Combustion engine still favourite car technology in Germany

Two-thirds of respondents in a survey in Germany say they will opt for a combustion engine in their next car, trumping alternative engines like hybrid or fully electric by far, consultancy Deloitte says in a press release. While 66 percent of respondents said they would buy a combustion engine, 23 percent said they were going for a hybrid car and seven percent for an e-car. “Cars with electric engines still don’t have the appeal and assertiveness that is expected,” the press release says. Deloitte says that in light of the dieselgate emissions fraud scandal, the interest in diesel engines has fallen by 35 percent since 2014 while the preference for petrol engines grew by 40 percent over the same period “to compensate for diesel’s losses.”

Find the press release in German here.

For background, read the dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.