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Transportation is electrifying, from electric vehicles on our roadways to electric boats on our waterways and everything in between. Minnesotans are looking to go electric, but are electric boats practical in the Land of 10,000 Lakes? Tune in to Fresh Energy's conversation with Shift2Electric's Jukka Kukkonen for a conversation about electric boats, the emissions impacts of traditional boating, and to get a look at how electric watercrafts are being used around the world, including examples of large ships, recreational boats, and smaller boats for everyday use. A few videos are played throughout the presentation, you can view them here: Candela: https://youtu.be/b7lH1_92tuk?si=T61WMUlNFprNsNNw&t=1310Electric Hydrofoil: https://youtu.be/b7lH1_92tuk?si=whyhQkyJ6lWcP9XM&t=1838ForSea: https://youtu.be/b7lH1_92tuk?si=zfA2_Rys9KOu7E-y&t=2093Fresh Energy's mission is to shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies. Together we are working toward a vision of a just, prosperous, and resilient future powered by a shared commitment to a carbon-neutral economy. Learn about Fresh Energy's work and our bold "Vision 2030: Fresh Energy's Strategic Framework" at our website fresh-energy.org.Follow us on Social Media!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshenergytoday/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/freshenergy.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshenergytodayLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-energy/

The electric vehicle (EV) landscape continues to evolve swiftly, bringing new models and changes to buying incentives. Tune into our webinar recording where Fresh Energy's Jo Olson and Jukka Kukkonen dive into timing considerations for potential EV buyers, market trends in the U.S. and abroad, the new and used EV market, updates on charging plug standards, and more. If you'd like to see the video version of this webinar with slides, you can find it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/_lK1muBc_CkFresh Energy's mission is to shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies. Together we are working toward a vision of a just, prosperous, and resilient future powered by a shared commitment to a carbon-neutral economy. Learn about Fresh Energy's work and our bold "Vision 2030: Fresh Energy's Strategic Framework" at our website fresh-energy.org.Follow us on Social Media!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshenergytoday/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/freshenergy.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshenergytodayLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-energy/

Show #1713 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Friday 13th January it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. AMID DEMAND CONCERNS, TESLA CUTS PRICES BY UP TO $13K IN US https://electrek.co/2023/01/12/amid-demand-concerns-tesla-cuts-prices-by-up-to-13k-in-us/ TESLA CUTS PRICES ON NEW MODELS IN U.S. https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/tesla-electric-vehicle-price-cuts TESLA SLASHES UK PRICES BY AS MUCH AS £8000 https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/tesla-slashes-uk-prices-much-%C2%A38000 TESLA PRICE CUTS HAVE SOME RECENT BUYERS FURIOUS https://www.autoblog.com/2023/01/13/tesla-discount-reactions/ MCLAREN APPLIED AND ELAPHE TO ENHANCE EV PACKAGING https://www.mclarenapplied.com/news/mclaren-applied-partners-with-elaphe-to-boost-electric-vehicle-performance FACTORIAL UNVEILS 100 AMP-HOUR SOLID STATE https://electriccarsreport.com/2023/01/factorial-unveils-100-amp-hour-solid-state-battery-cell-at-ces-2023/Battery Cell at CES 2023 AUDI STOPS INCLUDING HEAT PUMPS IN Q4 E-TRON https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/audi-stops-including-heat-pumps-in-q4-e-tron-due-to-semiconductor-supply-shortages/ TATA TO MAKE EV BATTERY CELLS IN EUROPE https://theautojournal.com/electric-vehicle/jaguar-land-rover-owner-tata-to-make-ev-battery-cells-in-europe/ NISSAN ARIYA E-4ORCE TO LEAD POLE TO POLE EXPEDITION https://usa.nissannews.com/en-US/releases/nissan-ariya-e-4orce-to-lead-pole-to-pole-expedition# DAIMLER TRUCK COMPLETES LARGE ELECTRIC BUS ORDER IN GERMANY https://www.electrive.com/2023/01/12/daimler-truck-completes-large-electric-bus-order-in-germany/ QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC UNIVERSE - GLOBAL PUBLIC CHARGING MADE SIMPLE WITH ONE APP AND ONE MAP. MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES LEASEPLAN ELECTRIC MOMENTS - PROVIDING ALL THE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE EV DRIVERS NEED PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVOREALESTATE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW LUOMA ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLAINE MCKINNEY BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID DYSART DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO HEINRICH LIESNER HELMUT SELKER IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS IAN GRIFFITHS IAN SEAR JACK OAKLEY JACOB KUEHNE JAMES PENFOLD JAMES STORR JAN FROM EMOBILITYNORWAY JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KESTER SANDBACH KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHAN KING NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS PETER RYNER PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP FORRESTER PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL THOMAS J. THIAS  TIMOTHY PHILLIPS TYLER VOSS

Show #1712 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Thursday 12th January it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. PORSCHE FINETUNES E-PERFORMANCE FOR FUTURE SERIES MODELS Original Source : https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2023/products/porsche-premium-plattform-electric-e-performance-series-models-30456.html F-150 LIGHTNING WINS 2023 NORTH AMERICAN TRUCK OF THE YEAR Original Source : https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/01/11/f-150-lightning-wins-2023-north-american-truck-of-the-year--thir.html NEW 2023 JAGUAR I-PACE ARRIVES WITH DESIGN TWEAKS AND NEW TRIM LEVELS Original Source : https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/jaguar/i-pace/359469/new-2023-jaguar-i-pace-arrives-design-tweaks-and-new-trim-levels MINI CONFIRMS TWO ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL BE LAUNCHED IN 2023 Original Source : https://www.bmwblog.com/2023/01/11/mini-confirms-two-electric-vehicles-2023-launch/ 2024 MERCEDES-BENZ EQG SPIED DURING WINTER TESTING FOR THE FIRST TIME Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/630530/mercedes-eqg-spied-winter-testing/ SUZUKI TAKES FIRST CRACK AT EV WITH THE MOST CONCEPTUAL OF CONCEPTS Original Source : https://electrek.co/2023/01/11/suzuki-takes-first-crack-at-an-ev-with-the-most-conceptual-of-concepts/ TESLA ENDS TOYOTA CAMRY'S 28-YEAR WINNING STREAK Original Source : https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-sales-australia-2022/ TESLA MEGAPACK INSTALLED IN AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST ELECTRIC BUS DEPOT Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-megapack-australia-biggest-electric-bus-depot/ EURO NCAP ANNOUNCES BEST IN CLASS RESULTS IN A RECORD YEAR Original Source : https://euroncap.newsmarket.com/latest-release/all/euro-ncap-announces-best-in-class-results-in-a-record-year/s/79e7b1f1-0587-479e-b6e3-3ec68d73af08 CHARIN GAINS NEW MEMBERS SUCH AS NIO Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2023/01/11/charin-gains-new-members-such-as-nio/ OPINION: MAZDA'S ROTARY RANGE EXTENDER IS A SILLY IDEA Original Source : https://www.autoblog.com/2023/01/11/opinion-mazda-mx30-rotary-range-extender/ EV TRANSITION WILL BENEFIT MOST US VEHICLE OWNERS Original Source : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230111075846.htm HALF OF AMERICANS THINK LI-ION EV BATTERIES ARE UNRECYCLABLE Original Source : https://www.thebuzzevnews.com/half-americans-recycle-ev-batteries/ CHINA EV MARKET GETTING THROUGH ROUGH PATCH AND SHOULD RETURN TO NORMAL Original Source : https://cnevpost.com/2023/01/11/china-ev-market-getting-through-rough-patch-deutsche-bank/ NEW VW BOSS SEEMS LUKEWARM ON EVS, WANTS TO BET ON SYNTHETIC FUELS Original Source : https://chargedevs.com/newswire/new-vw-boss-seems-lukewarm-on-evs-wants-to-bet-on-synthetic-fuels/ QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC UNIVERSE - GLOBAL PUBLIC CHARGING MADE SIMPLE WITH ONE APP AND ONE MAP. MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES LEASEPLAN ELECTRIC MOMENTS - PROVIDING ALL THE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE EV DRIVERS NEED PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVOREALESTATE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW LUOMA ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLAINE MCKINNEY BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID DYSART DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO HEINRICH LIESNER HELMUT SELKER IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS IAN GRIFFITHS IAN SEAR JACK OAKLEY JACOB KUEHNE JAMES PENFOLD JAMES STORR JAN FROM EMOBILITYNORWAY JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KESTER SANDBACH KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHAN KING NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS PETER RYNER PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP FORRESTER PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL THOMAS J. THIAS  TIMOTHY PHILLIPS TYLER VOSS

Several of the biggest automakers are gearing up to release a fleet of new, sleek-looking and high-tech electric vehicles. Ford, GM and Honda (in conjunction with Sony) plan to make non-combustion cars more available, both in price and inventory, to a larger part of the market. While this might give future buyers options, there is also an incentive from the U.S. government. President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law plans to spend $7.5 billion to build half a million electric vehicle chargers across the country, helping ease range anxiety for EV drivers. The president has a goal for half of all new vehicles sold to produce zero-emissions by 2030. Also, there's now a tax credit up to $7,500 for those who plan to buy new clean vehicles starting in 2023.   So, will this be the year that transforms car-buying habits and puts more EVs on the roadways?   MPR News host Angela Davis talks about electric cars and how the inventory in the auto market is set to change. We'll look at how the largest car companies are not just charged up for the future, but how they're teaming up with the tech industry to produce new electric vehicles.  Guests:   Rebecca Heilweil is a reporter at Vox covering emerging technology, artificial intelligence and the supply chain. You can also hear her stories on Recode, a podcast explaining a changing digital world.   Jukka Kukkonen is the founder of Shift2Electric, a Minnesota-based electric vehicle consulting and training company. He's also an instructor at the University of St. Thomas where he teaches courses about the EV market. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. 

Show #1709 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Monday 9th January it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. DEDICATED ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOWCASE IS A FIRST AT NEC SHOW Original Source : https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/birmingham-entertainment/2023/01/07/dedicated-electric-vehicle-showcase-is-a-first-at-nec-show/ IN DECEMBER EVS TOOK MORE THAN HALF OF THE GERMAN CAR MARKET Original Source : https://pushevs.com/2023/01/08/in-december-evs-took-more-than-half-of-the-german-car-market/ LIGHTYEAR 2 SOLAR EV LOOKS TO CREATE BUZZ IN U.S. WITH 500-MILE RANGE Original Source : https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42408752/lightyear-2-solar-powered-ev-revealed/ POLESTAR OPENS FIRST AUSTRALIAN STORE Original Source : https://premium.goauto.com.au/polestar-opens-first-australian-store/ YOU CAN NOW CONTROL YOUR POLESTAR 2 VIA GOOGLE ASSISTANT DEVICES Original Source : https://www.motor1.com/news/629930/kia-ev6-gt-nurburgring-hot-lap/ REVEALED: THE 10 USED CARS THAT LOST THE MOST MONEY LAST MONTH Original Source : https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/revealed-the-10-used-cars-that-lost-the-most-value-in-december/277277 MOBILEYE BEGINS AUTONOMOUS DRIVING TESTS IN GERMANY WITH NIO ES8 Original Source : https://cnevpost.com/2023/01/06/mobileye-begins-autonomous-driving-tests-in-germany-with-nio-es8/ ARE HEATED SEAT BELTS THE NEXT BIG THING FOR ELECTRIC CARS? Original Source : https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/359453/are-heated-seat-belts-next-big-thing-electric-cars SCHNEIDER WRAPS SOLAR INVERTER, BATTERY INTO HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Original Source : https://solarbuildermag.com/energy-storage/schneider-wraps-solar-inverter-battery-into-home-energy-management-system/ CAPITAL'S PM2.5 LEVELS CONTINUE TO FALL Original Source : https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/05/WS63b60eb3a31057c47eba7bba.html QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC UNIVERSE - GLOBAL PUBLIC CHARGING MADE SIMPLE WITH ONE APP AND ONE MAP. MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES LEASEPLAN ELECTRIC MOMENTS - PROVIDING ALL THE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE EV DRIVERS NEED PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVOREALESTATE

Show #1656 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Wednesday 16th November it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 FIRST EDITION SOLD OUT IN EUROPE IN UNDER 24 HOURS Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/621628/hyundai-ioniq-6-first-edition-sold-out-europe-in-under-24-hours/ RIMAC NEVERA HITS TOP SPEED OF 256 MPH TO BECOME WORLD'S FASTEST PRODUCTION EV - THE VERGE Original Source : https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/15/23460105/rimac-nevera-world-record-top-speed-ev-production 2023 LUCID AIR PURE, AIR TOURING BEGIN PRODUCTION WITH UP TO 425-MILE RANGE - CNET Original Source : https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2023-lucid-air-pure-touring-up-to-425-mile-range/ LUCID AIR PURE COSTS $87,000 AND GETS 410 MILES TO A CHARGE Original Source : https://jalopnik.com/lucid-air-pure-and-touring-price-performance-range-0-60-1849781721 NEW LUCID GRAVITY IS SEVEN-SEAT SUPER-SUV TO RIVAL TESLA MODEL X | AUTOCAR Original Source : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-lucid-gravity-seven-seat-super-suv-rival-tesla-model-x ELECTRIC 2024 BUICK ELECTRA CROSSOVER PROTOTYPE CAUGHT TESTING FOR FIRST TIME | CARSCOOPS Original Source : https://www.carscoops.com/2022/11/electric-2024-buick-electra-crossover-prototype-caught-testing-for-first-time/ SCOUT TO RETURN IN 2026 AS VW'S EV OFF-ROAD BRAND Original Source : https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39970134/volkswagen-scout-ev-revival/ SK SIGNET CONFIRMS TEXAS SITE FOR US CHARGER FACTORY - ELECTRIVE.COM Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2022/11/15/sk-signet-confirms-texas-as-site-for-us-charger-factory/ TESLA INTRODUCES VARIABLE SUPERCHARGER PRICING IN EUROPE Original Source : https://thedriven.io/2022/11/16/tesla-introduces-variable-supercharger-pricing-in-europe/ RARE TESLA SEMI EVENT TO HAPPEN ON DECEMBER; RANDOM DRAW MECHANIC TO CHOOSE PARTICIPANTS? | TECH TIMES Original Source : https://www.techtimes.com/articles/283375/20221114/rare-tesla-semi-event-happen-december-random-draw-mechanic-choose.htm QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC UNIVERSE - GLOBAL PUBLIC CHARGING MADE SIMPLE WITH ONE APP AND ONE MAP. MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES LEASEPLAN ELECTRIC MOMENTS - PROVIDING ALL THE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE EV DRIVERS NEED PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVOREALESTATE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW LUOMA ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLAINE MCKINNEY BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID DYSART DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO HEINRICH LIESNER HELMUT SELKER IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS IAN GRIFFITHS IAN SEAR JACK OAKLEY JACOB KUEHNE JAMES PENFOLD JAMES STORR JAN FROM EMOBILITYNORWAY JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KESTER SANDBACH KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHAN KING NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS PETER RYNER PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP FORRESTER PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL THOMAS J. THIAS  TIMOTHY PHILLIPS TYLER VOSS

