EV battery recycling plant to be built in Britain

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

In today’s edition, a new battery recycling plant in the UK, superfast home charging, and caution for the future.

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In the last week…

CES 2022: As I’m sure many of us ended up reading about, last week was the annual CES conference – a place where companies demonstrate their technological achievements. The event this year was certainly not short of the ‘wow’ factor, especially around cars. From a BMW that can change colour – by using the same tech as an Amazon Kindle (see GIF below) – new partnerships between big tech like Google and Amazon with manufacturers – meaning better infotainment systems in cars – and breakthrough battery ranges being announced by Mercedes with its Vision EQXX. It wasn’t just cars though, we also got a glimpse of the growing (and fast-developing) industry around it. From better digital processors, the ability to…