Deutsche Welle: As petrol prices continue to hit the roof, the world's major car makers are rushing ahead with plans to produce huge numbers of zero-emission electric vehicles at affordable prices. Toyota, General Motors and Mercedes all recently announced that an electric car will be in the showroom within the next two years. Toyota appears to be a nose ahead of its competitors after CEO Katsuaki Watanabe recently announced at a press conference in Tokyo that the car industry had no choice but...

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