Ford and Jaguar Land Rover this week announced plans to introduce all-electric vehicle line-ups in the coming decade. It followed General Motors’ announcement last month that it aims for all its new vehicles to have zero-exhaust emissions by 2035.

The dramatic shift by carmakers away from petrol and diesel engines is being driven by stringent CO2 emissions targets and looming bans in some countries on fossil fuel vehicles...

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