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Hello,
I am Hans de Bruijn,

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I am a professor of public administration
here at Delft University of Technology.

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And I often advise the Dutch government on
the introduction of e-mobility.

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And I have several questions about e-mobility
for you.

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One of the major questions the government
is faced with is ‘how environmentally friendly

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is an electric car?’ 

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And that of course
depends upon the questions ‘where does the

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electricity come from?’ From coal?

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From solar?

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From wind.

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It is a key question.

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Another question,
another concern of the government is ‘are

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we perhaps investing in an old technology?’.

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We do not know yet what the development of
the electric car will be.

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And maybe within five,
ten years,

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we have much more advanced cars than we have
now.

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And that might be a reason for the Dutch government
not to invest in the present generation of

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cars or not to subsidize it.

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By the way,
subsidization is also an issue.

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Why should the Dutch government subsidize
electric cars,

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when there are alternatives that are also
environmentally friendly?

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And what is the innovation potential of the
traditional car.

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Maybe thanks to the introduction of the electric
car there will be strong incentives for the

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producers of the traditional cars to improve
the environmental performance of their cars.

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So there are many questions here.

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And those questions make it extremely difficult
for the Dutch government to decide about the

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question ‘what to do?’ And my simple question
to you is ‘get me out of here!’ 

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Give me a clear picture of what the problem is.

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And what the solution is.

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And what the course of the decision making
in this country should be.