Garden Bridge architect builds an electric car

The latest news from the world of EV.

Good morning and welcome back to The Fast Charge, the electric motoring newsletter. My name is Tom Riley.

Big news in my mind today is that Thomas Heatherwick, the famous British architect, has designed his own clean car. Elsewhere, there is a lot more car news as it is currently the Shanghai Motor Show, so everyone and their mum is launching an EV.

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In the news…

HEATHERWICK EV: The architect behind the famous Olympic Cauldron, failed Garden Bridge project and the Routemaster Bus redesign has now come up with an electric car. Thomas Heatherwick and his studio of blue-sky designers have created the “Airo”, an electric concept vehicle for Chinese car manufacturer IM Motors (a high-end intelligent pure electric vehicle brand). It was launched at the Shanghai Motor Show this week. The car is designed with self-driving in mind as it doubles as a mobile living space. It has a pop-up table for dining,…