Detroit Electric re-emerges with UK production plant

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Company made waves last year promising the world's fastest production electric vehicle but had seemingly disappeared

Detroit Electric, which promised to build the world's fastest electric sports car in Michigan, is instead moving production to the UK. The company surfed a wave of publicity last year after promising...

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