Approval of electric cars is declining among the German population – this is also due to attitudes that the German Academy of Engineering Sciences contradicts.
Approval of electromobility in Germany has fallen. Only 17 percent said in a recent Allensbach survey that an electric car would be considered for their next car purchase. This is the third decline in a row. In 2021 it was 24 percent. The results of the survey commissioned by the German Academy of Engineering Sciences (acatech) were presented on Monday.
There are significant acceptance problems, said Renate Töpfer from Allensbach. Parts of the population are extremely reserved. The most important points of criticism are the costs, concerns about the range being too short and doubts about whether electric cars are really more environmentally friendly. “Overall, you can see that the reservations are remarkably stable,” said Töpfer. Only a part of the population has saved the changes in technology over the past few years.
In this context, Quifer and acatech complain about a lack of information. Conversations with friends and colleagues are cited as the most common source of information. In this context, Acatech President Thomas Weber spoke of information based on regular discussions. Instead, fact-based information is needed.
An example of this is the doubts mentioned by 60 percent of those surveyed about the environmental friendliness of electromobility. Weber has a very clear position on this: The e-car’s CO2 balance is already clearly better today, even if you take into account the production of the battery and if the electricity mix improves, these values would also get better.
Source: Stern
