‘Passionate’ Electric Car Owners to Drive Growth, Shell Says

  • EV fleet will expand irrespective of oil prices: Kapitany
  • Shell, IONITY to run 100 charging stations in EU by end-2019
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Demand for electric cars will continue to surge irrespective of oil prices as consumers buy into a technology aimed at making driving fun while being environmentally friendly, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc.

“It’s a technology many of our customers like,” Istvan Kapitany, head of Shell’s global retail business, said in an interview in St. Petersburg, Russia. “They get a joy out of it, they feel passionate about it, they think it’s a great driving experience.”