In less than a month, new incentives for acquiring electric vehicles will be implemented in Italy. Despite many believing they are the future of transportation, they continue to be a niche market among Italians, owing to their high cost and, maybe, some overtly false information around them. In order to obtain a snapshot of the situation, Facile.it enlisted the research institute mUp Research to administer a survey to a representative sample of Italian drivers, asking whether or not they believed specific pieces of information. The first statement offered to responders was: "Electric cars pollute more than gasoline-powered ones". Although 78.1% of the sample found this statement untrue, 8.1 million Italians believe that electric vehicles are more polluting than gasoline-powered automobiles. And this is untrue. The second statement made on behalf of Facile.it by mUp Research was on the batteries used to power electric vehicles. Specifically: “Batteries wear out in just a few years". Compared to the prior question, this time the sample of responders was substantially more hesitant. Only one in every three respondents recognized the statement as fake news, while 66.1%, or 24.6 million individuals, believed it was accurate. And, yes, the statement is false. The charging network's low coverage is frequently highlighted as a barrier to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. This was precisely the topic on which the third statement posed to the sample focused: "In Italy, there are fewer than 2,500 public charging stations for electric vehicles", which nearly seven out of ten respondents (69.8%) considered to be true. However, this is untrue; official figures speak for themselves: according to Motus-E data updated to the end of March 2025, there are over 66,000 charging stations in Italy. Facile.it then looked into whether the statement "Electric cars catch fire easily" was true or incorrect. Again, over 13 million people said it was true. Those under the age of 24 were the most likely to spot the fake news, with fewer than one in every three respondents believing it. The last statement addressed one of the features of electric automobiles that the media may have overlooked: where does the electricity required to recharge the vehicle originate from? For this reason, the sample was asked to determine whether the statement "The electricity used to recharge electric cars is entirely produced from fossil fuels" was true or false. Here, 71.5% of respondents said this was false. And indeed, it is not true.