Electric cars make new supply chain demands

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Electric cars are rapidly gaining in popularity among consumers, particularly in urban areas of the American west where concern over pollution levels is greatest. But the supply chains for their manufacture and distribution are unlike anything in the traditional automotive production sector. “As the American auto industry grew, for example, a strong supplier ecosystem grew up in the Midwest to support the industry. Electronics, on the other hand, are manufactured all over the world.”