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Jun 22, 2021
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Good morning and welcome back to The Fast Charge, the electric motoring newsletter. 

In today’s edition… I reveal that Porsche has cancelled production of 300 UK bound Taycans due to the global chip shortage, Cornish Lithium sells out in 15 minutes, and the NHS goes electric.

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Revealed: Porsche Taycan orders halted by chip shortage

Porsche, the luxury German carmaker, is the latest part of the Volkswagen Group to feel the pinch from the global semiconductor shortage.

The Fast Charge can reveal that, in the last week, Porsche has cancelled build slots for around 300 new Taycan EVs which were destined for British buyers.

Build slots are periods of time when vehicles are actually produced by the manufacturer’s factory. This news will mean many orders will now be delayed by a month or potentially longer. New buyers will also have …

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