How Electric Cars Pose an Economic Risk in Eastern Europe
Workers install chassis components at the Kia plant in Zilina, Slovakia.
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No country in the world makes more cars on a per-capita basis than Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and the shift to electric vehicles is gaining traction in the two economies that rely most on the automotive industry.