Jürgen Stackmann, Carlos Ghosn, Gisela Golling.
“It’s a question of time not a question of if the brand will turn electric. But currently we have zero demand for electric cars.”
Seat CEO Jürgen Stackmann says that the company will not look into electrification or even hybridisation until 2020, and then only because it needs to comply with EU regulations. For now, the technology is just too expensive.
autoexpress.co.uk
“It’s a question of time not a question of if the brand will turn electric. But currently we have zero demand for electric cars.”
Carlos Ghosn, head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, is positive about the future of electric cars. Even though sales might not have lived up to predictions so far, Ghosn believes that the day of the electric car is yet to come.
theguardian.com
“In a few years, we will have three to four times the range [in road cars] and the anxiety will go away.”
Gisela Golling, head of systems and functions at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, told CarAdvice that VW’s T6 could be hybridised anytime, but that VW awaits customer demand. Why they don’t think the market Toyota has been serving for 15 years is big enough – we don’t know.
caradvice.com.au
“I think hybrid is a thing which depends on the customer. We have to have a big market for hybrids, then we can offer a hybrid.”
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