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Show #860    Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 6th August 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   EVS OUTPERFORM NEW CAR MARKET IN JULY 2020 "The electric car market has once again significantly outperformed the UK new car market as a whole, with growth of 260% for pure-EVs in July 2020 and 320% for PHEVs, compared to the same period last year." says Next Green Car: "The latest set of Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders published today (Wednesday 5th August), shows continued success for electric cars. It's a trend that has been seen practically all year, with most months having triple digit growth in the pure-electric market. July's figures see pure-EVs make up 4.7% of all new cars sold in July 2020, with a total of 8,162 units registered. Plug-in Hybrid figures are similar, with 7,447 units, and market share of 4.3%. Combined plug-in vehicle registrations come in at 15,609 registrations - a market share of 8.9%."   Diesel market share was 16.5%   https://www.nextgreencar.com/news/8962/evs-outperform-new-car-market-in-july-2020/   BMW INEXT SPIED IN DETAIL, SHOWING OFF SMOOTH STYLING "A new batch of spy photos provides a fantastic look at the upcoming BMW iNext. While the camouflage hides the specific design details, it's easy to get an idea of what this EV looks like when the concealment comes off. BMW is positioning the iNext as being a technological tour-de-force. One of the most interesting decisions is what the company is doing with its iconic kidney grille. As an electric vehicle, the openings to cool the engine are no longer necessary. Instead, the engineers are packing this area with many sensors to serve as the "eye" of the iNext." says Motor1.com: "The iNext will use BMW's fifth-generation EV powertrain. While power figures aren't available yet, the company intends the range to be in excess of 373 miles (600 kilometers). BMW will fully debut the iNext in 2021, and it'll be on sale later that year. As the premiere approaches, expect more camouflage to come off the development vehicles."   iNEXT or i5?   https://www.motor1.com/news/437421/bmw-inext-ev-spy-shots/   SMALLER TESLA CYBERTRUCK IS “HIGHLY LIKELY” "If all goes as planned—a big if given Tesla's history—the company will start producing the highly-anticipated Cybertruck in late 2021. Somewhere down the line, it's likely we'll also see a smaller version of the electric pickup, according to a recent tweet from CEO Elon Musk." says Motortrend: "Responding to a question about the possibility of a smaller truck for Europe, Musk said a smaller Tesla Cybertruck is "highly likely down the road." The tweet echoes Musk's comments in May, when he tweeted that the Cybertruck will remain about the same size as the concept and a smaller "world truck" will probably follow."   https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-smaller-world-pickup-likely/   CYBERTRUCK VS RIVIAN ORDERS "Tesla Cybertruck and Rivian R1T are neck and neck in electric pickup demand with some interesting other models trailing not too far behind, according to a new Twitter survey. Everyone has their favorite and using geotagged data from Twitter, partcatalog.com built a map showing the most anticipated electric truck in every state. They said about the methodology: “The map is based on geotagged Twitter data in the last month, tracking tweets and hashtags about electric trucks in every state, including the models most mentioned. Over 90,000 tweets were tracked.”" writes Electrek: " Tesla, the automaker claimed over 200,000 reservations within the first week of taking orders and the latest tally put reservations at over 650,000 over the last 9 months. However, Tesla has been asking for only a $100 deposit for Cybertruck reservations."   https://electrek.co/2020/08/04/tesla-cybertruck-rivian-r1t-electric-pickup-demand-survey/   TESLA CYBERTRUCK RESERVATIONS LOWER THAN EXPECTED "The number of reservations for Tesla’s Cybertruck is apparently much lower than expected. While fans had assumed over 700,000 reservations based on the analysis of reservation numbers, Elon Musk has now named a significantly lower number. In an interview with Automotive News, Musk said that the number of Cybertruck reservations was “over 200,000”. This comes as a surprise since Elon Musk had already announced 250,000 pre-orders just a few days after the presentation of the Cybertruck in November. This presumably points to cancellations." says Electrive. Whilst CNET reports: "Fans keeping track of their order numbers estimated that there have been approximately 727,000 reservations for the electric pickup truck. That's a huge difference, and we'd think Musk would have the more accurate information."   