According to a survey conducted in 2023 on the self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a combustion vehicle, participants from Europe were worried the price of petrol or diesel would become too expensive. In contrast, only 18 percent of the European average worried about how easy it would be for them to sell their vehicle second-hand.
Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a combustion car in Europe, as of July 2023
respondents who didn't want to buy a combustion-powered vehicle.
Method of interview
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Supplementary notes
Original survey question: "Why don’t you want to buy a combustion vehicle?"
Participants selected up to two answers.
Respondents came from national samples from each country. The quota approach was employed to ensure that the sample was representative of gender and age.
*The source conducted 3,000 interviews in France and 800 in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. 66 percent of respondents in Germany, 58 percent of respondents in Austria, 56 percent of respondents in Belgium, 67 percent of respondents in Spain, 62 percent of respondents in France, 73 percent of respondents in Italy, 50 percent of respondents in Norway, 60 percent of respondents in the Netherlands, 57 percent of respondents in Poland, 59 percent of respondents in Portugal, and 63 percent of respondents in the UK intended to purchase a car. These results are a subset of this subset, including respondents who reported not wanting to buy a combustion-powered vehicle. The overall count represents all respondents.
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Observatoire Cetelem. (October 17, 2023). Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a combustion car in Europe, as of July 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1449018/self-reported-reasons-consumers-do-not-want-to-buy-combustion-car-europe/
Observatoire Cetelem. "Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a combustion car in Europe, as of July 2023." Chart. October 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1449018/self-reported-reasons-consumers-do-not-want-to-buy-combustion-car-europe/
Observatoire Cetelem. (2023). Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a combustion car in Europe, as of July 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1449018/self-reported-reasons-consumers-do-not-want-to-buy-combustion-car-europe/
Observatoire Cetelem. "Self-reported Reasons Consumers Do Not Want to Buy a Combustion Car in Europe, as of July 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1449018/self-reported-reasons-consumers-do-not-want-to-buy-combustion-car-europe/
Observatoire Cetelem, Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a combustion car in Europe, as of July 2023 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1449018/self-reported-reasons-consumers-do-not-want-to-buy-combustion-car-europe/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a combustion car in Europe, as of July 2023 [Graph], Observatoire Cetelem, October 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1449018/self-reported-reasons-consumers-do-not-want-to-buy-combustion-car-europe/
