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IMO: D
Need to modify "automotive engineers" who have spent the time in R&D.

As The contrast is visible by "still"

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With three decades of intensive research and experimentation, automotive engineers still find the goal of a practical, non-polluting electrical car an elusive one.

A. With
B. Despite
C. Following
D. Having spent.
E. As a result of

narrowed to B and D ...
in D, having spent modifies the automotive engineers... but the contrast is missing,,,

B is the right fit
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