Electric car makers pump brakes on further investments amid slowing sales

Makers of electric cars have stalled further investments as sales slowed down.
Bloomberg New Energy and Finance research predicted that it will take three years before the prices of electric batteries are comparable to internal combustion engines. As a result, even though electric vehicle sales across the total industry were 7.9% this quarter, it is only less than a one percent increase from the last quarter, which is scaring off some auto makers into different strategies.
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