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- At earnings this week, several auto execs pulled back on EV targets.
- Dealers have been warning of slowing EV demand for months.
- "This is a pretty brutal space," Mercedes-Benz's CFO said this week.
With signs of growing inventory and slowing sales, auto industry executives admitted this week that their ambitious electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy, at least in the near term.