Shell CEO: electric cars are old news, biofuels are the future
Shell has stated its preference for hydrogen and biofuels in the past. What they haven’t gone out of their way to do, though, was to aggravate electric vehicle fans by dismissing their powertrain of choice. Royal Dutch Shell CEO, Jereoen van der Veer, has filled in that little oversight yesterday in Germany. Speaking to the Associated Press, van der Veer said that, “My milkman used to drive around in electric cars a long time ago … What’s new?” He then said that EVs require too much infrastructure to make sense. Really? That’s the best he can do?
TransportGooru thinks that Mr. der Veer & ilk are terribly worried about a future without a chance to peddle liquid fuels. Right now the world is showing a great interest in electric vehicles with massive investments, which must be alarming for der Veer who will be left with a fuel vending network that will be defunct and inoperable. Competing with electricity providers is no fun for gasoline vendors like Shell. The electrical as they already an established network and are well entrenched in the generation/control and delivery of the juice through a sophisticated network. Come on, Mr. der Veer! It is time to get real and find a future where you have to let others do business. Looks like you can’t hold the world hostage to your liquid fuel, Mr. der Veer!
