BusinessGreen.com's Lem Bingley talks to Don Cochrane, UK sales and marketing director of Think, about the company's plans to bring its Think City electric vehicle to the UK.
When it goes on sale later this year, the City will be the only purpose-built, fully-electric vehicle in the UK to be type-approved as a car - rather than as a safety-exempt "quadricycle"
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