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Bosch study: around two thirds of Hungarian motorists cannot imagine mobility without a car

Comprehensive survey on car ownership habits and electromobility

  • Mobility is essential for everyday life: most people use their cars mainly to get to school, work and shopping
  • 69 percent of Hungarian households own a car
  • Hungarians are on a par with the European average: 61 percent of car owners cannot imagine mobility without their own car
  • Bosch in Hungary is also continuously developing and investing in the field of electromobility
Bosch study: around two thirds of Hungarian motorists cannot imagine mobility without a car

Budapest – Cars are still the most important means of mobility in Hungary, around two-thirds of Hungarians cannot imagine their lives without it, according to a representative survey commissioned by Robert Bosch Kft. and conducted by the Medián Public Opinion and Market Research Institute. The survey examined car ownership habits and attitudes towards electromobility1.

Mobility is essential for everyday life
69 percent of households in Hungary own a private car. More than two thirds of respondents (70 percent) primarily use their car to get to their daily destinations, i.e. to work, kindergarten, school and shopping. A fifth of the population use their cars for work, while 11 percent of respondents said they primarily use their cars for leisure purposes. The survey also found that the more cars a household has, the more likely it is that the car is used primarily for work.

Around two thirds of car owners cannot imagine mobility without a car
61 percent of Hungarian motorists said they could not imagine mobility without a car. This is in line with the European experience: an earlier Bosch survey showed that 60 percent of European respondents could not do without the benefits of a car at all. According to the current survey, this is even more true for those who use their cars for work and for those who regularly use them to manage their daily lives.

Electromobility is increasingly attractive to young people
When people are considering which means of transport to choose, several factors are important. Environmentally friendly transport has become an important consideration for Hungarians (78 percent), ahead of speed or exposure to the weather, for example. However, the most important aspect is predictability (91 percent), followed by comfort and cost-effectiveness. If for some reason they cannot get into a car, 8 percent of car owners consider electric bike, electric scooter or some other electrically powered vehicle as a transport alternative. Electromobility is equally attractive to men and women, but is most appealing to people under 40, those living in Budapest and graduates.

“Electric drive will play an increasingly important role in sustainable mobility in the future, and electromobility is also one of the focus areas of Bosch's research, development and manufacturing activities in Hungary. It was important to investigate what exactly are the most important aspects of people's everyday mobility and how they relate to electromobility,” said Péter Gergen, Director of electromobility development at Bosch Engineering Center Budapest.

Bosch paves the way for electromobility
By 2035, it is expected that 60 percent of all newly registered vehicles worldwide will be electric cars. Bosch aims to make Budapest the R&D hub of East-Central Europe through the development of electric and hybrid powertrains and other technical solutions. In addition to its extensive R&D activities, Bosch in Hungary also manufactures electric drive systems and e-mobility components at its sites in Hatvan, Miskolc and Maklár.


1The survey was conducted by Medián using an omnibus survey, a telephone (CATI) method with a random sample of 1000 respondents. The survey is representative in terms of gender, age, educational attainment and place of residence in the age group 18 years and older.

Tags: Bosch, electromobility, e-mobility, mobility, research

Mónika Hack

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