Smith Electric Vehicles US offers to buy out its UK parent

Filed under: EV/Plug-in Smith Electric Vehicles Newton - Click above for high-res image gallery Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. has made an offer to the Tanfield Group to purchase Smith Electric Vehicles

Tanfield Group comments on end of Ford Transit Connect BEV deal

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Ford Ford Transit Connect BEV - click above for high-res image gallery We learned from Ford on Friday that it and Smith Electric Vehicles had mutually agreed to terminate their partnership to produce the Transit Connect BEV next year and Ford would instead go with Azure Dynamics. The Tanfield Group, parent company of Smith also released a trading statement that commented on the matter.

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