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Apr 19, 2023
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Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.

Firstly, apologies this is coming to your inbox a day later than usual, I’ve had man flu. Anyway, in today’s edition… Shanghai’s Motor Show reveals a range of new cars and battery tech, and further down squabbling car dealers and lots about haulage.

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Background… This week it’s the Shanghai Motor Show in China. Arguably, this is now the most important car event on the calendar, and it’s already dwarfing its European counterparts. According to Autocar, the Shanghai show has 1,000 exhibitors, 320,000 square meters of exhibit space, and 150 press conferences.

New reveals… There have been 100 new cars revealed at the show, and you can see a list and images of most here. The hugely noticeable thing in the revelations is that European manufacturers are still very much in a m…

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