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Wednesday, 07 July 2021

BBC News

• Britishvolt gigafactory: 'Game changer' car battery plant approvedPlans for a huge electric car battery "gigafactory" which it is claimed will create 3,000 jobs have been approved. Northumberland County Council described the plant on the site of the former Blyth power station would be a "game changer."
• Vauxhall UK plant safe with electric vehicle planThe Ellesmere Port factory will get a £100m investment to build electric vehicles and protect 1,000 jobs.

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• TfL expands London e-scooter trailTransport for London (TfL) and London Councils have announced an expansion of the capital’s trial of rental e-scooters, with e-scooters available to rent from 5 July in the City of London and northern parts of Lambeth. The expansion will mean that the number of vehicles will increase from around 600 to 1200 across London. Following the government's decision to legalise rental trials of e-scooters last month, TfL and London Councils launched a trial of rental e-scooters in the capital.  The trial initially covered a core area including Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington &am...