The car is dead

The Italian daily La Repubblica declares the automobile industry dead: "The age of the automobile as a means of private transport and as a product are coming to an end. It uses up too much of everything, both in production and consumption: too much energy, raw materials, water, space and time. Yet it has gained such a high status in our society that the transition to alternative forms of transport - and why not, to less mobility - will be a long and difficult process."

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