BYD plots UK growth in cars and energy storage

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Hello, I’m Tom Riley, and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.

Top stories in today’s edition… BYD makes numerous hires to its UK team, Tesla’s ex-HQ in London becomes a ‘drug den’, and Cornwall says it needs a tenfold increase in chargers by 2030.

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