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world's largest miner, says 2017 is 'tipping point' for electric cars

https://hotcopper.com.au/resources/...g-point-for-electric-cars.86262/#.WcpZwcig_IU

"In September 2016 we published a blog and we set the question - could 2017 be the year of the electric vehicle revolution?" said Balhuizen, a company veteran who runs BHP's commercial strategy, procurement and marketing from Singapore.
"The answer is yes...2017 is the revolution year we have been speaking about. And copper is the metal of the future."
Europe has begun a dramatic shift away from the internal combustion engine, although, globally, there are only roughly 1 million electric cars out of a global fleet of closer to 1.1 billion.
BHP forecasts that could rise to 140 million vehicles by 2035, a forecast it says is on 'the greener' end