Show #1650 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Thursday 10th November it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. NEW 2023 AUDI Q8 E-TRON: SPECS, PRICING AND RELEASE DATE | AUTO EXPRESS Original Source : https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/audi/e-tron/356681/new-2023-audi-q8-e-tron-specs-pricing-and-release-date 2024 AUDI Q8 E-TRON / Q8 E-TRON SPORTBACK REVIEW, PRICING, AND SPECS Original Source : https://www.caranddriver.com/audi/q8-e-tron 2023 AUDI Q8 E-TRON AIMS FOR 300 MILES, GETS FASTER CHARGING Original Source : https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1137777_2023-audi-q8-e-tron-aims-for-300-miles-gets-faster-charging ELECTRIFYING OPENING FOR THE FIRST AUDI CHARGING HUB IN ZURICH | AUDI MEDIACENTER Original Source : https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/electrifying-opening-for-the-first-audi-charging-hub-in-zurich-15005 NEW VOLVO EX90 BRINGS 360-MILE RANGE FOR £96,255 | AUTOCAR Original Source : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-volvo-ex90-brings-360-mile-range-%C2%A396255 VOLVO'S FLAGSHIP ALL-ELECTRIC SUV EMBRACES SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLE TREND | TECHCRUNCH Original Source : https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/09/volvo-unveils-flagship-suv-with-370-mile-range/ TEST AV TOYOTA BZ4X: - REKKEVIDDESKRELL FOR TOYOYA BZ4X Original Source : https://www.elbil24.no/nyheter/rekkeviddeskrell-for-toyoya-bz4x/77691484 BMW IX2 ELECTRIC COUPE CROSSOVER SPIED FOR THE FIRST TIME - AUTOBLOG Original Source : https://www.autoblog.com/2022/11/09/bmw-ix2-spied-for-first-time/ RIVIAN RIVN Q3 2022 EARNINGS RESULTS Original Source : https://electrek.co/2022/11/09/rivian-rivn-q3-2022-earnings-results/ TESLA SHANGHAI ADDS TO INVENTORY AT HIGHEST RATE EVER IN OCTOBER - BROKERAGE DATA | REUTERS Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-shanghai-adds-inventory-highest-rate-ever-october-brokerage-data-2022-11-09/ CARMAKER SEAT TO BUILD SPAIN'S 1ST ELECTRIC BATTERY PLANT - ABC NEWS Original Source : https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/carmaker-seat-build-spains-1st-electric-battery-plant-92980630 QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC UNIVERSE - GLOBAL PUBLIC CHARGING MADE SIMPLE WITH ONE APP AND ONE MAP. MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES LEASEPLAN ELECTRIC MOMENTS - PROVIDING ALL THE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE EV DRIVERS NEED PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVOREALESTATE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW LUOMA ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLAINE MCKINNEY BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID DYSART DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO HEINRICH LIESNER HELMUT SELKER IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS IAN GRIFFITHS IAN SEAR JACK OAKLEY JACOB KUEHNE JAMES PENFOLD JAMES STORR JAN FROM EMOBILITYNORWAY JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KESTER SANDBACH KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHAN KING NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS PETER RYNER PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP FORRESTER PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL THOMAS J. THIAS  TIMOTHY PHILLIPS TYLER VOSS

Show #1648 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Tuesday 8th November it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. The podcast this month is sponsored by &Charge. This week they have a high-level reward on IONITY chargers, meaning for answering 5 quick questions about the charge location your be paid 10km per station, 60km can be redeemed for £5 credits in Amazon voucher, Or Solving 6 IONITY challenges equals a £5 Octopus voucher! That's for any challenge you solve at IONITY stations – even if charger works perfectly or you detect an issue,  which will be reported to IONITY for a fix. Download the &charge app now. RUMOR: TESLA MODEL Y STANDARD RANGE AWD POWERED BY 4680 CELLS? Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/620516/rumor-tesla-modely-standard-range-awd/ TESLA EARNS 8 TIMES MORE PROFIT THAN TOYOTA PER CAR - NIKKEI ASIA Original Source : https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Tesla-earns-8-times-more-profit-than-Toyota-per-car LIST OF SHAME: POLESTAR AND TESLA TOP CLEAN CAR RATINGS, ISUZU AND TOYOTA FAIR WORST Original Source : https://thedriven.io/2022/11/08/list-of-shame-polestar-and-tesla-top-clean-car-ratings-isuzu-and-toyota-fair-worst/ 1000 RIVIAN ELECTRIC VANS ARE OUT DELIVERING FOR AMAZON ACROSS THE U.S. Original Source : https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a41886430/rivian-electric-vans-amazon-delivery-vehicles/ FORD DEALERS BEGIN TO CONTEST MODEL E SALES PLAN - AUTOBLOG Original Source : https://www.autoblog.com/2022/11/07/ford-dealers-contest-electric-vehicle-sales-plan/ WHOLESALE USED CAR PRICES PLUMMET AS RETAIL PRICES SOAR | THE HILL Original Source : https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3723117-wholesale-used-car-prices-plummet-as-retail-prices-soar/ ELECTRIC VEHICLES: AN AIRBNB STYLE COMPANY ENABLES PEOPLE TO RENT OUT EV CHARGING STATIONS Original Source : https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/an-airbnb-of-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-at-home-20221103-p5bv9g TESLA GIGA BERLIN FILLS WITH REAR MEGACASTS AS OPTIMIZATIONS CONTINUE Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-berlin-rear-megacasts-optimizations-video/ RENAULT & DONGFENG LAUNCH LUXURY EV BRAND IN CHINA - ELECTRIVE.COM Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2022/11/07/renault-dongfeng-launch-luxury-ev-brand-in-china/ 'SELLING DREAMS': LAMBORGHINI CEO ON PERFECTING THE BRAND'S 1ST ELECTRIC CAR - ABC NEWS Original Source : https://abcnews.go.com/Business/lamborghini-ceo-speaks-perfecting-brands-1st-electric-car/story?id=92278352 UK PASSES 35000 PUBLIC CHARGERS AND 1M ELECTRIC CARS | NEXT GREEN CAR Original Source : https://www.nextgreencar.com/news/9372/uk-passes-1m-electric-cars/ FLEETS FACE 'VERY STEEP' LEARNING CURVE ON ROAD TO EVS | FLEETOWNER Original Source : https://www.fleetowner.com/perspectives/running-lights/blog/21253993/fleets-face-very-steep-learning-curve-on-road-to-evs APPLE INVENTS A NEW THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EVS Original Source : https://www.patentlyapple.com/2022/11/apple-invents-a-new-thermal-control-system-for-a-hybrid-electric-vehicle-and-files-for-the-new-freeform-ipados-app-trademar.html QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC UNIVERSE - GLOBAL PUBLIC CHARGING MADE SIMPLE WITH ONE APP AND ONE MAP. MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES LEASEPLAN ELECTRIC MOMENTS - PROVIDING ALL THE TOOLS AND GUIDANCE EV DRIVERS NEED PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVOREALESTATE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW LUOMA ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLAINE MCKINNEY BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID DYSART DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO HEINRICH LIESNER HELMUT SELKER IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS IAN GRIFFITHS IAN SEAR JACK OAKLEY JACOB KUEHNE JAMES PENFOLD JAMES STORR JAN FROM EMOBILITYNORWAY JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KESTER SANDBACH KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHAN KING NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS PETER RYNER PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP FORRESTER PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL THOMAS J. THIAS  TIMOTHY PHILLIPS TYLER VOSS

Show #1642 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Wednesday 2nd November, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. The podcast this month is sponsored by &Charge. This week they have a high-level reward on IONITY chargers, meaning for answering 5 quick questions about the charge location your be paid 10km per station, 60km can be redeemed for £5 credits in Amazon voucher, Or Solving 6 IONITY challenges equals a £5 Octopus voucher! That's for any challenge you solve at IONITY stations – even if charger works perfectly or you detect an issue,  which will be reported to IONITY for a fix. Download the &charge app now. Welcome to a new Premium Partner of the podcast on Patreon - LeasePlan Electric Moments - providing all the tools and guidance EV drivers need. TESLA'S CYBERTRUCK TO START MASS PRODUCTION AT END OF 2023 | REUTERS Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/exclusive-tesla-plans-mass-production-start-cybertruck-end-2023-sources-2022-11-01/ IDRA GROUP | LinkedIn - Packed and ready to go!

Show #1549 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Monday 1st August, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. SAN DIEGO ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES SHUTTLING ELECTRICITY INTO THE GRID NOW https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/31/san-diego-electric-school-buses-shuttling-electricity-into-the-grid-now/ CHINA ACCOUNTS FOR 59% OF GLOBAL NEV SALES IN H1   https://cnevpost.com/2022/07/31/china-accounts-for-59-of-global-nev-sales-in-h1/ BMW OPENS SECOND BATTERY MODULE LINE IN LEIPZIG   https://www.electrive.com/2022/08/01/bmw-opens-second-battery-module-production-line-in-leipzig/ @greentheonly wow 2022.20.7 seems to go into insane details to improve range predictions. Even tire pressure is taken into account (amongst many-many other extra variables just added). Also takes into account energy loss to phone charging and 12V accessories, air density, battery heat/cool,... https://twitter.com/greentheonly/status/1552048586728390656 TESLA'S RANGE PREDICTION UPDATES GET EXTREMELY DETAILED IN 2022.20.7 https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-range-prediction-updates-2022-20-7-details/ FUTURE AUDI A3 LINE-UP TO BE TOPPED BY ELECTRIC RS3 https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/future-audi-a3-line-be-topped-electric-rs3 HOW ELECTRIC VEHICLES COULD SPELL DEATH FOR THE OLDEST FORM OF RADIO BROADCASTING   https://globalnews.ca/news/9022680/electric-vehicles-am-radio/ TOYOTA-PANASONIC BATTERY JV TO BUY LITHIUM FROM IONEER'S NEVADA MINE https://www.reuters.com/technology/toyota-panasonic-battery-jv-buy-lithium-ioneers-nevada-mine-2022-07-31/ GM WILL LIMIT WARRANTY TRANSFERS AND BAN BUYERS FROM FLIPPING HUMMER EVS   https://www.engadget.com/gm-limit-warranty-transfers-ban-buyers-flipping-hummer-ev-151155610.html KTM ANNOUNCES PLANS TO EXPAND ITS ELECTRIC DIRT BIKE LINEUP https://www.dirtrider.com/story/dirt-bikes/ktm-expands-electric-dirt-bike-lineup/ GENERAL MOTORS TO RETURN TO EUROPE WITH RANGE OF EVS https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/general-motors-return-europe-range-evs APPLE HIRES LAMBORGHINI EXECUTIVE TO HELP STEER EV PROGRAM https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/27/apple-hires-lamborghini-executive-to-help-steer-ev-program/?guccounter=1 QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC JUICE - MAKING PUBLIC CHARGING SIMPLE WITH ONE CARD, ONE MAP AND ONE APP MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM

Show #1548 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Sunday 31st July, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. 'Electric revolution': Diesel rates slump as drivers turn to EVs before 2030 car ban https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1648147/electric-cars-car-revolution-petrol-diesel-output-2030-ban China extends tax exemption for electric cars https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/china-extends-tax-exemption-for-electric-cars-state-media-says/93227918 WiTricity Wins Major Investments https://www.forbes.com/sites/edgarsten/2022/07/29/wireless-ev-charging-company-witricity-wins-major-investments-partnership-as-cord-free-charging-expands/?sh=129399ba4876 EVs are the fastest-selling used cars in 9 major metro areas https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/electric-vehicles-fastest-selling-cars-cities/628132/ Here's How the New US Climate Deal Could Make Energy Bills Cheaper https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-28/here-s-how-manchin-s-climate-deal-could-make-energy-bills-cheaper BYD Seal Started Sales In China With 530 HP And Starting Price Of 31,200 US https://carnewschina.com/2022/07/29/byd-seal-started-sales-with-530-hp-and-starting-price-of-31200-usd/ Australian winery readies to power cellar door with Nissan Leaf and V2H https://thedriven.io/2022/07/26/australian-winery-readies-to-power-cellar-door-with-nissan-leaf-and-v2h/ UCS Study Shows Lifetime EV Emissions Are 50% Lower Than Conventional Vehicles https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/27/ucs-study-shows-lifetime-ev-emissions-are-50-lower-than-conventional-vehicles/ Kodak to Use Film Manufacturing Machines to Make EV Batteries   https://markups.kdanmobile.com/sharings/223afdf4-9e00-4110-9f13-add9713025c5?enter=markups&lang=en QUESTION OF THE WEEK QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK OCTOPUS ELECTRIC JUICE - MAKING PUBLIC CHARGING SIMPLE WITH ONE CARD, ONE MAP AND ONE APP MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM

Show #1468 QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM What would you like to see improved in EV charge station design? Email me any feedback to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ OCTOPUS ELECTRIC JUICE - MAKING PUBLIC CHARGING SIMPLE WITH ONE CARD, ONE MAP AND ONE APP MILLBROOKCOTTAGES.CO.UK – 5* LUXURY COTTAGES IN DEVON, JUMP IN THE HOT TUB WHILST YOUR EV CHARGES PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADAM BREWTON  ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW LUOMA ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLAINE MCKINNEY BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID DYSART DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO GRANTON SMITH HEINRICH LIESNER IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS IAN GRIFFITHS IAN SEAR JACK OAKLEY JACOB KUEHNE JAMES STORR JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KESTER SANDBACH KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD MARTY YOUNG  MATTI JOUHKIMO MIKE WINTER MIKE WISE NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHAN KING NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE BREMY PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS PETER RYNER PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAJ BADWAL RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY RENE KEEMIK ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBBIENY ROBERT GRACE RON FISCHER RUPERT MITCHELL SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL THOMAS COOK THOMAS J. THIAS  TIMOTHY PHILLIPS TYLER VOSS VOTE JOSH OUT

If you've thought about buying a new car, you probably noticed two things: fewer cars on lots and skyrocketing prices. The average price for a new vehicle purchased in December of 2021 was over $47,000, up nearly $6,000 from a year earlier.  Car manufacturers are still dealing with a microchip shortage and production will likely be squeezed for at least another year, according to industry analysts.   The shortage of new cars has had a ripple effect. Used car prices have also shot up as more people look for a less expensive alternative to a new car.  And, more people are holding onto their vehicles for longer, opting to repair them instead of trading them in.  On Monday, MPR News guest host Chris Farrell spoke with an automotive journalist and electric car expert about how consumers can cope with the high-cost car market and where it might be headed. Guests:  Jukka Kukkonen is founder of Shift2Electric, a Minnesota-based electric vehicle consulting and training company. He drives an electric car and in 2012 founded the MN EV Owners group, which has become one of the largest and most active regional plug-in vehicle owner groups in the nation.  Sean Tucker is an automotive journalist who has written for U.S. News and World Report, Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader. He's based outside Washington, D.C. 

QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Tesla recently updated the Model Y Standard Range and the 0-60 time slowed by 1.5 seconds. There was a time when Tesla fans dismissed any other EV because they weren't quick enough, but when making a purchasing decision, how important do you personally rate performance. RAJ BADWAL 0 to 60 never was a factor for me until… I got a Model 3 LR.  Now, I love the car but the low seating and rubbish boot access made it really hard to live with. So I started looking at other options like the EV6, Ioniq5 and Enyaq. They all felt too slow!! Now I'm no boy racer/ road F1 racer but I have got used to that power and didn't even realise. Pulling out of junctions and merging onto motorways is just effortless.  I very nearly got the Enyaq as I do love the space and seats etc.. but then the Model Y became available so I ordered that instead which ticks all the boxes :) Actually prefer the Enyaq design (Don't tell the Tesla fan boys I said that) but super charging network and Tesla tech wins hands down.   RAJEEV NARAYAN Part what makes an EV fun to drive for me is the performance. I love the instant torque and a 0-60 time of 6 seconds or better is my preference. I don't' kneed sub 3 second 0-60 times. That being said, there are still a lot of EV sceptics out there, and so I think given EVs good performance goes a long way towards widespread acceptance that EVs, are better and more fun.  TODD OAKES (via Twitter) QOW: all EV's perform so much better than ICE it's not even an issue. When choosing an EV, I will look for comfort, good charging speed, and enough range for my commute. JASPER My wife and I used to be on very opposite sides of the spectrum with regards to vehicle performance. I liked the ability to feel the road and let the car push you back into the seat on occasion, but she got massively car sick. This has regulated us to the softer side of suspensions as well as cars that sat taller and had more visibility.  Over time, I've lost my appetite for speed anyway and now enjoy a comfortable drive more, so long as I still have enough power to overtake when needed. I am definitely looking forward to when Electric car's don't all have to be super-cars, and the price can go down. Finally, there are no tracks near me to really put cars to the test anyway. I still see various people racing on the highway, but now that I've got kids in the car, safety and reliability have become paramount.  TOMAS Most of the cars I owned were kind of slow. Like 8 second to 100km/h or more. Just a slow and reliable 2 liter diesel or similar and they were more than enough, but then my colleague bought one of the early Model X 100D and let me try. It was a rocket, haven't experienced anything of sorts in my life, especially when you don't expect it from big SUV. Then I went back to my slow diesel

