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COVID-19 crisis will ding automotive R&D, survey shows

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Whitney McDonald
April 16, 2020 08:23 PM

The COVID-19 crisis will cause automotive research budgets to plunge 17 percent this year and 12 percent in 2021, according to a new study.

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