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Europe's automakers scrap growth hopes, ask policymakers for aid

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BMW CEO Oliver Zipse said automakers need EU help to ensure strategic access to the raw materials needed for e-mobility, and an accelerated roll-out of charging infrastructure. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg
October 07, 2022 08:24 AM

Europe’s automakers warned they are likely headed for another year of shrinking sales and called for policymakers to step up their support of the industry struggling to recover from the pandemic.

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