The question asked to EV owners was: "Would you switch back to ICE?"
The survey was conducted in 2024 with over 17,000 respondents who are private customers, representative of the driving population, from 27 countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands, Slovakia, Hungary, Sweden, Morocco, South Africa, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Czechia, Australia, China, India, Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, Canada, United States, Brazil, Mexico. The respondent count for this question represents the number of EV owners among these respondents. The source does not specify how many respondents were in each region.Â
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Distribution of EV drivers based on if they would switch back to an ICE car by region
According to a 2024 survey, the majority of EV drivers across all regions reported that they would not consider switching back to an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, except in the Latin America region. There, **** of the respondents were open to switching back to a fossil fuel car. **** of respondents from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region would not think of changing back to an ICE vehicle. This was the highest share among all regions.
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