Show #1373 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 13th February. It's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM If you could do any job in the EV industry what would it be? Email me any feedback to: hello@evnewsdaily.com JIM BURNESS, CEO NATIONAL CAR CHARGING If I could have any job in the EV industry, I would be Tom Moloughney.  KARL CRAMER I'd like to the product placement guy for movies and TV. Should Bruce Wayne be driving a Cadillac Lyriq in his civilian identity? Silverados used to capture Jurassic World dinos. Stuff like that. DAVID POLLOCK I'd have your job! ROBERT GRACE As to the question of the week, the job that I want is test-driving a Taycan on the race track every day. ;) MATTI JOUHKIMO That's easy! I'd be a tester for Volvo + Luminar "Ride pilot" program. That project has huge potential! Eagerly waiting for the first results from California. Definitely more interesting AND promising than FSD. Sorry T-fanboys/girls.  INGE DAVIDSEN If I could do any job in the EV industry I would fire the current CEO of Toyota and install myself in his position and steer the company towards BEVs as fast as possible. My reason is that Toyota due to their size can make a huge impact on our motoring future and pollution.  Oh, and I would also fire whoever came up with the self-driving drivel! Maybe that's better reason. You be the judge. BILL POLLOCK That's easy, Field testing each vehicle for 1000 km in all possible conditions. Cold, Hot, Wet, Dry, On Road, Off Road,  Second choice: Road testing "Time To Drive 1000 km"  for every model that enters the market, including rapid charge time (at the highest KW each could handle), but not including overnight charging on L2 if I can't do it in one day. I think that rating would be a good metric to have when buying a new EV.  Maybe I'll do that...now I just need funding...and a co-pilot...are you in Martyn? BJORN IN SEATLE I'd love to be a driver for final mile delivery, here in the US from rail yards to dealerships via car carrier.  Looking at the future and the possibility of an EV semi would be amazing NIKLAS Hämäläinen  It would be winter testing vehicles above arctic circle, no doubt!--  NICK CHRISTEN Thank you as always for the podcast  If I could do anything with EVs, I would work on the charging software. FOLLOW UPS MIKE WISE Just to provide an alternative viewpoint.  Given that VW can not supply enough of these vehicles they need to decide how to allocate the limited supply.   Most companies that are facing supply shortages allocate in this way.  For VW you certainly want to take care of your larger dealers that drive the greatest % of your sales.    If not by the size of the dealership (# of cars sold) how else would you allocate?  An alternative could be giving every dealer the same amount but that would likely create an even larger supply imbalances and advantage smaller dealers that would likely get more then their natural demand and an economic wind fall.   ADAM BREWTON Second, while I love the idea of charging stations at interstate Rest Areas (that's a big thing keeping me from going EV…we do road trips and within my region there are very few DC fast chargers along the routes we travel) a state operated system would be awful! I live in Alabama and we can barely handle online vehicle registration renewals. All of the websites for government agencies are extremely outdated and often even services that are related don't have websites which are  integrated or talk to one another.  I would much rather they outsource to a third party service and lease them space while holding them to a strict service agreement regarding functionality and reliability.  STEVE BIRKETT, PLUG & PLAY EV Thanks for the coverage of federal funding and interesting question around state-funded charging networks.  Here in the Northeast US, we already have the EVolve NY network building out across New York state, led by the New York Power Authority - Evolve New York, Electric Charging Stations Near Me, Electric Car Incentives (nypa.gov) - and funded to the tune of $250 million through 2025. It does have some crossover to private charging providers, primarily Electrify America and Greenlots (now Shell), but the funding starts within the public authority.  While it got off to a slow start and has faced some challenges getting hardware in the ground, almost every corner of the state is now covered by the network, something that no other charging provider can claim. In particular, the popular Adirondack region in the north of the state near Canada would be inaccessible to non-Tesla electric vehicles without EVolve NY. QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Tesla recently updated the Model Y Standard Range and the 0-60 time slowed by 1.5 seconds. There was a time when Tesla fans dismissed any other EV because they weren't quick enough, but when making a purchasing decision, how important do you personally rate performance. Email me any feedback to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES JUKKA KUKKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN MICHAEL LUMBLEY BATTERY REPORTS FOR EVS AT RECURRENTAUTO.COM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADAM BREWTON  ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLAINE MCKINNEY BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID DYSART DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO GRANTON SMITH HEINRICH LIESNER IAN GRIFFITHS IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS IAN SEAR JACOB KUEHNE JACK OAKLEY JAMES STORR JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KEVIN MEYERSON KESTER SANDBACH LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD MARK RICHARDS MARTY YOUNG  MATTI JOUHKIMO MIKE WINTER MIKE WISE NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE BREMY PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAJ BADWAL RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY RENE KEEMIK ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBBIENY ROBERT GRACE RON FISCHER RUPERT MITCHELL SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THOMAS COOK THOMAS J. THIAS  TIMOTHY PHILLIPS TODD OAKES TYLER VOSS THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Show #1306 If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 12th December. 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. QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Which EV makers are on Santa's naughty or nice lists – and tell me why! IAN SEAR In Santa's bad books I would put MG (SAIC), for not releasing their premium MG Marvel in the UK apparently because they want to keep MG as a budget brand in the UK. As an MG5 Owner I could also put them there for the ridiculous roof rack debacle where they advertised and sold a car with a roof rack, then told owners they cant use them before relenting and allowing a light load to be carried. I would also tick them off for their terrible entertainment and navigation system, with no app and slow interface. Finally, they recall my MG5 to fix the hardest regen braking mode not turning on the brake lights properly. The regen already is annoying in havin to turn it up to max every time you turn the car on and even then it's not a full one pedal driving. Bad MG. In Santa's good books, I'd put MG (SAIC), for creating the best low cost EVs on the market, my top spec MG5 was "only" 22k brand new after dealer discount and Im still being offered that from carwow even now 9 months later! Really kept its value well. The car has done long runs, charged at over 70kw on some chargers, done trips to Somerset, gone on 20 plus tip runs to feed my DIY habit and been generally everything my old BMW3 series was but a little bit better. I also think SAIC deserve some credit for keeping a British brand alive, trying to keep some manufacturing in the UK at Longbridge (despite not much brand loyalty from us fickle Brits) and ceasing this in 2016 they still have a major R&D facility here. Hopefully one day MG manufacturing can return to the UK. So, both a lump of Coal and a Sugar Mouse to MG. PETE GORTON Renatil Zoe: the year ends on a downer as Dacia Spring and Renault's facelifted electric ZOE qualified for only one star and zero stars respectively, performing even worse than expected. The “new” ZOE, a facelift introduced in 2020, received several battery improvements but no added safety.  On the contrary, the seat-mounted side airbag which previously protected head and thorax has been replaced by a less effective thorax-only airbag, representing a degradation in occupant protection.  MARK RICHARDS General Motors is on my naughty list.  But not for the reason you expect.  They made big claims 3 years ago about having 25 EV models by 2025.  Yet, as of right now they have 0 EVs for sale.  ZERO.  I own Bolt and already got my battery replaced…they didn't handle it well, but.  Even at the LA auto show, which was supposed to have an EV focus, GM had zero EVs and Hybrids on display.  How did they not even have a Bolt on the floor ?  Why wasn't Cadillac there with the Lyriq and GMC with the Hummer?  It's like they are not interested in EVs at all any more. Also, Mary Barra taking credit for transforming the auto industry, when in reality it was Tesla was just embarrassing.  Bad for Biden and honestly, worse for her.  So yeah, GM is at the top of my list.  I could easily add Dodge and Chrysler, since they have basically nothing EV.  But they didn't promise us a bunch of EVs, and then not deliver.  So yeah, disappointed in them, but not nearly as much as I am with GM. ROBERT GRACE for QOTW, nice Santa to Ford, Kia, Hyundai, and Lucid for their exciting new entries into the EV market. Naughty to Chevrolet for their abysmal handling of the Bolt battery failures and recall. LINDA GREGOR IN SALT LAKE I would like to put Elon Musk on my naughty list but Tesla on santa's nice list. I think the cars they're making compared to the rest of the industry are far better in terms of software and powertrain. But I would put Elon on the naughty list for carrying too much of the company on his own reputation. It will only take one serious unfortunate event, or heaven forbid the worst happens, and I really fear the Tesla would be left with no leadership or public image without him. LUKE UGDEN I would put President Biden on Santa's naughty list for saying GM had led the way electrifying the entire auto industry. No presents for the pres this year. BENJAMIN COX For me I would put Tesla on the naughty list. I have had a Model S on order in the UK since 2020 and now been informed it may not even arrive in 2022. How can a car take two years to arrive? Naughty Musky Musk. CLIPPER FROM D.C. Surely you have to put LG Chem on the naughty list for what they did with the Chevy Bolt batteries. Still no new production and a long road to replacing all the faulty ones. Maybe this even gets them a two-year ban on Santa's list. PHILIP LEE I would like to nomimate Ford for being on Santa's nice list. I haven't always been the biggest fan of companies like Ford because I feel they have been dragging their heels, and even talking EVs down until they were ready. But I think they did a wonderful job with the F-150 Lightning especially a $40k starting price. For many folk like me I don't want a truck that looks like something weird, I just want an American workhorse and I want it electric. NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Has Covid-19 changed your electric car buying decisions in the last two years? Yes, no and why? Email me a suggestion for a possible question and I might pick yours!  hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN IAIN SEAR MICHAEL LUMBLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADAM BREWTON ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO HEINRICH LIESNER IAN GRIFFITHS IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS JACOB KUEHNE JACK OAKLEY JAMES STORR JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD MARTY YOUNG  MIKE WINTER NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE BREMY PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY RENE KEEMIK ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE RUPERT MITCHELL SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THOMAS J. THIAS  TODD OAKES THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Show #1303 If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 9th December. 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.  VOLKSWAGEN CLOSES THREE NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO AMP UP EV PRODUCTION - Volkswagen has entered into three new partnerships related to electric vehicle batteries, as the German automaker looks to transition its entire portfolio of cars, trucks and SUVs to zero-emission vehicles by 2040. - The three separate partnerships, all of which were announced Wednesday, are with materials technology group Umicore, battery specialist 24M Technologies and Vulcan Energy Resources, a company that is planning to open a lithium brine project in Germany. - Volkswagen's joint venture with Umicore will supply the automaker's European battery cell factories with cathode materials, a key building block of lithium-ion batteries. The JV will have an initial production capacity of 20 gigawatt-hours, with the aim of scaling to up to 160 gigawatt-hours by 2030. - Volkswagen said it was investing in battery startup 24M, which is developing a battery that has a semi-solid electrode. - The final partnership with Vulcan includes a binding contract for what the companies describe as “carbon neutral” lithium sourced from Germany. - All three agreements are part of Volkswagen's plan to invest €30 billion ($34 billion) in electric vehicles. In Europe alone, VW said it would build six battery gigafactories by the end of the decade, with a production capacity of 240 gigawatt-hours overall. Original Source : https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/08/volkswagen-closes-three-new-partnerships-to-amp-up-ev-production/ TESLA MODEL 3 AND MODEL Y NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES LEAK THROUGH TEST PROGRAM - A bunch of new features and changes coming to the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y have leaked through a test program in Europe. - Tesla has submitted new versions of the Model 3 and Model Y for testing to European authorities and the documents have leaked on a European Tesla forum: - it looks like Tesla is finally moving Model 3 and Model Y's 12-volt battery to a li-ion battery. - There's a new higher performance motor coming to the Model 3 Performance. - Tesla is now building the new Model Y Performance in China with a new AMD Ryzen chip for the MCU, and it is resulting in an impressive performance update. While not 100% clear, it looks like the chip is going to make its way to the Model 3, too. - With the 2021 version of the Model 3, Tesla made the vehicle quieter with double-glazed acoustic glass. Now the 2022 version is also going to get the same glass for the rear window, which should further improve acoustic performance. Original Source : https://electrek.co/2021/12/08/tesla-model-3-y-new-features-changes-leak/ BMW TO INTRODUCE SATURDAY SHIFTS DUE TO HIGH I4 DEMAND - BMW plans to introduce Saturday shifts at its Munich plant in the first quarter of 2022 to keep up with the high demand for the new i4 electric model. The waiting time for the electric sedan is currently said to be around nine months, but could soon climb to a year. - When asked by the business magazine, BMW is said to have referred to the high flexibility of its production system. The company explained verbatim: “We are therefore in a position to expand the volume, for example by adding additional shifts, and thus to meet the gratifyingly high demand.” However, the plans for the coming year have not yet been finalised, so that no details can be given. Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2021/12/08/bmw-to-introduce-saturday-shifts-due-to-high-i4-demand/ BMW IX GRABS FIVE-STAR RATING IN EURO NCAP CRASH TEST - The European New Car Assessment Programme has published a new round of results from its latest crash test session, and the numbers are looking particularly great for the BMW iX. So much so that the electric SUV has grabbed all five stars awarded by Euro NCAP. It is worth mentioning the evaluations have gradually become more severe, meaning a five-star rating today is considerably more valuable than it was say 20 years ago. - The BMW iX tested by Euro NCAP was a black left-hand-drive xDrive40 model that had to be crashed for a good cause to determine how safe it would be in the event of an accident. At the end of the day, it went home with a five-star rating in all test categories. It earned an impressive 91% in adult occupant protection, 87% for child occupant, 73% for vulnerable road users, and 81% for safety assist tech. - This xDrive40 entry-level version is currently not available in the United States but it could arrive in North America as early as March 2022. - The sturdiness of the iX also stems from the implementation of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) in the side and rear sections as well as the roof. As for the standard safety tech, BMW equips its large electric SUV with systems such as lane departure warning, attention assistant, and speed limit recognition. At an additional cost, buyers can opt for the Driving Assistant Professional package encompassing steering and lane guidance assistance. Original Source : https://www.bmwblog.com/2021/12/08/bmw-ix-safest-vehicle-ever-euro-ncap/ TESLA LETS DRIVERS PLAY VIDEO GAMES BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR A YEAR Original Source : https://jalopnik.com/the-fact-you-can-game-while-driving-a-tesla-reminds-us-1848173921 GOTION HIGH-TECH BEGINS BUILDING BATTERY PLANT IN HEFEI Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2021/12/08/gotion-high-tech-begins-building-battery-plant-in-hefei/ FLEETS ‘URGENTLY' SEEK PAYMENT SOLUTION FOR EV BUSINESS MILEAGE Original Source : https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/latest-fleet-news/electric-fleet-news/2021/12/07/fleets-urgently-seek-payment-solution-for-ev-business-mileage BIDEN ORDERS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO EXPANDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET   · Original Source : https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/08/biden-government-purchasing-climate-change FORD CHINA WILL SOURCE BATTERIES FROM CATL AMID EV TRANSITION Original Source : https://fordauthority.com/2021/12/ford-china-will-source-batteries-from-catl-amid-ev-transition/ AUDI CONFIRMS R8 SUCCESSOR WILL BE TOTALLY ELECTRIC Original Source : https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/audi-r8-electric/ COCA-COLA'S ‘CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY' TRUCK GOES FULLY ELECTRIC Original Source : https://www.electrichybridvehicletechnology.com/news/buses-commercial-vehicles/coca-colas-christmas-holiday-truck-goes-fully-electric.html QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Which EV makers are on Santa's naughty or nice lists – and tell me why! Email me a suggestion for a possible question and I might pick yours!  hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN IAIN SEAR MICHAEL LUMBLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADAM BREWTON ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BILL CALHOUN BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN GEORGE TORTAROLO HEINRICH LIESNER IAN GRIFFITHS IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS JACOB KUEHNE JACK OAKLEY JAMES STORR JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD MARTY YOUNG  MIKE WINTER NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE BREMY PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE REALTORS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY RENE KEEMIK ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE RUPERT MITCHELL SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THOMAS J. THIAS  TODD OAKES THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Show #1302 If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Wednesday 8th December. 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. VOLKSWAGEN'S DIESS TO REMAIN CEO, BUT WITH FEWER POWERS - Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will likely stay on to lead Europe's largest carmaker as part of a solution that will see him cede some responsibilities following a clash with labour leaders, two people familiar with the matter said. - The solution would potentially end the carmaker's latest leadership tussle, which has caused uncertainty among investors and led the group's preferred shares to fall significantly in recent weeks. - VW brand chief Ralf Brandstaetter is slated to join the management board - confirming what sources told Reuters last month - while Diess will focus on strategy, the sources added. - Diess already ceded responsibility for the Volkswagen brand to Brandstaetter last year after weeks of squabbling between the company's powerful labour leaders and managers over the pace and scale of cost-cutting plans. - Diess's future has hung in the balance since he mentioned the risk of far-reaching job cuts in September, complicating the carmaker's efforts to draw up a five-year investment plan that will be discussed by the supervisory board on Thursday. Original Source : https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vw-settles-power-struggle-diess-161811083.html NISSAN ON ‘GOOD' PATH WITH PROFITS, EV INVESTMENT: COO - Nissan Motor Co.'s profit recovery and electric-vehicle investment plans are placing the automaker on a good path toward future growth, Chief Operating Officer Ashwani Gupta said. - The COO's remarks follow statements made Monday by former Nissan Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn. Joining an online briefing from Lebanon, Ghosn, who was removed from Nissan following charges of financial misconduct three years ago, said the automotive industry is undergoing a monumental shift to battery-powered cars and questioned whether Nissan's current management is capable of guiding the company through the period of disruption. - Nissan is allocating “production to profitable markets and markets where customers are waiting,” Gupta said in response to questions on output cuts due to the pandemic, which has disrupted supplies of chips and raw materials for automakers across the globe. Original Source : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-07/nissan-is-on-good-path-with-profits-electrification-coo-says AUDI TIES UP WITH ALIBABA, BAIDU, TENCENT - German luxury car brand Audi has formed tie-ups with several leading mainland technology companies to leverage their strengths and make its vehicles more attractive to Chinese buyers. - Giorgio Delucchi, head of sales for mainland China and Hong Kong, said the marque was pursuing the best infotainment, autonomous driving and digital connectivity technologies for its upcoming electric vehicles (EVs). - The company has formed tie-ups with Alibaba Group Holding, Baidu and Tencent Holdings to collaborate in the fields of big data, Internet of Things and urban mobility. - Tesla and China's home-grown EV start-ups such as Xpeng, NIO Li Auto are emerging as game-changers in the market, where young drivers have a penchant for intelligent features like driver assistant systems, voice recognition technology and huge screens. Original Source : https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3158679/audi-ties-alibaba-baidu-tencent-car-technology-it-eyes AUTO JOURNALISTS PICK GENESIS' GV 60 AS CAR OF MONTH - The Korea Automobile Journalists Association said Monday that it has chosen Hyundai Motor's luxury brand Genesis' GV 60, its first electric car based on its exclusive EV-dedicated modular platform, as its car of the month. - Every month, the association selects its best model among new vehicles and updated versions that were launched within the past month, based on five criteria including exterior and interior design, powertrain performance, safety and comfort features, energy efficiency and CO2 emissions, and product marketability and purchasing intent.For December, the BMW New X3, BMW iX, and the Genesis GV60, which were launched last month, were nominated. Original Source : http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20211206000615 STELLANTIS PLANS HUGE REVENUES WITH NEW SOFTWARE-DRIVEN CARS - Stellantis has announced it is developing connected technologies for its next-generation vehicles that will generate significant revenues for the group through new software and technology pillars, called STLA Brain, STLA SmartCockpit and STLA AutoDrive. - Stellantis plans to invest more than €30 billion (£25 billion) in its software and electrification technology between now and 2025. As part of this process, the firm says it'll start to operate more like a technology company and less like a traditional car maker. - Stellantis's new software-focused business model will be based on three new technology platforms, called STLA Brain, STLA SmartCockpit and STLA AutoDrive. The first is a new vehicle control system, which is faster than the system used in the company's current cars and future-proofed thanks to its support for over-the-air updates. - Developed in collaboration with the Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn, the system will feature navigation and voice control functions, as well as an application store and payment services. - Stellantis's CEO, Carlos Tavares, said: “Our electrification and software strategies will support the shift to become a sustainable mobility tech company to lead the pack, leveraging the associated business growth with over-the-air features and services, and delivering the best experience to our customers. - This new business model will require Stellantis to sell more connected vehicles that support monetisable features. These can be anything from a monthly subscription service that provides live traffic updates to feature-on-demand optional extras that lock certain infotainment or driver assistance functions behind a paywall, accessible when consumers need them for a fee. Original Source : https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/356806/stellantis-plans-huge-revenues-new-software-driven-cars CHRYSLER AIRFLOW EV CONCEPT PREVIEWS STELLANTIS'S MACH-E RIVAL - Chrysler's first new model in several years looks to be an electric crossover that could wear the historic Airflow nameplate. First shown during Stellantis's EV Day event earlier this year, we now have more information on this concept car that's meant to showcase new technologies including electric platforms, driver-assistance features, and infotainment software. - Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said during the company's Software Day presentation that it's "more than a pure concept" and hinted that this vehicle could make its way to production by 2024, which is backed up by U.S. trademarks for the Airflow name filed in 2019 and 2021. - Inside, the Airflow features an onslaught of screens, with a giant central infotainment display that's flanked by separate screens for the driver and passenger. There are also rear-seat entertainment screens. Connectivity features will likely include over-the-air updates and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Original Source : https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38451274/chrysler-airflow-ev-concept-revealed/ NIO EXPANDS ITS EV BATTERY PROGRAM IN CHINA Original Source : https://www.futurecar.com/5046/Tesla-Challenger-NIO-Expands-its-EV-Battery-Program-in-China-Allowing-Drivers-to-Upgrade-to-a-100-kWh-Battery-Pack WHY TOYOTA IS TURNING TO BYD'S BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR NEW EV IN CHINA Original Source : https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/why-toyota-turning-byds-battery-technology-new-ev-china FORMER TESLA EMPLOYEES SAY 2016 ‘FULL SELF-DRIVING' VIDEO WAS STAGED Original Source : https://www.thedrive.com/tech/43408/former-tesla-employees-say-2016-full-self-driving-video-was-staged PORSCHE IPO ON THE TABLE AS VW GROUP SEEKS FUNDING FOR EV, AV SHIFT Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/553147/vw-group-mulling-porsche-ipo/ REPORT: ACURA WILL MAKE EVS A BIGGER PIECE OF ITS FUTURE, SOONER THAN HONDA Original Source : https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1134375_report-acura-will-make-evs-a-bigger-piece-of-its-future-sooner-than-honda MIDWEST TRANSIT EQUIPMENT & SEA ELECTRIC TO POWER 10,000 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES Original Source : https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/midwest-transit-equipment--sea-electric-to-power-10-000-electric-school-buses-301437670.html QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Which EV makers are on Santa's naughty or nice lists – and tell me why! Email me a suggestion for a possible question and I might pick yours!  hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN IAIN SEAR MICHAEL LUMBLEY

