Small is beautiful - Is it time for businesses to embrace the rise of the 'microcar'?

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The UK's auto industry is embracing the transition to low-carbon vehicles - so why is progress on microcars stuck in the slow lane?

It may have taken some time to get motoring, but over the past few years much of the auto industry has publicly embraced the transition to a greener transport system. Big car makers such as Ford, Nissan...

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