The CEO of carmaker Peugeot has said the onus of getting more people into electric cars shouldn’t be on carmakers.

Linda Jackson told the website TopGear.com that: “There is an obligation on governments to make sure that the infrastructure to stimulate the market is there.”

Speaking to the website at the Paris motor show she added: “I don’t think it’s a manufacturer’s place to actually put the infrastructure in – if true 50 years ago, manufacturers would have been putting in petrol stations,” she added.

The article says that, given plug-in car grants are only available for UK commercial drivers at the moment, Jackson called for passenger car incentives too. “We’ve got electric vans, and we perform very well [in that market], and that’s super important for us. But at the same time, if we all need to meet our targets for electric cars, I really do believe we need to stimulate the passenger car market.”

(Picture – Peugeot website)