Traffic turnaround: An accident with an electric car costs more than with burners – still

Accidental damage to electric cars cost more than for combustion engines – but the difference shrinks. In pure streamers, fully comprehensive damage is currently an average of 15 to 20 percent more expensive than in comparable cars with an internal combustion engine, as can be seen from an evaluation of the overall association of the German Insurance Industry (GDV). A year ago it was 20 to 25 percent.

In contrast, the e-cars have an advantage in the frequency of the damage. But here, too, the difference is reduced: a typical electric car recently only caused around 10 to 15 percent less fully comprehensive damage than a comparable combustion engine. Before that, it was 15 to 20 percent less.

New normality in e-cars

“The more electric cars are on the road, the less your damage balance from comparable cars differ with combustion engines,” said the deputy GDV managing director Anja Käfer-Rohrbach. Workshops, towing services, fire brigades and experts now have more experience in dealing with damaged streamers.

According to the GDV, this development is positive for the turnover of the traffic. “In the long term, significantly higher repair costs could have hurt the acceptance of electric cars,” said Käfer-Rohrbach.

However, accident damage to electric cars does not become cheaper. Their costs only increase more slowly than with burners, which is why the difference is smaller.

More than five times as many electricity as 2021

According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, over 1.7 million electric cars were approved in Germany-more than five times as many as early 2021. Their part of all approved cars is 3.5 percent. For the examination of the GDV, 53 model series of electric and combustion cars were compared, which are as similar as possible.