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Japan Reportedly Aiming to Go All-Electric and Hybrid Around 2035
Is the age of cars powered solely by internal-combustion coming to an end? It certainly seems so, with more governments issuing proclamations about when they're aiming to transition to electrified cars. Nikkei's newswire reports that Japan is targeting the mid 2030s for when its cars are all electrified as part of its aim to become a zero-emission country by 2050. It's not as ambitious as the U.K.'s recently announced goal to ban internal combustion entirely by 2035, but still a big deal, as Japan's is a huge auto market.
