Ford's European Chairman today to SkyNews:
But strikingly, he says he can see the day the Ford Motor Company no longer makes petrol and diesel cars.
"I'm sure that day will come, I don't know what date that is and it will be different in different countries but the technology will evolve.
"I don't know when, there will be many forces at play in that, but that's the direction of travel we're going in.
"That's what governments want, it's what society wants and we will be a part of that."