Good morning and welcome back to The Fast Charge, the electric motoring newsletter. My name is Tom Riley.
In today’s edition, I’ve followed up on a report I did a couple of months back on charging point maintenance. Also, news that China is spreading its wings and Hollywood magic is coming to electric cars.
Do drop me an email at tomrileylondon@gmail.com if you have any feedback, questions or comments.
In the news…
BRING THE NOISE: BMW has hired legendary Hollywood musician Hans Zimmer to inject noise into the carmaker’s future EVs. As electric cars are silent, many manufacturers have been adding fake sounds to the cabin. That way, when you put the foot down, you get more of a sense of acceleration. Zimmer told the Daily Mail: “We have an extraordinary opportunity to turn electric driving in a BMW into a very special experience with the help of great sounds.” The cars with Zimmer’s sounds included should be out from this year, the first being the BMW iX3 SUV. Zimmer has previously used sh…