DutchNews, January 31, 2017
A charging station in Amsterdam. Photo: DutchNews.nl |
Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell is to add
electric car battery charging centres at selected petrol stations in the
Netherlands and Britain, the Telegraaf reported on Tuesday.
The paper bases its
report on an interview with Shell’s downstream director John Abbott in the
Financial Times. The number of battery changing centres was not disclosed.
French rival Total is working on a similar roll-out, the FD said. Both
companies said they were making the move because of the rapidly rising number
of electric cars operating in Europe.
Shell expects the charging centres to be
commercially interesting. ‘When a customer is waiting to have the battery
charged, he will probably want a coffee or something to eat,’ Abbott suggested.
The first charging stations will be in large population centres due to the
limited range of electric cars. Shell has 600 service stations in the
Netherlands and says the first will be installed before the end of the year.
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