The challenge for the global auto industry

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Simon Clements of Alliance Trust Investments explores the environmental and economic challenges faced by a fast-changing auto industry

The traditional internal combustion engine made economic sense when oil was cheap and plentiful and the effects of burning fossil fuels and pollution were not understood. Although electric vehicles were...

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