Could emerging market EV boom herald the 'end of the oil era'?

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Latest Carbon Tracker report explores how surging demand for EVs in China and India are set to make a massive dent in forecast oil demand throughout the 2020s

Decisive adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in key emerging markets throughout the next decade is set to bring down the curtain on the oil era, new analysis from financial think tank Carbon Tracker has...

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