Electric cars' bold ambition risks a race to nowhere

Sydney

ONCE upon a time, it was only Elon Musk making shoot-for-the-stars statements about the glittering future of electric cars. Now, even the most sober of his rivals are getting in on the act.

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co and BAIC Motor Corp, China's fourth- and fifth-largest automakers, announced in October and this month that they'll end deliveries of petroleum-powered cars by 2025.