Patrick Pouyanné (TotalEnergies) Recommends that People Living in Rural Areas Switch to the Electric Car
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Audited by the Finance Committee of the National Assembly, the CEO of TotalEnergys, Patrick Pouyanné, defended the operations of capping fuel prices, but he also advised the inhabitants of rural areas to switch to the electric car, which would be "very suitable".
On 17 June, Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies, was interviewed by the Finance Committee of the National Assembly. He first recalled several facts: Total is the French company that pays the most tax on profits in the world. In 2025, she paid 19 billion taxes on profits and taxes on production, i.e. an effective tax rate of more than 40%. That was 35 billion in 2022, i.e. a tax rate of more than 50%. The amount that Total pays in tax depends …
When the boss of TotalEnergies advises rural residents to switch to the electric car, the sentence necessarily raises some eyebrows. Patrick Pouyanné defended this idea on 17 June before the Finance Committee of the National Assembly, in a context still marked by tensions on fuel prices. According to Caradisiac, the leader believes that electricity can become a real asset in the countryside, especially for households able to recharge their car a…
Released on June 17 by the Finance Committee of the National Assembly, Patrick Pouyanné, boss of TotalEnergies, has formulated a new version of the... Read more TotalEnergies' boss recommends electric car to rural residents! appeared first on Automobile Clean.
It is not every day that an oil CEO climbs up to the niche to defend the electric car. Yet this is what Patrick Pouyanné did on Wednesday 17 June, during his hearing by the Finance Committee of the National Assembly. Called to answer questions about TotalEnergy's taxation and its profits, he took advantage of the exchanges to slide a plea in favour of the electric vehicle to the inhabitants of rural areas. "Go to the electric vehicle", he simply…
The boss of the energy company known before all in fossil fuels advised, in the context of a hearing in the National Assembly, French people living in rural areas to buy an electric car.
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