https://www.electrive.com/2020/08/05/tesla-cybertruck-reservations-lower-than-expected/   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-reservations/   RESERVATION NUMBERS REVEAL RIVIAN R1T HAS 30,000 BUYERS WAITING "We thought we'd have a hard task getting the real amount of preorders, but that was spared thanks to Skyler Williams and John King. The answer is not 43: it is approximately 30,000, even if the reservation numbers are now around 56,000. How?" says InsideEVs: "If it starts delivering the pickup truck by July 2021 and producing 20,000 per year, as promised, it will let everyone that order an R1T have their cars by August 2022, according to John King's calculations. That happens because he works with a more precise number of preorders: 24,832. Williams is more careful and says his figures are based on big assumptions."   https://insideevs.com/news/437341/rivian-r1t-30-thousand-reservations/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   TESLA 2020.32 SOFTWARE UPDATE WITH 'SUSPENSION IMPROVEMENTS' We have simplified the Tesla suspension control logic to better support both temporary and more permanent heights. If Ride Height manually adjusted to High or Very High, your car now automatically lowers after you drive a short distance. For snowy or off-rad conditions, tap "Keep" next to the Ride Height-slider to keep the height at High or Very High until you reach the maximum allowed speed. For steep driveways or places where you repeatedly need a higher ride height, tap "Always Auto-Raise at this Location." This feature will raise suspension to the saved height when re-entering the location.   The new Suspension Improvements update shows specific heights in inches.   https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-2020-32-software-update-with-suspension-improvements-for-model-s-x   AAA CAR SUBSCRIPTION DEPLOYS 55 ELECTRIC VEHICLES AAA Car Subscription now offers 55 Volkswagen e-Golf electric vehicles available for short-term subscription in the Sacramento area as part of Electrify America’s Green City initiative.   The program is another facet of Electrify America’s commitment to advance an electric mobility lifestyle for residents in California’s capital region and introduces a new alternative to traditional car ownership. Through AAA Car Subscription electric vehicle (EV) service, members can now get a 2018 Volkswagen e-Golf with insurance, repairs, maintenance and emergency roadside assistance all for one monthly subscription fee.   BP TO CUT OIL PRODUCTION 40% "In some refreshingly good news for the environment, news coming out of London, BP has announced that it is planning to cut oil and gas production by 40% and invest billions of dollars into clean energy. This is part of a major strategic plan that was unveiled today along with a gigantic second-quarter loss and dividend cut." says CleanTechnica: "BP expects that demand for fossil fuels will fall by 75% over the next 30 years if global temperatures continue to increase. Its head of strategy, Giulia Chierchia, explained to investors that if the increase in global temperatures is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, then the demand for fossil fuels will fall drastically. "   https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/04/bp-to-cut-oil-production-40-by-2030-and-invest-billions-into-green-energy/   VW SEES MARKET FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTRIC CARS: 'TORQUE IS FUN EVERY DAY' "Quicker, handling-focused models aren't a priority, but enthusiasts are asking for them and Volkswagen will deliver. Developing a performance car generally requires removing as much weight as possible, but designing an electric car with an acceptable amount of driving range normally means using a bulky battery pack." says Autoblog.   Silke Bagschik, Volkswagen's head of electric car marketing and sales, told Autoblog; ""Looking at the weight distribution, this decision was made very early. With the battery adding weight, you have a super low center of gravity. In most front-wheel drive electric cars, you don't have that much fun when you're taking off because the front wheels spin, especially when it's wet. With rear-wheel drive, that never happens. This is the reason we did that; fun. 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Show #660   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Tuesday 7th January 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story to save you time.   Some advance mention of this weekend, I’ve been working on a Saturday Special all about Plug In Hybrid’s. So rather than a news show, we’ll look at where we are the take a run down of the cars coming soon. Are they the perfect halfway house between fossils and EV, or should people make the jump these days to full electric? That’s this Saturday.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.     UK DECEMBER SALES FIGURES Matthias Schmidt @auto_schmidt   "Tesla Model 3 made it into the UK's top 10 registrations list in December with 2,824 registrations. SMMT data. Significance: From Jan, UK is likely to become a key priority market (company car tax change from Apr) for Tesla following end of Netherlands priority (Jan tax change)"   It goes VW Golf, Ford Fiesta, Mini, FOrd Kuga, BMW 3 Series, Ford Focus, Mercedes A-Class and then Other. (aka Model 3).   