Electric cars are synonymous with progress
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ELECTRIC CARS: AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN INNOVATION AND PROGRESS
Some of the results from last year’s Observatoire Cetelem shed further light on the topic. What they highlight, for instance, is that 84% of young people believe that technological advances will improve the environmental performance of cars. This opinion is held by all generations (Fig. 23).
Fig 23 – Trust in technological progress for the environment
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The infographic presents the responses to the question: “Do you think technological progress can improve the car’s environmental balance?”, asked to all respondents. Two answers were possible: “yes” and “no”. The results are compared for three age groups: 18-29 years old, 30-49 years old, and 50 years old and over.
The data displayed are:
18-29 years old: yes 84%, no 16%
30-49 years old: yes 83%, no 17%
50 years old and over: yes 83%, no 17%
Overall, a very large majority of respondents, regardless of age, believe that technological progress can improve the car’s environmental impact. Variations between age groups are minimal.
Source: Cetelem Automobile Observatory 2024
However, young people are more likely than their elders to believe that electric cars are the very embodiment of progressive innovation (Fig. 24).
Fig 24 – Perception of the electric car as technological progress
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The infographic presents the responses to the question: “Do you think the electric car can embody this technological progress?”, asked to all respondents. Two answers were possible: “Yes” and “No”. The results are compared for three age groups: 18-29 years old, 30-49 years old, and 50 years old and over.
The data displayed are:
18-29 years old: yes 75%, no 25%
30-49 years old: yes 70%, no 30%
50 years old and over: yes 60%, no 40%
The overall results show that the majority of respondents, regardless of age, consider the electric car to be an embodiment of technological progress. However, this adherence decreases progressively with age, with the youngest being the most favorable.
Source: Cetelem Automobile Observatory 2024.
ELECTRICITY, THE SOURCE OF A BETTER FUTURE
Electric vehicles are considered to display even more virtues than their combustion-engined cousins. 1 in 2 young people say that they are more environmentally friendly, compared with only 4 in 10 seniors.
The differences in the opinions of urbanites and rural dwellers are striking: the former are twice as likely as the latter to believe that EVs have a positive impact. The largest numbers of doubters can be found in Germany and France.