Scoop: Famed architect’s pollution-eating EV paused

Plus, new PAS 1899 guidance is coming following a review.

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In today’s edition… An EV launched by the architect who created London’s Olympic Cauldron and the new Routemaster bus is put on hold.

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UK architect’s pollution-eating EV put on pause

Context: Throw your mind back four years to 2021. Covid is still hanging about, Boris is Prime Minister, and the concept of electric cars is still new in the public mind. It’s a time of exciting possibilities with many carmakers rushing out prototypes, often with some OTT promises to ‘have them in production by the time the kettle stops boiling.’ Well…

Scoop… One such car that was first promoted four years ago at the Shanghai Motor Show was the AIRO. It was conjured u…