2023-04-22 12:06:33
A survey reveals that only 27% of French people plan to buy an electric vehicle in the coming years, compared to 49% in 2010. Adobe Stock; Charlotte Paroielle/Le Figaro
LE + ECO – Developed at a forced march in Europe, the electric car is not popular with the French, especially for its price. Le Figaro investigated its true cost.
Consumption, ecology, labor law… With Le + éco, the editorial staff of Le Figaro Économie offers you a new weekly meeting that sifts through your habits and helps you make the right choices.
Motorist friends, you still have a choice, but not for very long. In twelve years from now, manufacturers will no longer be authorized to sell new thermal vehicles on the Old Continent. The European Parliament enacted this ban a year ago to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and despite Germany’s reservations, the project should be completed within the time allowed. The stakes are immense, both industrially and politically. In addition to the conversion of value chains and the installation of an ad hoc infrastructure, Europeans also have to be convinced, in the coming decade, of the relevance of electric mobility.
An IFOP survey recently revealed that only 27% of French people plan to buy a vehicle of this type in the coming years. They were 49% in 2010 according to the same source. This loss of enthusiasm is explained, according to the pollsters, by three reasons which will not surprise anyone: an excessively high purchase and operating cost, autonomy still considered insufficient and the lack of charging stations which complicates the life of motorists. . Survey after survey, the same reasons are invoked, starting with the cost. Beyond any ecological consideration, are the French right to believe that the electric vehicle costs much more than…
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