Massive increase: ADAC statistics show the number 1 cause of breakdowns in electric cars. More than 43,000 hybrid cars were left behind in Germany in 2023, while the number of electric cars was over 30,000.
Starter battery was the most common reason for a breakdown on German roads across all car types at 44.1 percent. In an earlier breakdown statistics, the ADAC compared combustion engines and electric cars with the same year of registration (2020) On average, electric vehicles had 4.9 breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles in 2022, while combustion engines broke down 6.9 times.