Hybrid Cars: Renewed Impetus for E-mobility?
Where are we headed in terms of lower-emission mobility in an international comparison, and where are we now? Continental’s 2024 Mobility Study provides the answers to these questions.
The findings have shown that electric mobility is still in need of a significant boost worldwide in order to play an increasingly central role in the mobility mix. A closer look reveals that drivers of hybrid cars in particular are open to e-mobility. Almost nine out of every ten drivers of hybrid vehicles surveyed in the USA (89 percent) and China (85 percent) said that they can now probably or definitely imagine themselves buying a fully electric car as their next vehicle. In Germany, the figure is 58 percent.
For those surveyed, the topic of affordable mobility continues to be an important issue worldwide. With this in mind, the hybrid drive system paints a mixed, but for the most part positive picture. In the USA, more than two thirds of drivers of hybrid vehicles would buy an electric car, even without state subsidies. In China (57 percent) and Germany (58 percent), this figure is more than half of those surveyed.
In China in particular, it can be seen that there is still a significant gap between willingness and affordability. While nine out of ten drivers of all drive types can imagine buying an electric car as their next vehicle, only half believe they will be able to afford it in the near future. In the USA, a very high willingness to buy an electric car has become apparent among drivers of diesel cars in particular (84 percent). But in this group as well, only half of diesel car owners currently expect that they will be able to afford a car of this type in the near future.
Acceptance of fully electric cars, however, is lower in France and Japan. Here, one third of those surveyed – including drivers of all drive types – are currently inclined to make their next car purchase an electric one. But here as well, it can be seen that the respondents most likely to imagine this happening are those who already drive a hybrid vehicle (France: 52 percent; Japan: 41 percent). Based on the findings of Continental’s 2024 Mobility Study, it can therefore be concluded that there is a good chance of hybrid cars increasingly bridging the gap to e-mobility and providing it with renewed impetus.
Download the results as a PDF here: Continental Mobility Study 2024 - pdf (4.03MB)
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