An oil painting of a cow looked at us sadly from the wall of the skittle alley at the Old Ox. The landlord, Shaun Hannam, made his career as a dairy farmer before running the pub.

Electric truck startup OX Delivers scored a $163 million multi-year deal to bring its tough, capable, and low-cost electric “trucks-as-a-service” vehicles to East Africa in a bid to bring e-mobility ...