A recent survey shows that vehicles with internal combustion engines continue to be very popular. Electric vehicles do not play a role in the plans of many drivers.
Gasoline engines will continue to be the most popular in 2025. Hybrids will again be ahead of pure electric cars.
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
According to a survey, electric cars are not gaining ground in the race for customer favor. As a Forsa survey commissioned by Targobank showed, only 29 % of drivers of cars with internal combustion engines are still planning to switch to an alternative drive system.
In the same survey conducted a year ago, the figure was also 29 %, but before that it was far more drivers: in 2022, the figure was 43 %, and in 2023 it was 36 %. A total of 1,002 adults who drive a car took part in the representative online survey in February.
Choice of Powertrain System: Acquisition Costs of the Car are Crucial
When deciding against an electric car, the high purchase price, the insufficient range and the inadequate charging station network played an important role for the respondents. In addition, many respondents critically noted that, from their point of view, the lifespan of batteries is limited and the environmental image is questionable.
When asked what kind of car they would buy, almost a third of all respondents said gasoline (31 %, unchanged from the 2024 survey). Diesel engines also remain popular with 14 % of respondents (+1). A pure electric drive was pushed out of second place by a likewise unchanged figure of 17 %, with hybrid vehicles (19 %, up four percentage points) taking second place, with most of them (51 %) preferring a plug-in hybrid. Only 1 % (-2) of those surveyed could imagine buying a hydrogen-powered car. 18 % (-3) are still undecided about the drive system.
56 % of respondents assumed that e-cars are no more environmentally friendly than modern combustion cars. However, some respondents have since changed their minds on this aspect: the figure was one percentage point below that of 2024 and ten percentage points below that of 2023.
This is a partly automated translation of this German article, written in part by dpa.
