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Big Oil wakes up to threat of rising EV demands

Colin McKerracher, Bloomberg analyst: “This is a trillion dollar question, and somebody is going to be wrong.” (Bloomberg)
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Jessica Shankleman
July 14, 2017 05:00 AM

LONDON -- The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat.

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