Show #1233 If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 3rd October. 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. QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN I can't imagine going back to an ICE vehicle as my daily driver, that being said, I would agree with you, that if I had to, it would be due to the lack of charging infrastructure. Earlier in September I had to make an emergency trip due to a death in the family to Atlanta from San Antonio and back, for which we had to pull out our Honda Odyssey Minivan that has been sitting for 2 years. I would not have been able to do the trip with our 2 EVs. This is also the reason, for now, that I keep an ICE vehicle around. PHIL KEMP I find it hard to envision a case in which I'd get another ICE car. Just one comes to mind - if I was forced to live where my daughter does - a tiny town at the end of a long rough road and a vulnerable power line. Failing that, I'd NEVER revert. DAVID TRIMBLE Why give up On EVs?  For our family it's vehicle choice.  Here in the US there are no electric station wagons.  I need to replace my 2002 Mercedes wagon but with a dog an Electric SUV is not workable.  Older dogs cannot easily manage the high floor height in SUVs.  The other vehicle class not addressed is a small roadster.  I also have a Mazda Miata - I don't see anything on the horizon that will scratch that itch! Use our older Leaf for about 80% of our driving  but am painfully holding on for new offerings to replace our other cars! SCOTT BERGER I think studies showing that BEV drivers went back to ICE are confusing and sound erroneous because they are missing a key clarification. In other words, people/families with more than one car might buy an ICE car after owning EVs. That is my case. Since test driving an EV a few years back it was obvious my daily driver would never revert to a combustion car. I would like to know statistics for those with primary daily drivers that reverted. Those numbers I think would be vanishingly small. However, I'm a motoring enthusiast from a family of enthusiasts and there still remains no mainstream EV 1. sports car, 2. convertible. I'm also extremely passionate about manual transmissions for their engagement, which are hard to find in EVs. I recently bought a 4-seat BMW convertible with a turbocharged six-cylinder ICE engine. Both my siblings daily drive EVs but also own gas-burning manual sports cars. We might be an aberration, but I'm not so sure. So, yes, I technically have bought two ICE sports cars since going primarily EV, but the proportion of my driving on ICE is low since these gas-burners are niche cars used for nice days and weekend joyrides mostly. Once there's a viable, lightweight, sports car EV in convertible, I will strongly consider trading my BMW for such a vehicle. That said, my family will likely keep a few legacy ICE cars in perpetuity for occasional use. KARL CRAMER I imagine if I left electric it would be because of service. Some areas only have one dealership per make of car and if that one is bad you're out of luck for repairs because there aren't many independent garages that do electric. IAN WATKINS Just completed a 10 day holiday down to the Sth France, and we decided to drive and take our dog, including a overnight destination stop half way near Lyon down and Dijon on the way back. As a new ev owner of a iPace model year 20, I am a bit of a novice to the charging planner apps, so used a combination of A better route planner Plug Share Google Maps iPace navigation - rubbish ABRP failed to indicated a stop where we were relying on a 175kW charger was out of order ( the 1 and only) so had to use the 50Kw. Other times were sent down farm tracks to non existent chargers.... So on this basis, I would have loved to have my 500 mile range Diesal Volvo back just to get us down there, stress free with no range anxiety. Granted that was a 1 off, and not likely to do that trip again with the current 220 mile range limit on the i pace, maybe with a EV that had 350 miles and improved motorway infrastructure, which is coming and Ionity was the best and most expensive. PHILLIP OPRIE Price! I bought a third hand used 2013 Fiat 500e when I totaled my previous car. It's real world range (50 miles) just barely works for my daily commute, but doesn't allow for any route changes for errands. With the current price of a decent used EV and new ones having wait times getting longer and longer, I couldn't get another EV if something happens to my current car.  Thank you for the show. DAVID ALLEN 1)           My wife has suffered a blow to the head which has changed her personality such that she would divorce me if I didn't drive one. 2)           Someone has taken my cats/dog or both hostage. 3)           Little Timmy's kidney must get to the hospital and that's all that's available. 4)           Zombie hoards have cut me off from my EV, and that's my only choice of a escape (However, I will circle back and get it at first opportunity). 5)           I have fallen into an alternate dimension where Elon Musk is an evil coal baron. 6)           The LHC at CERN created Strange quarks in an experiment gone awry, and electrons no longer work (which also means I'll have to drive an old diesel). 7)           Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes Emperor Exxon I, and EVs are banned (though I will immediately join the rebellion). 8)           Legacy auto pays me ONE TRILLION DOLLARS! [insert evil laugh here]. Hey, let's be everyone has a price, but I ain't cheap. But then that will mean Model Y's for everyone, especially hardworking British EV podcasters with three-year olds who live in the South of England. ROBERT GRACE I don't ever want to drive ICE again, but I still do for various reasons.  If I had to pull a heavy trailer for a long distance--thousands of miles--I think that both the limited range and the trailer-adverse geometry of US charging stations would make that particular trip much easier with gasoline as an energy source. JEFF IN INDIANA As far as going back to an ICE car, I really can't think of a great reason at this point, aside from perhaps my preference of driving a manual transmission car, which obviously is irrelevant with an EV. But I do find that the regen paddle on my Bolt gives me SOME of that engagement back. My sister, however, did own an EV before me. Her husband and she bought an early Leaf. Unfortunately that also corresponded with one of the coldest winters we had had in recent years, with temperatures often hitting -20F that winter. The Leaf didn't cope well with that. She found that she was barely able to make it home from work, even with only using seat heaters and no heated air. After that, they traded in the Leaf for a Sentra. Today's EVs do much better with the cold, of course, but I have as yet not been able to convince them to give an EV another try. NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Back on Sunday 10th Oct! Email me your thoughts and I'll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN IAIN SEAR MICHAEL LUMBLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADAM BREWTON ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW GREEN ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN OLEARY BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHAD LANE CHARLES HALL CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM ED CORTEEN EDDIE RAGASA ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN HEINRICH LIESNER IAN GRIFFITHS IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS JACOB KUEHNE JACK OAKLEY JAMES STORR JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD MARTY YOUNG  MIKE WINTER NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE BREMY PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE RENE KEEMIK ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE RUPERT MITCHELL SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THOMAS J. THIAS  TODD OAKES THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Show #1202. If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 5th September. 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. QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM As cars like the IONIQ 5 and trucks like the Ford F-150 Lighting arrive being able to draw power from the traction battery, what will you power from your EV in the future? DARYA OREIZI I'd like to submit a response to the Question of the Week! Personally, I would use V2X at the construction job site. I work in construction and getting temporary power at the site can be a challenge. With V2X, it would be so much easier to provide power to the subcontractors for their various power tools.  KARL CRAMER I'm hoping that EVs with regular plugs leads to towed food trucks getting rid of portable generators. It's awful to queue up for food and be inundated by a loud, stinky genie. Jefosh @Jefosh1 When it arrives and if I was working in a woodland- the electric tractor James Coyle @JamesCNerd Obviously, its own Granny Cable, then you'd never have to charge again. The Life of Brian @mateybloke I did think about running an electric heater & my old Plasma TV in my house but i then read that V2L on EV6 is not supposed to be used in the rain. So even if you are camping not weather proof.I would also worry about electric safety of it. Plugin_Power @plugin_power Digital signage and sound system at EV events... Really need V2x available via CCS on the charging port to do some really useful stuff.... Duncan | Interactive Computing I just checked, and my fridge/freezer uses 284 kWh a year, so 0.78kWh per day. A 77.4kWh IONIQ5 battery could run it for about 99 days. Dull, but I said to someone I'd work it out. Donegal EV Man @DonegalEv All the white goods that would make camping easier Peter Grant Our campervan. Paul Petersen The battery charger for my battery-electric hand tools for when I'm working offsite without power. EVsTheFuture It's a nice feature to have and might dig you out of a hole at some point, but I'd have preferred a proper car to grid solution, being able to run some of the house in a power cut would be quite appealing. Hassium Quarterdeck I already run my microwave and induction hob in my EV campercar. Not decent, just a maximum of about 2kW, but plenty for me when I'm camping. Along with having the heating or air conditioning running, Allahoum zeyd A house battery pack Take It EV Podcast Laptop, guitar amplifier and photography on location lights EV Brenna In the aftermath of a hurricane I want to run the fridge, fan, and charge my phone. Matt Srnec Let's look at that output waveform first, then decide... GoingElectric @GoingElectricUK A bouncy castle Tomas V Another EV? QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM IAA mobility show is this week. The most headline grabbing cars from the big names will get the headlines, but do YOU think needs electrifying to fill a gap in the market? Email me your thoughts and I'll read them out on Sunday – hello@EVNEWSDAILY.COM It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN IAIN SEAR JULIETTE SODERGREN MICHAEL LUMBLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ADRIAN BOND ALAN SHEDD ALEX BANAHENE ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE ANDREA JEFFERSON ANDREW GREEN ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS ASEER KHALID BÅRD FJUKSTAD BLUNDERBUSS JONES BRIAN THOMPSON BRUCE BOHANNAN CHARLES HALL CHRIS HOPKINS CHRISTOPHER BARTH COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV CRAIG ROGERS DAMIEN DAVIS DAVID FINCH DAVID PARTINGTON DAVID PRESCOTT DC EV DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM ED CORTREEN ERIC HANSEN ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI FREDRIK ROVIK GENE RUBIN HEDLEY WRIGHT HEINRICH LIESNER IAN GRIFFITHS IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS JACK OAKLEY JAMES STORR JIM MORRIS JOHN SCHROEDER JOHN VAN DEVOORT JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS JON MANCHAK JUAN GONZALEZ KEVIN MEYERSON LAURENCE D ALLEN LEE BROWN LUKE CULLEY MARCEL WARD MARTY YOUNG  MIKE WINTER NATHAN GORE-BROWN NATHANIEL FREEDMAN NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS OHAD ASTON PAUL STEPHENSON PETE GLASS PETE GORTON PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS PHIL MOUCHET PHILIP TRAUTMAN RAYMOND ROWLEDGE RENE KEEMIK RENÉ SCHNEIDER ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE ROBERT GRACE RUPERT MITCHELL SEIKI PAYNE STEPHEN PENN STEVE JOHN THOMAS J. THIAS  TODD OAKES THE PLUGSEEKER'S EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Show #1147.   If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed.   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 18th July. 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.   NEW 2023 BMW 5 SERIES CAUGHT ON CAMERA FOR THE FIRST TIME   - The next-generation BMW 5 Series will go on sale in 2023 and will be available with an all-electric i5 variant   - Our spy photographers have spotted the next-generation BMW 5 Series in the midst of its development programme for the first time.   - i5 variant, which will allow it to compete directly with the upcoming Mercedes EQE and the recently revised Tesla Model S.   - The iX3 was the first BMW to feature the firm's fifth-generation electric drivetrain. In the SUV, it consists of a 282bhp electric motor mounted on the rear axle and an 80kWh battery pack, which is good for a range of 285 miles. However, the electric 5 Series could push this range figure past 300 miles, thanks to its more aerodynamic body.   Original Source : https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/5-series/352865/new-2023-bmw-5-series-caught-camera-first-time   JAMES BOND'S NEW CAR IS A PLUG-IN HYBRID—THE ASTON MARTIN VALHALLA   - Aston Martin has just added a new plug-in hybrid to its lineup. It's one that can tackle the Nürburgring as well as the Low Emission Zone, though it's probably more at home at the track;   - the boffins from Warwickshire have brought forth a mid-engined supercar with a V8 and two electric motors, a carbon-fiber chassis, more than 1,300 lbs of downforce, and a total power output of 937 hp.   - The electric drive motor units are each capable of up to 201 hp (150 kW), although not at the same time—the 400 V lithium-ion traction battery is only capable of outputting 201 hp   - that means that the hybrid system can send all 201 hp to the front axle—which it does in EV-only mode, for example. Or it can send all of that to the rear axle, although in practice the car will apportion battery power to both axles based on the road (or track) conditions and the demands of the person behind the wheel. The electric motors also eliminate the need for a reverse gear in the transmission.   Original Source : https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/aston-martins-next-car-is-a-mid-engined-plug-in-hybrid-called-valhalla/   KIA SOUL EV WON'T COME TO THE U.S., CONFIRMED AND EXPLAINED   - The Chicago Auto Show is the first show where the Kia EV6 has been displayed for the public to see, and it's highly impressive. But it got us wondering about another Kia EV that was announced a couple years ago but still hasn't shown up in America: the Kia Soul EV. We spoke to a Kia representative, and he didn't have good news.   - The Soul EV won't be offered in the U.S. It was delayed in part because of supply issues, and the company reportedly wasn't going to bring the next-generation version, here, but apparently even the current one is officially dead for the U.S. The representative said Kia is making the Niro EV the small electric crossover focus for America.   Original Source : https://www.autoblog.com/2021/07/14/kia-soul-ev-discontinued-america-us/   ALLEGO TO PROVIDE CHARGING FOR RADISSON HOTELS   - Allego has entered into a collaboration with Radisson Hotel Group to build charging infrastructure for electric cars at its hotels. Allego will provide and operate AC and DC charging solutions at more than 220 Radisson Hotel Group locations across Europe.   - Radisson hotels in high-traffic locations will offer ultra-fast (150 kW and above) and fast (50 kW) chargers, while AC chargers will be provided for guests staying overnight or attending meetings and events. The high power chargers (HPCs) are also intended to appeal to shorter stay guests, who will be able to use the on-site restaurants or other “convenient amenities” of the hotels while charging.   Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2021/07/15/allego-to-provide-charge-points-for-radisson-hotels   BIRD ADDED THIS PUZZLE TO BLOCK DRUNK ELECTRIC SCOOTER RIDERS   - Drunk riding is a big problem with shared electric scooters. It's just as illegal (and dumb) as drunk driving, but that hasn't stopped scores of riders from engaging in the dangerous practice. And so now Bird is rolling out a new update that the company hopes will stump would-be inebriated scooter riders before they can rent an electric scooter and hit the road.   - Bird's latest addition is called “Safe Start” and will become active between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. As the company explained, between those hours, “riders attempting to unlock a Bird will now be asked to verify that they can safely handle the vehicle by correctly entering a keyword into the app. Those who may be under the influence are encouraged to choose an alternative method of transportation such as a taxi or ride-hailing service.”   Original Source : https://electrek.co/2021/07/15/bird-is-adding-a-puzzle-to-its-electric-scooters-to-keep-drunk-riders-off   POPULAR FULL HYBRIDS NO ‘GREENER' THAN TOP DIESEL IN RECENT EMISSIONS TESTS   Original Source : https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/07/popular-full-hybrids-no-greener-than-top-diesel-in-recent-emissions-tests/   WM MOTOR SELLS 15,665 VEHICLES IN H1, TO LAUNCH NEW SEDAN Original Source : http://autonews.gasgoo.com/m/Detail/70018421.html   EV owners claim supplemental registration fee unfair ‘punishment' for being energy conscious Original Source : https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-indiana-hybrid-vehicles-surcharge-st-0716-20210715-ituqypv6kndgzdnvno7g3uiy7u-story.html   China's “dreamchild” is stealthily winning the battery race · Original Source : https://www.economist.com/business/2021/07/17/chinas-dreamchild-is-stealthily-winning-the-battery-race   QUESTION OF THE WEEK ANSWERS   DARIN TIBBITS 20 minutes.   ANTHONY CARROLL 10-15 minutes is about right for a pit stop on a road trip. People constantly underestimate how much time they spend at a freeway gas station or rest stops. Montana did a study showing that the mean dwell time at their rest stops was 8-11 minutes.   https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20643/dot_20643_DS2.pdf   PETE BREMY I think it would be beneficial to also ask our ages as a part of that question. I'm 68, I stop for 25-30 minutes, longer than I used to when I was younger. If I was 30, I'd have said 10 minutes.   GREG LEFF I would say that somewhere between 200-250 miles is the right point to take a 15-20m break. Just looking at the trips my family has taken over the years we seem to need to do one or more of the following in that timeframe - refuel, eat, stretch legs.  The most I think I would want to drive would be 300 miles with no breaks.    ALLEN BUSSSELL 30 MINS   RON BARBER Optimal Road Trip Stop Time. Wife and I would say 15-20 min.   EDUARD PERTÍÑEZ I normally drive as long as I can in my long distance trips. Not that I do so many trips anyway. Only once every year or so. That said, it really does not matter how long does it take. When I used a fossil car I may try to travel 400-600km without refilling and then after refilling I might continue using as little time as I could while eating some sandwitches. Now, I maybe have a coke while the car is being charged, or I will eat in a restaurant so I can fully recharge the car in an hour. The point is that, as soon as it is eficient and I end up doing something, I really don't mind how much it takes. It is like travelling along France. You may have planned to have fast stops, but you won't be angry if you end up in a nice restaurant close to the gas station only because you and your family happened to be hungrier that you anticipated, will you?   KP 45 mins. That's how long we stop when we are on a long distance road trip (350 kms).  And if it's 650-800km, then it's three times 45 minute stops.  What do we do: 1. Restroom 2. Light Snacks/ Quick Dining 3. Stretching out by Walling around for 10-15 minutes.    MARK ORRICO I think 5-80% in 20 minutes or less would be what I would really like to see for charge time on a road trip. I'd probably want to get 250 miles of range in that time frame too. If we had more chargers, similar to the number of gas stations we have in the US I'd be cool with less range. This isn't what I have with my current vehicle but I'm not taking it on road trips either.    QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   With chargers still being rolled out, should they automatically stop charging (and should the car release the cable) at 80%?   Email me your thoughts and I'll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.   PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/   PARTNERS DAVID AND LISA ALLEN BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN IAIN SEAR JULIETTE SODERGREN MICHAEL LUMBLEY

