been lucky enough to have interviewed a Tesla Roadster owner which was really engaging and really very useful for my project. Prius owners however, are ideal in allowing me to gain an understanding of the perspectives of those who are part of the largest scale hybrid on the market.

To achieve a representative data set for my project, I am required to present a number of separate interviews to support my hypothesis. If you feel that you might like to get involved in a project which aims to positively represent hybrid and electric vehicles and indeed use such a representation to appeal to those 'non-believers' then please get in touch, your participation would be hugely appreciated.

An interview would typically last for no more than an hour and aims to allow you to tell your story in your purchase of your hybrid vehicle.

For queries or any interest, please send an email to [email protected]

Many Thanks, Lowell

 

I wasn't in fact aware of the Prius + but that would be very interesting because (i presume) you've ordered it with the need for family purpose (currently something rare in the hybrid/electric market). My project will be ongoing until around March, so that leaves plenty of time if you were interested in participating at a later date. Can I ask, have you previously owned an existing Prius or other hybrid?

 

Sounds like a pretty good trade in then! Your reasoning for switching sounds quite interesting in terms of my project and definitely will provide a new dimension to it in terms of response, obviously, it would be most beneficial if I were to ask you a few questions once you've had some experience with the new P +, would you be happy to give me an email address and i'll try to get in touch sometime in October to see how you're getting on with it?

 

thanks alot, that would be really appreciated

 

Unfortunately, I have to try and collect phone interviews, and therefore the massive costs to phone the U.S. mean that indeed I do have to limit my sample market. Read through your addition to the linked blog though, very interesting and in fact quite entertaining, you might make a good comedian!

It's a shame therefore that I can't do a phone interview as yours really does sound like an interesting story. I wonder perhaps whether you might have time to extend upon what you've written in the above blog in answering a series of questions that I have to ask. Although technically it wouldn't be a spoken interview, I could use the data provided to write it into an interview/conversational format, as the data would still be hugely useful.

If you do have some spare time at all, that would be unbelievably appreciated - if so, let me know and I can send you my list of questions. If not, thanks for getting in touch anyway, was good to have a little read through your previous entry, gained a better understanding of the versatility of the Prius.

Cheers, Lowell