Written by Energy reporter – 30/01/2017 1:47 pm
Oil supermajors Royal Dutch Shell and Total are preparing to introduce battery charging points at European petrol stations as the the energy giants respond to rising sales of electric cars.
A selection of Shell’s filling stations across the UK and Netherlands will be the first to offer the service later this year, according to the Financial Times.
Total is said to be working on a similar move in a bid to capitlise on the emerging electric car market.
The French firm said it “studying the viability” of installing charging points at some domestic filling stations. Italy’s Enialready has the facilities at some of its domestic and central European outlets.
But Shell’s downstream director John Abbott said the transition from petroleum based vehicles to electric powered ones was likely to take decades.
In the meantime the increasing number of electric cars on the road would create commercial opportunities for Shell due to the charge times typically experienced.
Abbot told the Financial Times: “We have a number of countries where we’re looking at having battery charging facilities.
“If you are sitting charging your vehicle, you will want to have a coffee or something to eat.”
It is not known how many petrol stations are earmarked to get the battery charging points.
It is the latest sign of major oil companies adapting their businesses away from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy.
Shell recently unveiled a video of it’s city concept car. Watch the video here.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