Show #1098. If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon here. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 30th May. 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. VOLKSWAGEN TAKES #1 AND #2 POSITIONS IN EUROPEAN EV MARKET"The European passenger plugin vehicle market continues to rise. There were more than 159,000 plugin vehicle registrations in April, and 616,000 in the year to date (YTD). The plugin vehicle share of the overall auto market in April was 15% (7.1% fully electric vehicles), keeping the 2021 plugin vehicle (PEV) share at 15% and the fully electric vehicle (BEV) share at 6.7%." reports CleanTechnica" Last year’s winner, the Renault Zoe, was only 5th last month, its lowest standing in over 3 years(!) — so, after the Nissan Leaf (best seller in 2018, 7th in 2020, 16th now) and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (3rd in 2019, 12th in 2020, now below the top 20), the last bastion of success of the Renault-Nissan Alliance is also suffering. The warning sirens must be ringing in the Alliance’s European HQ." #1 VW ID.4 - 7,565 registrations#2 VW ID.3#3 Renault ZOE#4 Peugeot e-208#5 Hyundai Kona Then...Fiat 500e, Niro EV, Audi e-tron, VW e-up, Smart FOrtwo EV, LEAF and Skoda Enyaq Looking at Jan-Apr the #1 is MOdel 3. Volkswagen Group is now the leader with a 23 % market share. Stellantis (14%), Daimler (12%) and BMW (12%) at four. https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/29/volkswagen-take-1-2-positions-in-european-electric-vehicle-market-in-april/ STELLANTIS SAID TO CONSIDER BATTERY-MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT IN ITALY"Italy’s government is in talks with Stellantis, the carmaker formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group, about investing in electric-vehicle battery manufacturing in the country, according to people familiar with the matter." says Automotive News EUerope "A meeting in Rome this week between Stellantis Chairman John Elkann, CEO Carlos Tavares and Giancarlo Giorgetti, Italy's economic development minister, centered around the future of electric mobility in the country, said the people, who asked not to be named because the gathering was private. PSA was further along in investing in EVs before its merger with Fiat, having made plans for a roughly 5 billion-euro project with oil giant Total that is backed by the French government. PSA's stronger sales of plug-in hybrids and battery-powered cars enabled Stellantis to exit an emissions-credit agreement that Fiat had set up with Tesla in 2019." https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/stellantis-said-consider-battery-manufacturing-investment-italy SOUL EV NAMED ‘BEST VALUE ELECTRIC CAR’ The Kia Soul EV has picked up the prize for ‘Best value electric car’ at the Auto Trader New Car Awards 2021. Auto Trader’s New Car Awards is an annual consumer-led vote on the best cars currently for sale in the UK. Winners are decided by the British car-buying public, with owners asked to rate their vehicle based on 16 categories, including stability, reliability, safety and features. WORKPLACE CHARGERS CAN ATTRACT TOP TALENT"ChargePoint, one of the world's largest EV charging networks, focuses on the places where people tend to spend time outside the home, like movie theaters, shopping centers, and libraries.  But as it continues to grow its global network of 112,000 plug-in spots, it has put much of its focus on the places where Americans once spent most of their waking lives, and to which they're steadily returning: the office. "reports Business INsider: "Employees are six times more likely to drive electric when they can charge at work, according to a 2016 report from the US Department of Energy. Office charging can be more than a convenient perk for workers: It can be an incentive that attracts and retains talent." https://www.businessinsider.com/workplace-ev-chargers-are-an-alluring-perk-for-workers-2021-5?r=US&IR=T RAC TO INTEGRATE MOBILE CHARGERS INTO 1/5TH OF THEIR FLEET"The UK motoring organisation RAC is working to install emergency EV chargers in many more of its patrol vans. The on-route assistance programme is thus preparing for a larger rollout of electric vehicles in the UK." says electrive; "RAC EV Boost was launched as a 3.5kW charger in April 2019. Now with two years of field experience to aid development efforts, the RAC and Original ADS managed to develop a new 5kW unit capable of faster charging. Development work is also underway for a mobile 7.5kW charger. RAC plans to have 200 vans equipped to boost out-of-charge EVs by the end of 2021." https://www.electrive.com/2021/05/29/rac-to-integrate-mobile-chargers-into-1-5th-of-their-fleet/ INTEGRAL E-DRIVE LAUNCHES NEW SERIES OF OFF-THE-SHELF HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRIC MOTORS"As part of its mission to make world-class electric drives accessible, Integral e-Drive has made available a family of three ultra-high-performance machines off-the-shelf in single sample quantities." according to Green Car COngress: "Based closely on series production units and manufactured to automotive quality standards in its recently opened Milton Keynes facility, the CTSM242 family combines up to 400 kW and 520 N·m in a compact package with a mass of

