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Apr 30, 2021
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Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, the electric motoring newsletter. My name is Tom Riley.

Apologies (again) this edition is quite late. My days are being ruined at the moment by a vicious stomach bug.

Interesting news today that Ford manufacturing is returning to America as the company learns from the various supplier risks they’ve had in the last year. Also, a new road tax has been suggested to MPs to cover an expected gap in public finances. Yikes.

As ever, do drop me an email at tomrileylondon@gmail.com if you have any feedback, questions or comments.

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