A year ago, this proportion was 47 percent, according to a current survey by the auditing and consulting organization EY. Regardless of the engine type, only 28 percent actually want to buy a set of wheels within the next two years – only 22 percent of people planned to do so last year.
Interest in purely electric vehicles has more than halved within a year, falling from 23 to 12 percent. But interest in buying hybrid vehicles has also fallen significantly: from 17 percent to 8 percent. However, interest in plug-in hybrids has increased massively: while last year they were only interesting to 7 percent of those surveyed, around 19 percent are now enthusiastic about them.
Range and costs concern customers
The change of heart when it comes to electromobility is easily explained: “The interest in electric cars is fundamentally there, but questions about range or the costs of ongoing operation continue to concern many Austrians,” writes Axel Preiss from EY in a broadcast. “The registration numbers for this market segment are currently developing accordingly.” And for 21 percent of those surveyed, the lack of charging infrastructure currently speaks against buying an electric car.
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With only 40 percent of people interested in buying electric cars and skepticism about electric mobility, Austria is one of the lowest performers internationally: only in the USA (34 percent) and in the Czech Republic (27 percent) is interest even lower, according to EY Mobility Consumer Index 2024. But interest in Germany is also below the European average at 53 percent.
The greatest interest in electric cars is in China at 79 percent, followed by Singapore and Thailand (73 percent each). In Europe, Norway stands out with 72 percent. For the EY Mobility Consumer Index, more than 19,000 consumers in 28 countries – 500 of them in Austria – were surveyed.