With a wider range of models, an increasing focus on striking design and rising practical usage – for more and more people, electric vehicles are a real mobility contender. The infrastructure is developing rapidly as well, both in public spaces and on company premises. In the vehicle fleet, electric cars are the first step towards a holistic, intelligent mobility concept.

Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), the demand for cars with alternative drive systems in the European Union rose by almost 30 percent in the third quarter of 2018 alone. Battery electric cars and hybrid vehicles in particular, drove this development with an increase of over 37 percent. Plug-in hybrids were also significantly more popular than during the same period in 2017, with an increase in demand of almost 25 percent. For comparison, the demand for LPG or CNG vehicles "only" rose by around 12 percent.

And this is just the beginning: new registrations of pure battery electric cars and plug-in hybrids will continue to rise significantly between 2018 and 2022. For Germany alone, Frost & Sullivan forecasts an average increase in registrations of 19 percent per year during this period. Annual growth will be even higher in France (33 percent), Belgium (26 percent) and the Netherlands (24 percent). Poland is the clear front-runner with 47 percent, but compared to other European countries very few electric cars and plug-in hybrids have been sold there to date.

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