JAPAN: Scrappage working, EV market challenging: analayst
Author: Simon Warburton | 22 January 2010
Japan's scrappage scheme has given its domestic market a massive boost - particularly with its extension to September this year - but the automotive sector must brace itself for a fall once the incentive ends.
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