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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.     TESLA STOPS TAKING BITCOIN FOR VEHICLE PURCHASES https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-stops-taking-bitcoin-for-vehicle-purchases/   TESLA INSURANCE TO OFFER 70% DISCOUNT BASED ON DRIVING DATA https://www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-insurance-offer-70-discount-based-driving-data     WATCH 2022 GMC HUMMER EV PICKUP PROTOTYPES TACKLE MOAB WITH EXTRACT MODE https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1132236_watch-2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pickup-prototypes-tackle-moab-with-extract-mode   TESLA MODEL S PLAID BUYERS ARE STARTING TO GET SOME DELIVERY DATES FOR NEXT MONTH https://electrek.co/2021/05/13/tesla-model-s-plaid-buyers-delivery-dates-for-next-month/   XPENG REPORTS SEVENFOLD RISE IN SALES REVENUE https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3133363/tesla-rival-xpeng-reports-sevenfold-rise-sales-revenue   TESLA IS SWITCHING TO LFP BATTERIES FOR ITS ENERGY STORAGE SOLUTIONS https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-is-converting-to-use-lfp-batteries-in-the-megapack.   BATTERY PRODUCTION AT GIGAFACTORY 1 TURNS FIRST PROFITS https://www.electrive.com/2021/05/11/battery-production-at-gigafactory-1-turns-first-profits/   VAUXHALL COMBO-E LIFE STARTS FROM £31,610 OTR https://gb-media.vauxhall.co.uk/en-gb/05-12-combo-e-life-prices   MERCEDES-BENZ BEGINS PRODUCTION OF EQS ELECTRIC LUXURY SEDAN AT FACTORY 56 IN SINDELFINGEN https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/05/20210513-eqs.html   HYUNDAI AND KIA TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC CARS IN THE U.S. https://insideevs.com/news/507192/hyundai-kia-produce-evs-us/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   A recent survey – which I highly questioned and disagreed with – claimed 1 in 5 EV owners went back to piston power.  I have never heard anything like a 20% rate of EV drivers being unhappy with electric. Would you ever go back? Yes, No and tell me why!   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.      PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER) JULIETTE SODERGREN (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN VAN DEVOORT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. THIAS  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) TODD OAKES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THE PLUGSEEKER – EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)     CONNECT WITH ME! EVne.ws/itu nes EVne.ws/tunein EVne.ws/googleplay EVne.ws/stitcher EVne.ws/youtube EVne.ws/iheart EVne.ws/blog EVne.ws/patreon   Check out MYEV.com for more details: https://www.myev.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Porsche Macan EV Teased China approves national EV battery swap standard Harley-Davidson Is Turning LiveWire Into Its Own Brand Subaru’s first electric vehicle is called the Solterra Electric Seven due in 2023 as first Caterham EV Star-studded line-up to contest FIA RX2e demo   Show #1080   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Wednesday 12th May. 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.   PORSCHE MACAN EV TEASED "The development of the all-electric Porsche Macan is finally moving from the drawing boards and computers to the real world. The Stuttgart-based automaker has just teased the EV SUV, prototypes of which are now heading outside Porsche’s proving grounds for the first time. " says Motor1: "The available photos show heavily camouflaged test cars that are heading towards Germany's public road network for real-world tests.  With the new teaser images, Porsche also reaffirmed the Macan EV will be launched on the market in 2023 and will become the brand’s first model to be underpinned by the PPE electric vehicle architecture."   https://www.motor1.com/news/506375/porsche-macan-ev-teased/   CHINA APPROVES NATIONAL EV BATTERY SWAP STANDARD "the country has just approved the first official swappable EV battery standard and safety guidelines, which are set to go into effect on Nov. 1, CNEVPost reported Monday. according to a statement made by Xin Guobin, vice minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, there are a few reasons, but the biggest are reduced cost to vehicle buyers, cheaper charging by charging during off-peak hours and customers being able to choose the size of battery they need on a given day." writes CNET.com: "Companies like NIO and BAIC have advanced the new battery swap standard, but it's Geely that seems to be sprinting ahead, based on a recent YouTube video showing off its 1-minute automated battery swapping station."   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/china-ev-swappable-battery-standards-approved/   HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS TURNING LIVEWIRE INTO ITS OWN BRAND "A couple years ago, Harley-Davidson built its first electric motorcycle, the LiveWire, to largely positive reviews. Since we now live in a world created by constant brand consultant input, however, the company has announced they are branching out LiveWire into an entire separate electric motorcycle sub-brand" says Gear Patrol: "Harley-Davidson says LiveWire will "draw on its DNA as an agile disruptor from the lineage of Harley-Davidson," whatever that means. Per Harley, the new LiveWire entity will have a virtual headquarters paired with "initial hubs" in Silicon Valley and Harley-Davidson's home, Milwaukee. Livewire will launch its first new branded electric motorcycle on July 8th. LiveWire will target new buyers in a younger urban market. That's a substantially different buyer from the people who purchase Harley-Davidson's bread-and-butter touring bikes."   https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/motorcycles/a36395359/harley-davidson-livewire-brand/   SUBARU’S FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLE IS CALLED THE SOLTERRA "For Subaru diehards holding out for an electric vehicle, the wait is almost over. The Japanese automaker just announced new details about its first-ever EV, which is set to hit the streets in 2022. Subaru will call its first EV the Solterra, a fitting name for a brand synonymous with outdoor adventures and you know, the sun and the Earth. Also fittingly, Subaru’s first full-fledged EV will be an SUV that ships with the manufacturer’s well-regarded all-wheel-drive capabilities." writes Techcrunch: "The Solterra is built on a new platform the company is developing in partnership with Toyota, which the latter company will use for its impossibly named bZ4X crossover. Subaru has only released two teaser images so far, but given that the new SUV will share DNA with the Toyota bZ4X, Subaru’s offering will likely look like a toned-down, less aggressively styled version of Toyota’s forthcoming futuristic electric crossover."   https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/11/subaru-solterra-ev-2022/   ELECTRIC SEVEN DUE IN 2023 AS FIRST CATERHAM EV "Caterham is working to safeguard the future of the Seven in the face of looming homologation and legislative hurdles – and is set to launch its landmark first EV in the coming years. the priority is to ensure that any electric version of the diminutive two-seater “rides and handles like a Caterham”." syas Autocar: "the ‘EV Seven’ will be developed with a focus on keeping weight down in an effort to preserve the model’s trademark agility and pace. The suspension geometry and other aspects of the chassis will be recalibrated to mitigate the extra heft of the battery and electric motors, for example, and it will go without the weighty associated systems that are common on mainstream EVs, such as regenerative braking. a racing version would need to be equipped with rapid charging or an “interchangeable battery” but the road car – which, like the current Seven, will be geared towards occasional use – is less likely to receive these technologies."   https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/electric-seven-due-2023-first-caterham-ev   STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP TO CONTEST FIA RX2E DEMO A legendary line-up of rallycross talent will go head-to-head during a one-off FIA RX2e Championship demonstration competition at the upcoming RallyX Nordic meeting at Höljes. The event will provide an opportunity to see the cutting-edge electric vehicles – which are set to face off in the first-ever FIA electric rallycross championship this season – race wheel-to-wheel. Multiple World Rally Champion Marcus Grönholm will join the likes of World Rallycross title-winners Johan Kristoffersson and Timmy Hansen in the inaugural Superteam Challenge while RX2e test driver Oliver Eriksson, who is a double RX2 champion and 2020 RallyX Nordic Supercar title-winner, is also in the mix. RX Lites title-winners Kevin Hansen and Kevin Eriksson are also in the talent pool while World RX race winners Andreas Bakkerud and Sebastian Eriksson complete the line-up of participating drivers. The electric vehicles, which generate 250kW (335bhp) of power and up to 510Nm torque, will be showcased in four heats and two finals as the world’s best off-road racers do battle at Höljes.   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   A recent survey – which I highly questioned and disagreed with – claimed 1 in 5 EV owners went back to piston power.  I have never heard anything like a 20% rate of EV drivers being unhappy with electric. Would you ever go back? Yes, No and tell me why!   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.      PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER) JULIETTE SODERGREN (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN VAN DEVOORT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. THIAS  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) TODD OAKES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THE PLUGSEEKER – EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)     CONNECT WITH ME! EVne.ws/itu nes EVne.ws/tunein EVne.ws/googleplay EVne.ws/stitcher EVne.ws/youtube EVne.ws/iheart EVne.ws/blog EVne.ws/patreon   Check out MYEV.com for more details: https://www.myev.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Ford's forthcoming battery-electric truck to be called 'F-150 Lightning' Mercedes-Benz Concept EQT UK’S LARGEST EV CHARGING HUB SET TO ELECTRIFY BRENT CROSS Renault considers introducing battery-swapping in its electric cars Audi Boss Thinks Electric Vehicles Will be Half of the Market by 2030 France writes-off ChaDeMo standard in new legislation ARE ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE?   Show #1079   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Tuesday 11th May. 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. WEDNESDAY   FORD'S FORTHCOMING BATTERY-ELECTRIC TRUCK TO BE CALLED 'F-150 LIGHTNING' On Twitter @mrlevine Mike Levine, Ford North America Product Communications manager: "BAM! Get ready for the all-electric, all-new Ford F-150 Lightning to be revealed on May 19 at 930 pm ET. ime to take electric and turn it into Lightning. Quicker than the original F-150 SVT Lightning yet able to work as hard as today’s trucks. Awesome!"   "Ford Motor Co.'s battery-electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck is coming — and now it has a name. The Blue Oval revealed Monday that the truck will be dubbed "F-150 Lightning." The vehicle itself will be unveiled May 19 via a livestreamed event from Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn." says The Detroit News: "F-150 Lightning is part of Ford's initial portfolio of electric vehicles that includes the Mustang Mach-E, which launched at the end of last year, and the forthcoming electric version of the Transit van."   https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2021/05/10/ford-announces-name-reveal-date-upcoming-battery-electric-f-150/5020845001/   MERCEDES-BENZ CONCEPT EQT "The Mercedes-Benz Concept EQT previews the brand’s new T-Class MPV, the electric version of which will be the ninth model from its EQ sub-brand" says Autocar today: "Set to rival the Volkswagen Caddy, Citroen Berlingo and Vauxhall Combo when UK sales get underway in 2022, the new model has been developed in partnership with Renault; the T-Class is twinned with the third-generation Kangoo, while the EQT is a sister model to the recently announced Kangoo E-Tech Electric. Mercedes-Benz’s Van division is planned to offer the choice of either a standard wheelbase in combination with a five-seat layout or, as previewed by the Concept EQT, an extended wheelbase with a seven-seat layout. Entry to the front is via front-hinged doors, while rear access is via a set of sliding doors, electronically operated on the concept but set to be manual on the production version."   101hp and 45kWh battery.   So: EQC, EQV, EQA, EQS and EQB, EQE, EQE SUV and EQS SUV. .   https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mercedes-benz-concept-eqt-previews-electric-t-class   UK’S LARGEST EV CHARGING HUB SET TO ELECTRIFY BRENT CROSS The 236-bay hub will be installed in Brent Cross Shopping Centre car park. The chargers, which will be operated and maintained by Franklin Energy on the LiFe Network, will be supplied by EVBox and installed over a number of phases. The first phase, which is due to complete later this year, will see the installation of 50 fast charging points (22kW AC) and two ultra-rapid charging points (350 kW DC)   The fast chargers take 1-2 hours to fully charge a car battery, providing ample time for customers to enjoy the many retail and leisure offerings available at Brent Cross and complements the average time taken for a visit, which, prior to the pandemic, averaged at 95 minutes.(1)   https://franklinenergy.co.uk/uks-largest-ev-charging-hub-set-to-electrify-brent-cross/   RENAULT CONSIDERS INTRODUCING BATTERY-SWAPPING IN ITS ELECTRIC CARS "Renault is considering introducing a battery-swapping capability in its electric cars, potentially becoming the first big carmaker to embrace the technology." reports the Financial Times today: "Chief executive Luca de Meo told the Financial Times’ Future of the Car Summit on Tuesday he is assessing plans to adopt the technology, which would significantly cut waiting times at recharging stations. The battery-swapping technology also allows manufacturers to decouple the cost of batteries from new electric vehicles, preventing drivers from being concerned about depreciating battery capacity or value."   Read more here: https://www.ft.com/content/cac5c438-900a-46ee-9564-43aa905db4b6   AUDI BOSS THINKS ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL BE HALF OF THE MARKET BY 2030 "Since, 2018, Audi has introduced, the e-tron SUV, the e-tron Sportback, sportier “S” variants of both, the e-tron GT, the Q4 e-tron, Q4 e-tron Sportback, and the all-new A6 e-tron Concept. Audi has developed more new EVs in the past couple of years than Tesla has developed in its entire existence." points out the website Quattrodaily - so, they'll be a little biased!: "According Audi CEO Markus Duesmann, electric vehicles will make up half of the automotive market by 2030. In fact, Duesmann sees such a massive shift in the demand for electric vehicles that, as long as the infrastructure can support it, he doesn’t see a reason why any customer would want internal combustion if electric vehicles are available."   https://www.quattrodaily.com/audi-boss-thinks-electric-vehicles-will-be-half-of-the-market-by-2030/   FRANCE WRITES-OFF CHADEMO STANDARD IN NEW LEGISLATION "The end of the CHAdeMO fast-charging standard is on the horizon in France. While a 2017-decree made CHAdeMO mandatory for DC-charging stations alongside CCS and Type 2 by the end of 2024, the government has now revised its plans." writes electrive: "The decree, published in its revised form earlier this month, ends the requirement to implement the Japanese standard. From now on, only CCS for DC charging and Type 2 for AC charging (22 kW) is considered mandatory for newly installed and replaced fast-charging stations in France. The French decree further stresses the requirement of interoperability and introduces obligations in terms of quality of service. CPOs and networks must make their commitments public, for example, “report periodically” on the quality levels achieved."   https://www.electrive.com/2021/05/10/france-writes-off-chademo-standard-in-new-legislation/   ARE ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE? "However, it wasn’t until recently that innovators began to apply electric technology to emergency vehicles. Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is showing off North America’s first electric fire engine from Austria-based Rosenbauer Group." says Clean Fleet Report: "However, the vehicle isn’t fully electric. It’s a series plug-in hybrid like the Chevrolet Volt. Volvo Penta, which has created electric powertrains for a variety of applications, will power the Revolutionary Technology fire truck. The electric drive unit is based on one use in terminal tractors. To test durability, Rosenbauer will also test three more trucks in Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai. The truck features two electric motors with a total output of 490 horsepower...quick-charge batteries with a charging capacity of 100 to 150 kilowatts."   https://cleanfleetreport.com/feature-are-electric-fire-trucks-in-the-near-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feature-are-electric-fire-trucks-in-the-near-future   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   A recent survey – which I highly questioned and disagreed with – claimed 1 in 5 EV owners went back to piston power.  I have never heard anything like a 20% rate of EV drivers being unhappy with electric. Would you ever go back? Yes, No and tell me why!   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER) JULIETTE SODERGREN (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN VAN DEVOORT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Every other EV brand showed up to Elon Musk’s SNL Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric hatch starts at just under £37,000 Spain pours billions into landing European electric vehicle production Porsche Macan EV Will Arrive with More Range Than Taycan Rivian Tells Us More About R1T Size & Storage Big Auto is using the oldest trick in its playbook to steal customers from Tesla     Show #1078   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 10th May. 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.   EVERY OTHER EV BRAND SHOWED UP TO ELON MUSK’S SNL "At least five of Tesla’s competitors bought ad time during Saturday Night Live hosted by Elon Musk, using the billionaire’s appearance to sell their own. non-Tesla EVs." say The Verge: "Commercials for the Audi E-tron, Ford Mustang Mach-E, Volkswagen ID 4, and Lucid Air all aired within the first 30 minutes of SNL. Lucid Motors, a company founded by Peter Rawlinson, the former head engineer of the Tesla Model S who frequently clashes with Musk, teased its commercial earlier in the week. It was its debut commercial for the Lucid Air, a claimed 500-mile EV due later this year.”   https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/9/22426978/elon-musk-snl-electric-vehicle-commercials-tesla-saturday-night-live   Also: "Elon Musk might be getting a windfall of publicity through his opportunity to host Saturday Night Live this weekend, but one of his competitors is also using the event as a launching pad for its own messaging." write AdWeek today: "Sierra Space, a spinoff of aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp., has purchased 30- and 15-second preroll ads that will run on YouTube clips of Musk’s SNL content—while also targeting clips with related content like “Elon” or “Musk.”"   https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/how-sierra-space-a-rival-of-elon-musks-spacex-built-an-ad-strategy-around-his-snl-debut/   HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 ELECTRIC HATCH STARTS AT JUST UNDER £37,000 "Hyundai’s new Ioniq 5 electric hatchback will cost just under £37,000 when it goes on sale in the UK later this year. Available in a choice of two battery capacities and offered in rear- and four-wheel drive guises, the model will also come with the three basic trim levels, plus a high-end launch edition." reports Motor1: "The mechanical options are fairly simple, with the cheapest models boasting a 58 kWh battery and an electric motor that feeds power to the rear wheels. That provides a range of up to 240 miles. Opting for that larger pack extends the range to up to 300 miles, but that will be slightly limited if you opt for the four-wheel drive variants. Those models still get a respectable 287-mile range, but they offer vastly improved performance. Where the 58 kWh RWD models will get from 0-62 mph in 8.5 seconds thanks to their 168 bhp motors, the 73 kWh RWD cars offer 215 bhp – enough to cut that time by more than a second. But the 73 kWh AWD cars are even faster, with 300 bhp taking them from 0-62 mph in 5.2 seconds. Another appealing option is the Vehicle 2 Load pack, which allows customers to use the car’s battery to charge any electric devices, supplying up to 3.6 kW of power."   