UK Sales numbers: December 2019: BEVs: 4,939 (+220.7%) PHEVs: 4,480 (+21.8%)   2019: BEVs: 37,850 (+144.0%) PHEVs: 34,734 (-17.8%)   RIVIAN COLLECTS 1.3 BILLION IN FINANCING "The US electric car manufacturer Rivian has raised 1.3 billion dollars in a new round of financing. The financing round was led by the fund company T. Rowe Price, Blackrock and included previous investors, Amazon and Ford." reports electrive.com: "Amazon already added a $700 million financing round in February 2019, Ford invested $500 million in April and has since been planning further collaborations with the start-up. In September, Cox Automotive had invested another $350 million – but the fourth round in December was the largest of the year. Amazon and Ford, have increased their involvement in Rivian – but the amount of their involvement has not been revealed."   https://www.electrive.com/2020/01/06/rivian-collects-1-3-billion-in-financing/   AMAZON-BACKED RIVIAN WILL INTEGRATE ALEXA INTO ITS ELECTRIC PICKUP AND SUV "Rivian  will integrate Amazon’s  voice assistant Alexa into the R1T pickup and R1S SUV, the company’s first electric vehicles that are set to debut at the end of the year." says TechCrunch: "Rivian said Monday it also plans to extend the Alexa integration to 100,000 electric delivery trucks that Amazon has ordered from the automaker. The electric vans are expected to start delivering packages to customers in 2021. The integration into the R1T and R1S will give owners access to standard Alexa features, such as playing music, placing calls and navigation, as well as the ability to control the climate, open and close the trunk and other vehicle features. For instance, owners will be able to remotely tap into the camera embedded in Rivian’s pickup truck from Amazon screen-based services like Echo Show and Fire TV to check on whatever gear is stashed there."   https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/06/amazon-backed-rivian-will-integrate-alexa-into-its-electric-pickup-and-suv/   WHAT AUTOMAKERS ARE SHOWING AT CES "as the auto industry grapples with technology-fueled disruption from electrification, autonomous driving and upstart business models, CES is becoming the venue of choice for brands to prove to consumers, and each other, that they are embracing the future of mobility." writes Automotive News Europe: "BMW will tease an interior concept for its i3 EV.  Fisker will debut the Ocean all-electric crossover, powered by an 80-kWh lithium ion battery pack and with an expected range of up to 300 miles. Ford will show its 2021 Mustang Mach-E crossover. The highly anticipated mass-market EV, with a 300-mile range. Nissan will showcase its Ariya electric crossover concept. Toyota will ... demo several concept vehicles."   https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/heres-what-automakers-are-showing-ces-electronics-show   ELON MUSK TO COME TO SHANGHAI "Elon Musk plans to attend a ceremony to mark the first deliveries of made-in-China Tesla Inc. vehicles to customers on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter." says Bloomberg: "The ceremony is due to start at 3 p.m. local time at Tesla’s first factory outside the U.S. The tough market could mean that Tesla sells just 21,000 China-built Model 3s this year, according to LMC Automotive. The forecast takes into account Tesla’s history of production delays, potential supply-chain constraints and the complexity of manufacturing high-quality cars at scale, LMC Automotive said. Tesla, a pioneer in electric cars, probably will have an edge for the next one-to-two years before competition starts catching up, said David Whiston, an analyst at Morningstar Inc. in Chicago."   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-06/musk-plans-to-come-to-shanghai-for-debut-of-made-in-china-tesla   And from Electrek: "Tesla always said that they plan to produce both the Model 3 and Model Y at Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, but they never confirmed a timeline for Model Y. Model Y is supposed to go into production in Fremont for the US market in the next few months. It was rumored that production in Shanghai could be not too far behind, and now Tesla is expected to lay out a clear plan to bring the vehicle in production in the country. Tesla is talking about expanding the already giant factory in order to produce the Model Y at the plant."   https://ww.electrek.co/2020/01/06/tesl-model-y-program-china-model-3-delivery-event-elon-musk/#   TESLA BEGINS CLEARING TREES AT GERMAN GIGAFACTORY 4 SITE "Crews in Germany have started preparations for the groundbreaking of Tesla’s Gigafactory 4. Recently-shared videos from the piece of land in Grünheide, Germany revealed that some trees are currently being cut down to make way for the upcoming electric car production plant." according to Teslarati: "Environmentalists have not been expected to protest or make any attempts at halting Tesla’s progress at the site. Tesla initially announced that deforestation would result in the company planting three times as many trees to replace those that have been cut due to Gigafactory 4’s construction."   