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Good morning and welcome back to The Fast Charge, the electric motoring newsletter. My name is Tom Riley and I’ll be your host.

I’m afraid I have to begin this edition by saying that there won’t be a Fast Charge on Friday. I am unfortunately going to be indisposed but will return from next Monday.

In the email today, I’m suspicious of Elon’s mucking about and I have a small rant about inconsistent charging times being sold by manufacturers.

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In the news…

DRAMA QUEEN: Yesterday, Tesla updated the US Securities and Exchange Commission to announce that Elon Musk’s title had changed to ‘TechnoKing’. Meanwhile, Tesla’s Chief Finance Officer became ‘Master of Coin’. While most of the world interrupt this as “Elon being Elon” - which is how one investment firm put it - I think it’s actually more telling of the state of Tesla. The electric car manufacturer under…