In 2024, the headlines about electric cars were often negative, with falling sales and crashing resale values, among other things.
One could therefore have imagined that the public has a negative attitude towards electric cars, and will continue to avoid them like the plague.
However, a new study from the research firm TCS suggests that the winds are about to turn for electric cars.
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Answers from around the world
The TCS report is based on responses from 1,300 anonymous respondents.
The respondents came partly from Europe, specifically Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland.
They also came from North America, represented by the United States and Canada, as well as Asia and Oceania, represented by China, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
So many can imagine an electric car
Of the car buyers in the study, a clear majority, more precisely 64 percent, answer that they are likely or very likely to consider an electric car as their next car.
Most open to electric cars are people in the age groups 18 to 25, and 26 to 35, where 75 and 79 percent, respectively, are likely or very likely to consider an electric car as their next car.
Even people over the age of 55 seem to like electric cars, with 73 percent stating that they are likely or very likely to consider an electric car as their next car.
The age groups 36 to 45 and 46 to 55, on the other hand, are not as likely to acquire an electric car. 57 and 53 percent respectively state that they are likely or very likely to choose an electric car as their next car.
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Electric cars still too expensive
The biggest obstacle to buying electric cars is that they are too expensive to buy and maintain.
This is underlined by discounts and subsidies topping the list of measures that the authorities can take to encourage more people to buy electric cars.
A majority of the car buyers in the study, more precisely 56 percent, are willing to pay up to 40,000 dollars, equivalent to just under 450,000 kroner, for an electric car.
The second biggest obstacle to buying an electric car is long charging times, followed by limitations in the charging infrastructure, and that the cars have too short a range.
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