Published: March 14, 2018
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4 Oil in 2018: Swinging back to the sixties, 8 January 2018
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7 www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2017/05/22/electric-car-price-parity-expected-next-year-report/#5a699c087922
8 www.eia.gov/outlooks/ieo/
9 www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-02/electric-car-revolution-is-shaking-up-the-biggest-metals-markets
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