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Mar 02, 2021
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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.

There’s been a lot of EV news during the last few days, notably that hybrids are proven to be the great pretenders and Volvo is going all electric.

In my longer read this morning, I’ve revealed a niche story that I couldn’t stop laughing at. In short, Islington Council built a number of new charging points and have blocked them off with a cycle lane. Morons!

As ever, if you enjoy The Fast Charge, please do share it. Likewise, do drop me an email at tomrileylondon@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

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