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The latest news from the world of EVs

Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.

Top stories in today’s edition… Redwood Materials is slowly adding to its team in the UK, Goldman believes Europe will lead the world on EVs, and Toyota shifts into a ‘BEV-first’ mindset.

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New departments on the block

Background… Last week the government revealed it was splitting up BEIS into three new departments, these are the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Business and Trade, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Their roles and responsibilities can be found here.

For us… The most important department for the EV sector will likely be the Energy Security and Net Zero one. It’s being headed up by Grant Shapps, owner of a Tesla Model Y, alongside Graham Stuart, previously responsible for energy at BEIS. Also joining DESNZ includes Andrew Bowie MP,…