https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-4-deforestation-groundbreaking-event/   TESLA GIGAFACTORY 4 DOCUMENTS HINT AT DEDICATED BATTERY CELL FACILITY "Recent filings for Tesla GF4 show the site layout for the massive complex, listing the primary buildings that will be constructed on the site. Among the most noticeable parts of this layout is a large area marked “cell.”" according to Tasmanian: "The size of the building marked “cell” in GF4’s planned layout inspires a lot of speculation. Based on its size, it appears that Tesla may be looking to manufacture actual battery cells on location in GF4."   https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-gigafactory-4-battery-cell-productionfacility   EV SUBSIDIES EXTENDED IN SEVERAL US STATES "Several US American states have launched initiatives to support the electrification of their traffic. Massachusetts and Delaware extended their subsidy programmes, while Ohio is angling to introduce one. California extended traffic benefits to include those driving used EVs." says electrive: "Massachusetts will be extending its subsidy program until the end of 2021, with BEVs receiving a grant of $2,500 and PHEVs with at least 25 electric range receiving $1,500.Delaware is extending its subsidy program by one year until the end of 2020. $2,500 for BEVs, $1,000 for PHEVs – each up to a list price of $60,000. In California, lower-income (earning less than $65,777) owners of used electric cars have also been given access to the carpool lanes since January 1."   https://www.electrive.com/2020/01/06/ev-subsidies-extended-in-several-us-states/   WHAT CAR? CAR OF THE YEAR 2020: THE SHORTLIST Audi E-tron - the E-tron still impresses with a cosetting ride and a luxurious interior. Mercedes EQC -Mercedes’ first electric SUV impressed us with its quiet manner and comfortable ride. MG ZS EV - MG ZS EV offers a lot of value for money, especially for anyone wanting to try electric motoring on a budget. Seat Mii Electric - electric power and a price tag which makes it affordable for many. Tesla Model 3 - It can travel up to 239 miles on a single charge (note: WLTP is 348 for Long Range)   https://www.whatcar.com/news/what-car-car-of-the-year-2020-the-shortlist/n20703#31   MAZDA FAVOURS SMALLER BATTERIES FOR UPCOMING EVS "Mazda says it will never build a ‘big-battery’ electric car, because it believes such vehicles are less environmentally friendly than even conventional diesel-powered models, judged over a whole energy life cycle." writes Hilton for Autocar: "The production version of the MX-30, due in mainland Europe later this year and the UK in early 2021 priced at €34,000 (£30,000), will have a 35kWh battery. That will drive an electric motor with 141bhp and 195lb ft of torque and give a range of around 130 miles. The lithium ion battery pack is made in Japan by Panasonic. Mazda’s engineers have also tuned the torque delivery of the MX-30’s electric motor to be less frenetic than is often the case with EVs, reasoning that they want the MX-30 to feel less like a dramatic change from a typical internal combustion engine vehicle."   https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mazda-favours-smaller-batteries-upcoming-evs   PATREON UPDATE I want to say a massive thank you to ASEER KHALID who upgraded his support from EXECUTIVE PRODUCER level, and opted to support with more outof the blue. Wow, thank you!   Thank you to new Patreon EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CRAIG COOPER - "I have 25 solar panels currently and 14 more on the way. 3 Tesla Powerwalls being installed with the additional panels. A Model 3 and a 2014 CPO Model S. 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Can you help me fight the fossils? Read more about Patreon here EVne.ws/patreon   Read today’s show notes on https://www.evnewsdaily.com   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 7th January 2019. It’s Martyn Lee here and I’ve been through every EV story I can find today, and picked out the ones I think you need to know about.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   EXPERTS BELIEVE SALES OF COMBUSTION ENGINE CARS PEAKED IN 2018 "After speaking to specialists from the auto industry, Financial Times published a comprehensive report about the fossil-burning engine. Interestingly, several experts told the publication sales of ICE-powered vehicles peaked in 2018 which basically means it’s unlikely that more cars with ICEs will be sold within a year in the future." according to Anthony Karr for Motor1.com: "In 2019, global vehicle sales aren’t expected to decline as electric vehicles are expected to quadruple their market share to about 1.6 percent. Even if overall sales increase through the next 12 months, deliveries of ICE-powered vehicles will likely fall, say specialists." Felipe Munoz, global automotive analyst for Jato Dynamics, told Financial Times: "We will probably see the peak of combustion engine car sales in 2018 based on global sales through October, plus estimates for November and December".   