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Everything about EVs in the last few days

Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, the newsletter that will plug you into the latest in electric motoring. My name is Tom Riley and I’ll be your host.

I’m always so surprised how much EV news there is in only a few days. This week had some really great bits, not least that one company has created a battery that takes just five minutes to charge. If that can be rolled out, it really will be a gamechanger.

On the topic of batteries, another Tesla decided to erupt into flames this week, so I’ve written a little bit about why batteries explode.

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