London’s E-Scooters, Cornwall and Red Phone Boxes
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Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, the electric motoring newsletter.
Bumper edition today, lots to read. In short: phone boxes, escorts, charging points, Tesla, a German man and Cornwall.
Plus… given e-scooters finally launched in London yesterday, I have tried out and reviewed each one in a long-read 🛴
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In the news…
GRAND DESIGNS: The greatest news I’ve read this week is that the Department for Transport is going to offer £200,000 to a team who can create an “iconic, functional public electric vehicle charge point”. This is because most, apparently, see them as eyesores. Sir John Hayes, a former Transport Minister, suggested the new charging point designs should be like the famous red phone boxes. Which presumably means they should be broken, smell of urine and advertise local escort services. Apparently, the project will advertise from early August. I for one am going to get sketchin…
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