{
  "id": 557597,
  "title": "Japan has another go at electric vehicles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/japan-has-another-go-at-electric-vehicles",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T10:43:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/japan-has-another-go-at-electric-vehicles/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japanese electric vehicle (EV) makers have fallen so far behind BYD and other Chinese competitors, and been so brightly outshone by Tesla, that it is easy to forget that the Nissan Leaf was the world’s first mass-market EV. People might also fail to notice that the Japanese auto industry has launched more than 20 new […] The post Japan has another go at electric vehicles appeared first on Asia…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}