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CHRIS HARRIS

The e-Golf arrived late because the nice man delivering it could only locate a fast charger far away from his intended route, and then found it was already being used. So he had to wait. This didn’t really bother me. The sun was shining and the temperature was a record-breaking 20°C, allegedly because of all the selfish people not driving electric Golfs. I was in no hurry.

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