Tom Riley
@tomrileyuk.bsky.social
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Exclusive 🚨 Carmakers were the only ones to get the Transport Secretary's ear during the ZEV mandate consultation. It's led to one senior EV leader to brand DfT 'shambolic'. Eeek!
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Exclusive: DfT accused of favouritism by EV leaders
As I reveal ONLY carmakers got the Transport Secretary's ear to discuss the ZEV mandate
https://www.fastcharge.email/p/exclusive-dft-accused-of-favouritism?r=dvwel&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Scoop from moi... The UK's first electric fire engine hasn't been used for real in 3 years - despite promises to have it on the frontline in 2022. Why? 🚒 Read about it 👉
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Scoop: UK’s first electric fire engine not used in 3 years
Plus the latest EV charging statistics from the Department for Transport
https://www.fastcharge.email/p/scoop-uks-first-electric-fire-engine
7 months ago
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Idea for hospital machines that go ‘ping’. Can we introduce daytime sounds and nighttime ones. For example, at 2pm when Paul’s heart is going wild. Have the big noisy ‘nee naw’ one. But. Between 11pm to 7am. Why not a whale call? Or. If some calls for a nurse, what about a crashing wave.
9 months ago
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Idea for a multi millionaire looking to revive their image. Please, please, please donate contactless payment to public car parks in Britain. RingGo, PaybyPhone and all of the other apps are fucking nightmare.
9 months ago
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Scoop! The climate group Transport & Environment lobbied the UK to soften the definition of hybrids being sold after 2030, despite publicly calling for tough action on ICE vehicles. Full story (including screenshots of their response) 👇
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Transport & Environment lobbied for hybrid flexibility
Europe's biggest green transport NGO used its ZEV Mandate response to push a softer approach to hybrids
https://www.fastcharge.email/p/transport-environment-zev-response-doc
10 months ago
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Is China's luxury EV behemoth NIO about to make a fresh entrance into UK manufacturing? The government told me this week they’d support it. Story from yesterday 👇
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Is a UK-China EV deal about to happen?
As the UK government shows public support for NIO and potential investment
https://www.fastcharge.email/p/is-a-uk-china-ev-deal-about-to-happen
10 months ago
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Yesterday I revealed that, one year after BT Group announced grand plans to convert up to 60,000 old green street cabinets into public EV chargers, they have pulled the plug on their pilot. They only managed to install one charger. Story below!
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Scoop: BT pulls plug on charger plans
The FTSE 100 company is 'shifting focus' after testing just one charger in Scotland
https://www.fastcharge.email/p/scoop-bt-pulls-plug-on-ev-charger
11 months ago
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Ha! Best PR of 2025 so far by Blackstone who appear to have persuaded media their huge purchases of warehouses relates to logistics. Meanwhile… no mention of their HUGE interest in data centres. Chapeau!
www.thetimes.com/article/cce2...
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Blackstone snaps up £1bn of warehouses in a year
Private equity giant, now one of the biggest shed landlords in Britain, buys 18 from PGIM to fold into Indurent
https://www.thetimes.com/article/cce2a6bf-d118-44fb-9268-5b1bcd8bd5c8?shareToken=07a652c6b2dffed8c72c6ac910342ca4
11 months ago
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Great point made here about the auto industry. Why do we always skip to no. of vehicles sold versus the actual revenue of car companies for measuring success?
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Peak Car Revisited
Metrics matter
https://glennmercer.substack.com/p/peak-car-revisited?utm_source=fot.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=trucks-fot-nhtsa-av-framework-skyryse-nio&_bhlid=4ae111cee24ff52aab5f84ed6ac820e5b90e3fb1
12 months ago
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My take on Lou Haigh’s resignation… (Tin hat on) 1/4.. No10 was already unhappy with her and it was open knowledge in Whitehall circles that they planned to move her early next year.
about 1 year ago
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Bizarre advert on The Times app within a story on Stellantis closing its Luton factory
about 1 year ago
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Ford today: ‘The ZEV mandate is unworkable.’ Ford in 2022: ‘We don’t think the proposed targets go fast enough.’ 🥴 Full story in Guardian, and featuring my newsletter 👍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Electric shock: carmakers battle strict UK electric car rules as big fines loom
As Ford announced cutting 800 UK jobs it said rules forcing companies to sell more EVs each year are ‘unworkable’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/22/electric-shock-carmakers-battle-strict-uk-electric-car-rules-as-big-fines-loom?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 year ago
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