Visions of cars that drive themselves without emitting a bit of pollution while entertaining passengers with online movies and social media are what’s taking center stage at the Tokyo Motor Show. Japan, home to the world’s top-selling automaker, has a younger generation disinterested in buying, owning or driving cars. The show is about wooing them back. It’s also about pushing an ambitious government-backed vision for the future that paints Japan as a leader in automated…
Green self-driving cars take center stage at Tokyo auto show
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