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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171003235158/https://www.dawn.com/news/1361099/how-electric-cars-can-create-the-biggest-disruption-since-iphone" class="story__link">How electric cars can create the biggest disruption since iPhone</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-five ">Most forecasters see the shift away from oil in transportation as an incremental process guided by slow improvements... </div> </article> <div class="float-left pt-4 pr-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171003235158/https://www.dawn.com/news/1361099/how-electric-cars-can-create-the-biggest-disruption-since-iphone">read full story</a><span> | </span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171003235158/https://www.dawn.com/news/1361099/how-electric-cars-can-create-the-biggest-disruption-since-iphone#comments">post a comment</a> </div> <hr class="py-4 col-12"/> </div> <div class=" col-sm-10 col-12"> <article class="story story--small" data-id="1361097" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" 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