'Endgame for the largest sector of oil demand': How rampant EV sales growth is shredding oil demand forecasts

Cecilia Keating
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Research published in the lead up to New York Climate Week underscores how astonishing gains in the EV market are starting to feed through into oil demand projections

How quickly could the electric vehicle (EV) revolution reach critical mass? Well, if the flurry of fresh research on the topic published this morning proves to be correct, then the shift may already be...

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