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10/09/2009
Dutch utility Essent expects to see one million electric vehicles on the roads in the Netherlands by 2020, its head of new energy recently told Reuters. Alexandra van Huffelen said Essent was working with other Dutch companies to stimulate the industry, lobbying the government to speed up the introduction of electric cars and launching demonstration projects around the country. She expects the first rollout of electric cars on Dutch roads in 2010-2011, with more widespread usage around 2015, when advances in battery technology are likely to have reduced costs. ‘Battery companies say they expect to improve the batteries, but that will take some time,’ she commented. ‘That is also why we need a subsidy scheme and tax schemes [to help consumers].’ The one million cars by 2020 would include plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles, and match a figure the German government wants to see on its roads by the same date. For more details, visit www.reuters.com/article/GlobalClimateandAlternativeEnergy09
News Item details
Region: Europe
Keywords:
Alternative energy sources / Renewables
- Fuels - alternative fuels
Subjects:
Energy engineering,
Professional services,
Banking, finance and investment,
Project Management,
Policy and Governance,
Economics, business and commerce,
Energy consumption,
Transport,
Electric vehicles,
People and behaviour,
Distributed storage,
Taxation,
Electric utilities