https://www.motor1.com/news/299727/experts-ice-sales-peaked-2018/   TESLA GIGAFACTORY GROUNDBREAKING: CHINESE MODEL 3 PRODUCTION ON TRACK "Late Sunday evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the automaker was hours away from an important event." reports Wade Malone for InsideEVs.com: "Now we know the official groundbreaking of Tesla’s Chinese Gigafactory in Shanghai will occur on Monday. Musk says initial construction of the Shanghai Gigafactory is set to be completed before the end of summer."   ElonTweets!   @elonmusk "Looking forward to breaking ground on the @Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory today!"   @elonmusk "Aiming to finish initial construction this summer, start Model 3 production end of year & reach high volume production next year"   @elonmusk "Shanghai Giga will produce affordable versions of 3/Y for greater China. All Model S/X & higher cost versions of Model 3/Y will still be built in US for WW market, incl China."   @elonmusk "Shanghai Giga production of Model 3/Y will serve greater China region"   As for Simon at Teslarati, he says: "Clues about Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 groundbreaking event emerged this weekend, ironically after Tesla’s critics shared information about the route of Elon Musk’s private airplane. By late Sunday (early Monday morning in China), invitations for the event emerged online. Tesla owner-enthusiast @vincent13031925, for one, shared an image of an invitation for the Gigafactory 3 ground-breaking event, forwarded by a Shanghai Tesla Owner’s Group member."   https://insideevs.com/breaking-tesla-china-gigafactory-groundbreaking-model-3/   https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-3-china-breaking-ground-shanghai/     BYTON M-BYTE'S INFOTAINMENT SCREEN IS 7 IPADS WIDE Chinese startup Byton took the automotive world by surprise last year at the Consumer Electronics Show where it exhibited the M-Byte concept with a gargantuan touchscreen display for the infotainment system." reports Adrian Padeanu for Motor1.com: "For this year’s show in Las Vegas, the company decided to unveil the production-ready cabin of its electric SUV, complete with an expansive 48-inch display or a bit wider than seven iPads put side by side. Tesla’s 17-inch screen doesn’t look so big anymore, does it? Dubbed the “Shared Experience Display” (SED), it’s by far the largest screen you will find in the automotive industry and stretches from one A-pillar to the other. While at a first glance it might seem distracting because of its sheer size, Byton mentions it does not interfere with the driver’s line of sight." "A full reveal of the Byton M-Byte production version is programmed for the middle of the year ahead of production start towards the end of 2019 at the Nanjing plant in China. Buyers will get to pick between a 71-kWh, 250-mile base model estimated to start at $45,000 and a more expensive 95-kWh, 325-mile variant. The M-Byte electric SUV will be available at first in homeland China, with North America and Europe to follow in 2020"   https://www.motor1.com/news/299938/byton-m-byte-48-inch-touchscreen/   TRELUYER AND DE VRIES JOIN VIRGIN FOR MOROCCO FE TEST "Triple Le Mans winner Benoit Treluyer and Formula 2 race winner Nyck de Vries will drive for Virgin Racing at this weekend’s post-race ABB FIA Formula E test in Marrakesh." says Alex Kalinauckas for motorsport.com: "Factory Audi driver Treluyer will make his first official FE appearance in the test, which follows the Marrakesh E-Prix on January 12 and is open to any driver that has never held an eLicence. De Vries, who will race for the ART Grand Prix F2 squad in 2019, took part in the corresponding test in Marrakesh for the works Audi squad in ’18.The 23-year-old acted as Audi’s reserve FE driver for the 2017/18 season finale in New York last July. The 2018/19 season is Virgin’s first FE campaign as an Audi customer squad."   https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/treluyer-de-vries-virgin-marrakesh-test/4320159/   TESLA DELIVERS MASSIVE FLEET TO RENTAL CAR COMPANY AVIS According to Electrek "Tesla has delivered one of its biggest fleets to date. We have learned that rental car company Avis bought several hundred Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles. Avis took delivery of a fleet of around 280 Tesla vehicles in Skoppum, a town about an hour south of Oslo."   https://electrek.co/2019/01/07/tesla-fleet-rental-car-company-avis/     COMMUNITY And thanks to MYEV.com they’ve set us another Question Of The Week. 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