Car 43 percent of the Belgians is not convinced that self-propelled cars are safe. This seems to the confidence of the consumer in self-propelled cars to stagnate, according to a study of bedrijfsconsultant Deloitte.
Deloitte questioned for her ‘2019 Deloitte Global Automotive Consumer Study ” in september and October of last year, more than 25,000 consumers across 20 countries to assess their preferences on issues that have an impact on the automotive sector. In Belgium there were that around 1,250.
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the survey shows that the confidence of the Belgian in self-propelled cars is stagnating. 43 percent of the respondents is not convinced that self-propelled cars will be safe. This is but a slight decrease compared with the 50 percent of last year. It differs significantly from the 69 percent in 2017.
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the Gradual acceptance
“self-Propelled cars made their appearance in the real world’ via piloottests and have consequently been faced with challenges from ’the real world’. A series of high-profile incidents have contributed to the stabilisation of consumer confidence in the study this year. Perhaps in the longer term, a tendency to take in the direction of a gradual acceptance,” says Eric Desomer, Automotive sector Leader for Deloitte Belgium, as well as the trend.
consumer Confidence
From the study also shows that consumer confidence in traditional car manufacturers who self-propelled cars on the market, continues to shrink: from 48 percent in 2018 to 31 percent in 2019. So there is more confidence in players who are new technologies on the market than in the traditional manufacturers.
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