I still think the party trick is 10-80% charging in 18 minutes.   https://uk.motor1.com/news/506127/hyundai-ioniq-5-uk-pricing/   SPAIN POURS BILLIONS INTO LANDING EUROPEAN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCTION "Spain is moving aggressively to land new battery and electric vehicle plants, using billions of European Union pandemic relief funds to avoid being left behind as the global auto sector undertakes the biggest technology transformation in a century." reports Autoblog: "As Europe's second largest car-producing nation behind Germany, and with the automotive sector accounting for 10% of its economy, Spain has a lot to lose as automakers overhaul supply chains and manufacturing for electric vehicles. Germany and number three European producer France are already pouring funds into battery plants, supporting their respective national champion automakers, and both Volkswagen and Renaultare investing heavily in EVs on their home turf. Of the €70 billion to be sent from Brussels in the form of grants, the Spanish government plans to spend 13 billion on sustainable mobility through 2023."   https://www.autoblog.com/2021/05/09/spanish-ev-production/   PORSCHE MACAN EV WILL ARRIVE WITH MORE RANGE THAN TAYCAN "Porsche's best-selling model will have an electric version arriving in 2023, and the company is currently testing prototypes. It'll ride on a new electric platform, have significantly more range than the Taycan electric sedan" says Car & Driver: "The electric Macan will be built on VW Group's Premium Platform Electric (PPE) electric architecture that will be used on a range of future Audi and Porsche products.  The EV will borrow the Taycan's 800-volt architecture, which allows for fast charging at a maximum of 270 kilowatts, and like the Taycan, Porsche is planning that the electric Macan will have two battery sizes available. Porsche claims that the Macan EV will have "significantly" more range than the current Taycan. That means it should boast more than the 2021 Taycan 4S model's 227 miles of EPA-estimated range, which is currently the highest in the lineup."   https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36355610/porsche-macan-electric-prototype-revealed/   All-electric Porsche Taycan new registrations ahead of the Cayenne SUV in domestic Germany in April. Only second to the 911.   https://twitter.com/auto_schmidt/status/1391327681896136712   RIVIAN TELLS US MORE ABOUT R1T SIZE & STORAGE "Rivian says it had the challenge of giving buyers enough room to comfortably seat five people and have room for their cargo/luggage but also have a truck that fits well in the garage if need be. Landing a little smaller than the F-150/Silverado, combined with better packaging because it’s an EV, gives us that." says ClaenTechnica. And on the Frunk: "The company says it fits “a half-dozen full grocery bags or two full-sized coolers.” In the picture, they show it holding a duffel bag, shoes, and other odds and ends. It’s not a tiny storage space at all. It’s also got LED lighting, a 12 volt outlet, and a cargo net."   And on the Gear Tunnel: "Behind the cab and below the bed, Rivian has put in another spot for gear. It opens up on both ends, and has room for the long things you’d take outdoors. From end to end, it’s 65 inches long, or about 5.5 feet (about 1.6 meters). Everyone does different things outdoors, but that’s enough space for quite a few things"   On the Bed: "Measurements from the cab to the back of the down tailgate are just shy of 7 feet, while the width between wheel wells is 50 inches. Not a problem at all. With the tailgate closed, you get that same width, but only 54″ of length. That’s still almost 5 feet, so you can still haul bikes and plenty of other things you’d take outdoors without issue. "   There are 2 x 15amp 120v outlets too, plus air compressor.   https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/08/rivian-tells-us-more-about-r1t-size-storage/   BIG AUTO IS USING THE OLDEST TRICK IN ITS PLAYBOOK TO STEAL CUSTOMERS FROM TESLA "Tesla also has insanely high brand loyalty and massive appeal to people who've never gone electric, so at the moment, it's all on Big Auto to convince consumers that they should buy a Mustang Mach-E or Cadillac Lyriq rather than a Model Y or Model X." says Business Insider: "However, the EV market isn't sitting still. It's currently about 2% of sales in the US, but unlike the gas-engine market, which can't get much bigger, the EV market is poised to grow by swapping internal-combustion share for electric-car share: a million internal combustion vehicles out, a million EVs in. So Tesla must defend and capture simultaneously, fighting the dreaded two-front war."   https://www.businessinsider.com/big-autos-oldest-trick-in-book-steal-customers-from-tesla-2021-5?r=US&IR=T   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   A recent survey – which I highly questioned and disagreed with – claimed 1 in 5 EV owners went back to piston power.  I have never heard anything like a 20% rate of EV drivers being unhappy with electric. Would you ever go back? Yes, No and tell me why!     Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER) JULIETTE SODERGREN (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN VAN DEVOORT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: An obituary for the internal combustion engine Electrolyte formulations point to next-gen batteries Why NIO and Xpeng are making a beeline for Norway GM CEO Mary Barra Talks Chevy Silverado Plug-in models nearing 1 of 10 new-vehicle sales in California Tesla Supercharger network reaches 25,000-charger milestone Electric car insurance in UK Is Cheaper China's emissions surpass all developed nations combined The Electric Vehicle Freedom Act could put billions into a nationwide EV charging network Question Of The Week Answers   Show #1077   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 9th May. 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.   Welcome to a new PATREON PARTNER JULIETTE SODERGREN!   Weekend Long Reads   AN OBITUARY FOR THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE "Some 136 years ago, German engineer Carl Benz built the first motor car with an internal combustion engine. The ‘Benz Patent Motor Car’ – actually a trike, a three-wheeler – was powered by a single cylinder, four-stroke engine producing 0.74bhp." says Wired: "Ironically, the ICE may well go the same way as the horse; no longer an everyday means of transport, instead a plaything of the rich, paraded at special events and raced. In just a few decades, children will look at them, wonder at the smell of oils and fuels, and jump back when an open-piped V12 barks into life."   https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internal-combution-engine-obituary   ELECTROLYTE FORMULATIONS POINT TO NEXT-GEN BATTERIES "The stability and performance of lithium-oxygen batteries look set to be vastly improved with a tailored electrolyte that could herald the next generation of rechargeable batteries." says The Engineer: "The lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery (or lithium-air battery), consisting of Li-metal and a porous conductive framework as its electrodes, releases energy from the reaction of oxygen from the air and lithium. The burgeoning technology has the potential to provide much greater energy storage than a conventional lithium-ion battery."   https://www.theengineer.co.uk/electrolyte-lithium-air-batteries-liverpool-loughborough/   WHY NIO AND XPENG ARE MAKING A BEELINE FOR NORWAY "Norway is fast becoming Chinese electric car start-ups’ key export market. There’s a reason for that: it’s the world leader in terms of EV uptake" says the South China MOrning Post: "Penetration of EVs in Norway is the highest worldwide, with pure electric cars making up over 54 per cent of overall new car sales. In Norway, no purchase and import taxes are imposed on EVs.  Buyers are also exempt from paying a 25 per cent value-added tax.  NIO hopes its “battery as a service” (BaaS) model, which allows customers to buy an electric car while subscribing to a separate battery-leasing plan for a fee, will help it gain an advantage in Europe."   https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3132514/why-chinese-electric-car-start-ups-nio-xpeng-are-making-beeline   GM CEO MARY BARRA TALKS CHEVY SILVERADO "There are still few details about the upcoming electric pickup truck, and we're not even sure if it will carry the Silverado name. We do know it will be built on GM's Ultium platform, and it may share some features and design with the GMC Hummer EV electric truck." repotrs InsideEVs: " Barra said there's already strong demand for the Silverado EV. More specifically, she referred to the "strong response from commercial and government owners as a lot of fleet customers are looking to have zero emission vehicles." Barra made it clear that GM is highly skilled at producing full-size trucks, so now it just has to fit those trucks with an EV powertrain."   https://insideevs.com/news/505995/mary-barra-talks-silverado-ev/     PLUG-IN MODELS NEARING 1 OF 10 NEW-VEHICLE SALES IN CALIFORNIA "Plug-in vehicles—including battery-electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel-cell cars—are nearing one in 10 new-car sales in California, according to a periodic update from industry group Veloz, referring to the latest data from the state." writes Green Car Reports: "Californians purchased 59,000 plug-in cars in the first quarter of 2021, accounting for more than a 9% market share for the quarter. The Tesla Model Y was the top-selling model in the state, at 15,265, with the Tesla Model 3 second, at 14,536. The Chevrolet Bolt EV was a distant third, at 5,252 units. The highest-ranked plug-in hybrid as the Toyota Prius Prime, in fourth place, at 4,081"   https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1132176_plug-in-models-nearing-1-of-10-new-vehicle-sales-in-california   TESLA SUPERCHARGER NETWORK REACHES 25,000-CHARGER MILESTONE "Tesla’s Supercharger network has now reached a total of 25,000 chargers – a big milestone for the fast-charging network. The Supercharger network is really the only global network of fast-charging stations." says electrek: "At the end of 2020, Tesla had over 20,000 charging stalls at over 2,100 Supercharging stations around the world. Now just a few months later, Tesla announced that the automaker has now 25,000 Superchargers around the world. Those 25,000 Supercharger stalls are at just over 2,700 Supercharger stations. Tesla launched a new Twitter account called ‘Tesla Charging’ that shares every new charging station coming online"   ELECTRIC CAR INSURANCE IN UK IS CHEAPER "The average cost of insuring an electric car in the UK is £45 less than the cost of covering a petrol or diesel car, according to research from the website Comparethemarket.com. Analysis of annual premiums in the first three months of the year showed electric car drivers were charged an average of £566, while petrol and diesel drivers paid £611." according to The Guardian: "Dan Hutson, the head of motor insurance, at Comparethemarket.com, said the difference was explained by a range of factors, including electric cars having fewer complex moving parts to be damaged in an accident."   https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/may/08/electric-car-insurance-in-uk-is-45-less-than-for-petrol-or-diesel-vehicle   CHINA'S EMISSIONS SURPASS ALL DEVELOPED NATIONS COMBINED " The distribution of global greenhouse gas emissions has reached an inflection point: China's emissions exceeded developed nations combined in 2019, a new Rhodium Group analysis concludes." says AXIOS: "Rhodium's Larsen notes China's per-capita rise stems from higher living standards, China's relatively fossil-intensive power mix and its export-focused manufacturing."   https://www.axios.com/china-emissions-ranking-0757dc71-ffdd-4236-af40-1da21e669061.html   THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE FREEDOM ACT COULD PUT BILLIONS INTO A NATIONWIDE EV CHARGING NETWORK "The Biden administration has made no secret that it is interested in pushing US transportation to an electric future, promising to spend vast sums of money on bringing electric vehicles into the US Government fleet as well as increasing the national EV charging infrastructure. It's a big deal." says CNET: " two members of Congress are pushing a new piece of legislation called the Electric Vehicle Freedom Act, and it goes even farther than President Biden's promises, according to a report published Wednesday by Automotive News. The Electric Vehicle Freedom Act seeks to build hundreds of thousands of electric-vehicle-charging stations around the US within five years and also seeks to shift government funding and tax breaks away from internal combustion vehicles and toward EVs"   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/best-leather-conditioner-for-cars/     QUESTION OF THE WEEK ANSWERS   MARK I have a small business and was using Google and Facebook ads to find customers. In January, I found Russian ads on my both my Facebook and Google ad accounts and they were charging my payment methods. Then they used my PayPal, credit card and two Visa bank debit cards to order stuff at best buy, eBay and on my Google Store. All of these accounts had different passwords and two factor authentication. So how much data will I be sharing? None.   ROBERT GRACE As to privacy and what driving info that I transmit back to the car manufacturer, the issue is quite important to me. Attached is an image of a Ford Mach-E's very granular privacy options, which I think quite good.  As you can see, you can completely disconnect if you want to, so that the only driving info collected is that required by NHTSA for crash recall.   KERNEL Giving up my data. Two thoughts: 1) I would want open-source evidence what data is collected and where it is stored. 2) I would want control to switch data sharing (and any associated benefits) on and off when I want   ANDY Compared to all the data my cell phone gathers, I don’t worry about my car knowing how I’m driving. My issue would come with any internal cameras and if those were recorded.   CARLING FROM CALIFORNIA I use Apple products because they have the power and size to stand up to attempts to access phones or cloud data, from law enforcement trying to strongarm into complying just because they want some data. But I don’t think a smaller car company would stand so firm, and I’m worried about how data could be misused if there was a record of where my car was.   TONY FROM BRISBANE I share my location from my phone to the rest of my family so they know where I am. I have no issue with my car being tracked as long as I own that data.   SUSAN CHAMPION As someone who drives a lot for a living I feel reassured that, should anything happen, there would be a record of where I am and what was happening around the car.   ROADIEDAVE Despite all the misbehaviour around diesel emission, I actually trust the established car companies to follow all the correct protocols and keep my user data private. We have seen so many times the Silicon Valley startups take the attitude of moving fast and breaking things, but going the extra mile for security can be forgotten in favour of rapid growth.   ELECTRIC LIMITS The question is where the car is made. Anything coming from China, regardless of where it’s sold, should be assumed will be programmed to send a certain amount of data back to Chinese powers. To assume anything is naïve and we’ve seen with mobile products over the years, software which sends info back to China when it goes online.     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   A recent survey – which I highly questioned and disagreed with – claimed 1 in 5 EV owners went back to piston power.  I have never heard anything like a 20% rate of EV drivers being unhappy with electric. Would you ever go back? Yes, No and tell me why!     Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER) JULIETTE SODERGREN (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN VAN DEVOORT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Polestar Develops its Own Video Streaming App Superchargers For Boats Hundreds Of Mach-E’s Spotted In Norway Tesla self-drive at Level 2 says California DMV Tesla has unleashed Full Self-Driving mode on city streets way too soon Unboxing The Tech Inside Mercedes' EQS Car dealers embracing electric vehicle sales NHRA Creates EV Class For Drag Racing   Show #1076   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 8th May. 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.   POLESTAR DEVELOPS ITS OWN VIDEO STREAMING APP   - The beta app, which is available now in all European markets, brings web-based streaming content from various providers directly to the 11-inch center-mounted touchscreen display in the Polestar 2 to keep drivers and passengers entertained while the vehicle is in park or while waiting for the battery to charge.   - news and national TV broadcasts where available, as well as a video playlist curated by Polestar. The app includes feeds from SVT in Sweden, TV2 in Norway, and GOPlay and RTBF in Belgium. All European markets also receive feeds from BBC Ideas, which features short films and videos, Al Jazeera English and Germany's Tagesschau. Polestar said that additional video channels specific to other markets will be added over time.   - if a person is streaming a video and the vehicle is switched out of park the screen turns off but the audio feed continues uninterrupted in the background, allowing occupants to continue to follow the broadcast.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/TFt7u/ Original Source : https://www.futurecar.com/4598/Polestar-Develops-its-Own-Video-Streaming-App-for-the-Polestar-2-EV   SUPERCHARGERS FOR BOATS Evoy on Instagram: “This is so cool!!! Charging at 152kW with the world's first Supercharger for boats which opened today is just amazing!!! Thank you Plug /…”   - electricvoyageThis is so cool!!! Charging at 152kW with the world's first Supercharger for boats which opened today is just amazing!!!   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/qncdO/ Original Source : https://www.instagram.com/p/COgRgWCqpeY/?utm_source=ig_embed   HUNDREDS OF MACH-E’S SPOTTED IN NORWAY (1) Mustang Mach-E VLOG on Twitter: "@Marshmall0wpeep @28delayslater They are just starting deliveries in Norway now. Here's a pic from April 28 at the port. https://t.co/fZV4BTbJ19" / Twitter   - They are just starting deliveries in Norway now. Here's a pic from April 28 at the port.   4,000 Mustang Mach-E are to be delivered in Norway in May and June. This could make the electric SUV one of (or even the) best-selling car in Norway.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/lAVYB/ Original Source : https://twitter.com/MachE_VLOG/status/1389684551996170245?s=20   TESLA SELF-DRIVE AT LEVEL 2 SAYS CALIFORNIA DMV   - Tesla’s automated driving capability is at Level2, says the California Department of Motor Vehicles.   - “Elon’s tweet does not match engineering reality. Tesla is at Level 2 currently,” says the DMV.   - “Tesla indicated that they are still firmly in L2,” added the DMV, “as Tesla is aware, the public’s misunderstanding about the limits of the technology and its misuse can have tragic consequences.”   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/lW7tK/ Original Source : https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/tesla-self-drive-level2-says-california-dmv-2021-05/   TESLA HAS UNLEASHED FULL SELF-DRIVING MODE ON CITY STREETS WAY TOO SOON   - A video of a Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode published online earlier this year is 13 minutes of terror. It’s almost comically bad how terribly the robo-assisted car performs. Mostly, though, it’s just extremely concerning   - Driving through downtown Oakland is nothing like the wide boulevards and predictable traffic patterns of suburbia. The Tesla, it seemed, didn't know what to do with itself.   - At one point, the car goes into a left-turn only lane but continues driving straight toward a line of parked cars.  It's a harrowing 13 minutes. The car gets honked at for taking turns too slowly and stopping too much, usually because it seems to think a pedestrian is nearby.   - It's the only autonomous car company that tests its system with users, however, instead of employees or contractors.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/J3nKy/ Original Source : https://mashable.com/article/tesla-full-self-driving-autonomous-fail/?europe=true   UNBOXING THE TECH THAT MAKES MERCEDES' EQS THE NEW S-CLASS OF ELECTRIC CARS | CARSCOOPS   - Lewis Hilsenteger from YouTube Channel, Unbox Therapy, is one of the first to get up close and personal with Mercedes‘ electric flagship.   - Lew mentions that it’s like stepping into a piece of tech rather than a car, with lighting that works alongside the car’s seat settings to provide the driver and passengers unparalleled comfort.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/M4UqD/ Original Source : https://www.carscoops.com/2021/05/unboxing-the-tech-that-makes-mercedes-eqs-the-new-s-class-of-electric-cars/   CAR DEALERS EMBRACING ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES   - As a Nevada auto dealer who has been in the business for 42 years, I can assure you that my colleagues and I are just as excited to sell electric vehicles as gas-powered cars — if not more so.   - Today’s electric vehicles are powerful, sleek cars with long ranges. And the ongoing expansion of charging infrastructure makes ownership much more convenient.   - Today’s dealerships sell in person, and almost all have an option to sell online with home delivery. And whereas direct-to-consumer companies tend not to budge on price, competition between neighboring dealers has been proven to drive down prices on the same model.   - In 2020, Nevada’s nearly 100 new-car dealerships were responsible for more than 10,000 jobs, which paid an average annual salary of more than $73,000.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/XqpcU/ Original Source : https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/commentary-car-dealers-embracing-electric-vehicle-sales-2348514/   NHRA CREATES EV CLASS FOR DRAG RACING   - The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has added an electric vehicle class for its drag racing events.   - Chevrolet and Ford have already shown us what they can do with electric power, with the eCOPO Camaro and the Cobra Jet 1400   - The class will debut in 2022 in the NHRA Summit Racing Series   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/g620y/ Original Source : https://www.driving.ca/car-culture/speed-performance/the-nhra-just-created-a-class-for-electric-vehicle-drag-racing     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   EVs are connected cars. But, how much data are you willing to give up, and what are willing to receive in return?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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On today’s podcast: Tesla developing platform to share driving data with car owners Tesla raises Model 3 and Model Y prices…again Renault Megane E-Tech Electric teased inside and out Bentley's First EV To Be Based On VW's Artemis Platform Most EV owners sure like their mobile apps. Tesla drivers, not so much Electrify America Lays Out California's $200 Million Investment   Show #1075   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Friday 7th May. 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.   TESLA DEVELOPING PLATFORM TO SHARE DRIVING DATA WITH CAR OWNERS: REPORT - GLOBAL TIMES   - Tesla is developing a platform that would provide access for its users to view driving data, which would make Tesla the first company to share such data with users, according to a report by Beijing Daily. The platform is expected to be put into operation within the year, the report said.   - According to the regulator's requirements, NEV makers in China must establish a safety status monitoring platform for their cars. And market regulators, law enforcers and enterprises have the right to use the data while consumers have the right to be informed about the data, the Beijing Daily report said.   - Tesla's driving data is stored in event data recorders (EDR) on each car, and the data cannot be changed or modified.A Weibo user said that sharing the data is the first step in better protecting car owners' interests, and the country should have legislation for EDR management.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/rCWVG/ Original Source : https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202105/1222846.shtml   TESLA RAISES MODEL 3 AND MODEL Y PRICES ANEW AFTER SELLING OUT Q2 PRODUCTION CAPACITY   - the electric car maker implemented a new round of price increases for the Model 3 and Model Y   - The latest round of price adjustments adds $500 to the cost of the Model 3 Standard Range Plus, Model 3 Long Range Dual Motor AWD, and Model Y Long Range Dual Motor AWD.   - The Model Y Long Range Dual Motor AWD now starts at $51,490. The Model Y Performance, on the other hand, kept its starting price of $60,990.   - In April alone, the company implemented two price increases of $500 each.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/BOjBl/ Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-model-y-price-q2-2021-update/   RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH ELECTRIC TEASED INSIDE AND OUT | CAR MAGAZINE   - The all-electric Megane E-Tech, which was revealed in concept as the Megane eVision last year, is expected to be fully revealed later this year,  with a launch likely to occur in the first half of 2022.   - The Renault Megane E-Tech Electric contains a 60kWh battery pack under the floor and a single 160kW e-motor with 221lb ft of torque driving the front wheels. Its claimed driving range is around 280 miles on a single charge (WLTP). It’s also said to sprint from 0-62mph in less than eight seconds. Not exactly the hot speeds we've come to hear about with EVs, but a Renault Sport version could be on the roadmap.   - the electric Megane will be able to reclaim 124 miles of range in 30 minutes when rapid charging at its maximum of 130kW DC.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/0k8Da/ Original Source : https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/renault/megane-e-tech-electric/   BENTLEY'S FIRST EV TO BE BASED ON VW'S ARTEMIS PLATFORM   - CAR Magazine says Bentley’s first production electric vehicle will be based on Volkswagen Group’s Artemis architecture, which is spearheaded by Audi engineers.   - Contrary to previous reports, stating that the brand’s first EV could be a high-riding sedan, Hallmark all but confirmed Bentley will develop an SUV, because “if you're not in SUVs, you're nowhere.” When will we see it? Most likely, in 2025.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/41ntI/ Original Source : https://www.motor1.com/news/505168/bentley-first-ev-vw-platform/   MOST EV OWNERS SURE LIKE THEIR MOBILE APPS. TESLA DRIVERS, NOT SO MUCH | ZDNET   - According to J.D. Power's new U.S. OEM EV App Benchmark Study, electric vehicle owners are far more interested in the apps that correspond with their vehicle compared to those with gas-needy cars.More than 40% of electric vehicle owners told J.D. Power that they use the apps as often as every other trip,   - Kia Access, FordPass, Porsche Connect, myChevrolet and MyHyundai topped the list of the most popular electric vehicle apps   - Tesla's mobile app was ranked sixth in the study because it "has not changed significantly for many years." The study notes that the other apps ahead of Tesla offer "greater functionality,"   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/pkhGa/ Original Source : https://www.zdnet.com/article/most-ev-owners-sure-like-their-mobile-apps-tesla-drivers-not-so-much/   ELECTRIFY AMERICA LAYS OUT CALIFORNIA'S $200 MILLION INVESTMENT   - Electrify America has released its plans for Cycle 3 of its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure and education program in California, mandated by the Volkswagen dieselgate settlement.   - The $2 billion investment is also broken up into two separate programs. One for California, which receives $800 million of the settlement ($200 million for each 30-month cycle), and the other is for the rest of the US and receives the $1.2 billion balance ($300 million per cycle).   - Electrify America will focus the $200 million across three main categories: Infrastructure; Public Education, Awareness, Access & Marketing; and Green Cities. Additionally, Electrify America's goal is to ensure that 35 percent of the investment is in low-income and disadvantaged communities, as guided by California Air Resources Board (CARB).   - the company will work with Long Beach and Los Angeles city officials and fleet operators to implement projects focused on charging transit and heavy-duty electric vehicles, showcasing ultra-fast charging technology, energy storage and renewables and energy management for these two emerging use cases.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/OOxGI/ Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/505806/electrify-america-california-cycle-three-plan/     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   EVs are connected cars. But, how much data are you willing to give up, and what are willing to receive in return?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Nio officially enters Europe, ES8 on sale in Norway from July VW Targets 600,000 Full EVs in 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Orders Go Live in Europe The Audi e-tron GT now available in numerous markets Hyundai plans next e-GMP models by 2022 & 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 Is Mopping Up In Europe World’s Top 5 EV Automotive Groups FIA reveals Electric GT Championship plan ahead of 2023 launch   Show #1074   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 6th May. 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.     NIO OFFICIALLY ENTERS EUROPE, ES8 ON SALE IN NORWAY FROM JULY - The ES8, on sale in China since 2018, is a seven-seat Tesla Model X rival with a combined 641bhp from its four-wheel-drive, twin-motor powertrain, and a WLTP-certified range of 310 miles. Prices will be confirmed in the coming months, ahead of customer deliveries beginning in September.   - The ES8 will be followed in Europe in 2022 by Nio's 644bhp ET7 saloon, which claims a range of more than 621 miles with its largest battery pack, and features a raft of advanced autonomy functions.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/UapKy/ Original Source : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/nio-officially-enters-europe-es8-sale-norway-july   VW TARGETS 600,000 FULLY ELECTRIC CARS THIS YEAR “Volkswagen Group raised its earnings outlook following robust first-quarter earnings, helped by a swift market recovery in China and higher demand for battery-powered vehicles. First-quarter operating profit surged to 4.8 billion euros ($5.8 billion) from 900 million euros last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered showrooms and factory floors. The operating return on sales jumped to 7.7 percent.” Writes Automotive News Europe: “Total deliveries during the first quarter jumped 21 percent to 2.43 million vehicles, mainly driven by China. Deliveries of electrified models more than doubled to 133,300 vehicles, of which 59,900 were battery-electric vehicles and the remainder plug-in hybrids.”   https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-raises-full-year-outlook-warns-growing-chip-shortage   VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 IS MOPPING UP IN EUROPE   - The Volkswagen ID.3 seems like it just hit the market, but the attention has already shifted to the Volkswagen ID.4, and that’s because the ID.4 is mopping up in Europe (and also the only fully electric Volkswagen available in the USA).   - That standout highlight, as I’ve noted twice already, is that the Volkswagen ID.4 did very well. It had more than 4,000 sales last month in these 6 countries. That’s approximately 3,000 more than the 2nd-place Kia Niro EV.   - using data aggregated by EU-EVs from 6 countries (Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, and Ireland), let’s look at April sales data.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/yo6J5/ Original Source : https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/06/volkswagen-id-4-mopped-up-in-europe-in-april-charts/     THE AUDI E-TRON GT NOW AVAILABLE IN NUMEROUS MARKETS   - he e-tron GT is now on sale at dealerships across Europe. The fully electric Gran Turismo is available in two models, in both cases with all-wheel drive. As the Audi e-tron GT quattro2, it has a starting price of 99,800 euros in Germany. The RS e-tron GT1 is available starting at 138,200 euros.   - The cars start shipping today in the 27 EU markets as well as in the United Kingdom.   - udi is unveiling the next phase of its global brand campaign in May with the slogan "Future is an Attitude", highlighting the trail the brand with the four rings is blazing into the future of sustainable premium mobility.   - The extremely successful Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback models recorded year-over-year growth of 79.5 percent last year, with 47,324 units delivered to customers. Globally, the Audi e-tron is the best-selling electric vehicle offered by a German premium manufacturer; in Norway, it was even the best-selling model overall in 2020.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/Gp2Yu/ Original Source : https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/the-audi-e-tron-gt-a-gran-turismo-unlike-any-other-now-available-in-numerous-markets-13948   WORKHORSE PARTNERS WITH CATL FOR BATTERIES - Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) (“Workhorse” or “the Company”), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective drone-integrated electric vehicles to the last mile delivery sector, announced today that it has entered into a supply agreement with Coulomb Solutions, Inc. (“CSI”), the North American distributor of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (“CATL”) Commercial Vehicle Battery Systems, to provide battery systems for their best-in-class electric delivery vehicles.   - CSI recently completed the validation of a new 120 kilowatt-hour (“kWh”) Lithium-Iron Phosphate battery system in Workhorse’s C-1000 delivery platform and will be providing production quantities starting in May 2021.   - CATL is the largest EV battery manufacturer in the world with over 60 Gigawatt hours (“GWh”) of current production capacity   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/y9v88/ Original Source : https://ir.workhorse.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/172/workhorse-partners-with-coulomb-solutions-to-supply-its   JEEP WRANGLER 4XE ORDERS GO LIVE IN EUROPE   - At home in America, the Wrangler 4xe is already trying to prove that electricity is not only good for the environment but also for off-roading   - across the pond in Europe, where the SUV’s order books just opened ahead of the official arrival scheduled for later this month (May 21st).   - the Euro-spec Wrangler 4xe will be able to cover up to 50 km (31 miles) in full-electric mode, according to the slightly more permissive WLTP homologation cycle. It remains to be seen what happens in the real world   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/g0hTo5/ Original Source : https://www.autoevolution.com/news/jeep-wrangler-4xe-orders-go-live-in-europe-along-with-higher-31-mile-ev-range-160676.html   HYUNDAI PLANS NEXT E-GMP MODELS BY 2022 & 2024   - According to a report in South Korean media, Hyundai is already planning its second electric model based on the E-GMP after the Ioniq 5 for next year.   - the second model based on the E-GMP platform is to be the Ioniq 6   - In the run-up to the premiere of the Ioniq 5, the Hyundai design team said they wanted to give each E-GMP model its own character.   - The Ioniq 7 is then to follow in early 2024. This is supposed to be a “larger SUV”.   - In total, Hyundai has announced its intention to bring twelve BEV models to market by 2025.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/z83xS/ Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2021/05/03/hyundai-plans-next-e-gmp-models-by-2022-2024/   WORLD’S TOP 5 EV AUTOMOTIVE GROUPS RANKED BY SALES: Q1 2021   - t's time to take a look at the plug-in electric car sales (and battery-electric car sales specifically) from the perspective of the top automotive groups. According to EV Sales Blog, almost 1.13 million plug-in cars were sold in the first quarter of 2021 and over 66% of them were battery-electric.   - Plug-in car sales in Q1 2021:   Tesla: 184,500 (16% share vs 19%) SAIC: 145,034 (13% share vs 4%) Volkswagen Group: 130,563 (12% share vs 13%) BMW Group: 77,873 (7% share) Stellantis: 66,613 (6% share)   - All-electric car sales in Q1 2021:   Tesla: 184,500 (25% share vs 29%) SAIC: 124,922 (17% share vs 11%) Volkswagen Group: 63,085 (8% share vs 11%) BYD: 38,826 (5% share vs 6%) Stellantis: 35,450 (5% share)   Top 5 total: 446,783 (60.1% share)others: 296,513 (39.9% share)Total: 743,296   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/A62tB/ Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/505585/world-top-oem-sales-q12021/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   FIA REVEALS ELECTRIC GT CHAMPIONSHIP PLAN AHEAD OF 2023 LAUNCH   - A new FIA Electric GT Championship promoted by Eurosport will kick off in 2023 using the rules unveiled by the governing body last month.   - The FIA has revealed the name, timeline and a format for its new electric-vehicle GT series at the same time as announcing that global media group Discovery Inc had been awarded a long-term contract of unspecified length to promote the series through its Eurosport Events subsidiary. It follows the announcement of the main principles of the technical regulations for the FIA's electric-vehicle category two weeks ago, which did not specify a name for the series or a date for its introduction.   - The expectation is that the series will expand into the USA in season two, according to the FIA's statement on Thursday.   - There will be two races over the course of each two-day meeting held on permanent circuits for the cars built to regulations framed to enable them to run in the same performance window as conventionally-powered GT3 machinery.   - Electric GT joins a Eurosport portfolio of FIA-sanctioned series that includes the WTCR Touring Car World Cup, the European Rally Championship and, from next year, the eTouring Car World Cup, which will grow out of the new-for-2021 PURE ETCR series.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/30hD3/ Original Source : https://www.autosport.com/general/news/fia-reveals-electric-gt-championship-plan-ahead-of-2023-launch/6503347/   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   EVs are connected cars. But, how much data are you willing to give up, and what are willing to receive in return?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. THIAS  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) TODD OAKES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THE PLUGSEEKER – EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)     CONNECT WITH ME! EVne.ws/itu nes EVne.ws/tunein EVne.ws/googleplay EVne.ws/stitcher EVne.ws/youtube EVne.ws/iheart EVne.ws/blog EVne.ws/patreon   Check out MYEV.com for more details: https://www.myev.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Tesla taps startup to build cheaper, cleaner batteries MG Roof Rails Saga Ends After 7 Months Ford Mustang Mach-E Production Numbers Ford Mustang Mach-E Deliveries Begin In Norway Kia EV6 now available for factory order Mercedes-Benz EQA Adds All Wheel Drive Variants Ford Opens E-Transit Registration Site Tesla offers pedestrian warning system in select older models Norway: Volkswagen ID.4 Top Selling Model In April ‘21 EV Battery Maker Hong Kong's Richest Person Volkswagen throws down the emissions gauntlet       Show #1073   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Wednesday 5th May. 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.   TESLA TAPS TINY STARTUP’S TECH TO BUILD CHEAPER, CLEANER BATTERIES - Two weeks before Battery Day, Tesla purchased a number of patent applications from Springpower International, a small company based just outside Toronto, for a grand total of $3, according to public records.   - Buying the patent application means that when the patent itself was finally granted in January, it was issued to Tesla, with no mention of Springpower.   - Manufacturing cathodes for electric vehicle batteries traditionally generates large quantities of contaminated water — up to 4,000 gallons containing ammonia, metal particles and toxic chemicals for every ton of cathode material produced. Springpower’s process cleverly recirculates the chemical solution, removing the need for expensive water treatment.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/XZtxS/ Original Source : https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/04/tesla-taps-tiny-startups-tech-to-build-cheaper-cleaner-batteries/   TESLA USES SPRINGPOWER INTERNATIONAL TECH   - Thus, the purchase of patents, the description of Springpower technologies for the production of Tesla 4680 batteries, and several other factors indicate that the two companies have close cooperation, and perhaps hint at something more, such as an acquisition. For example, Springpower CEO Michael Wang has consistently interacted with posts by Tesla employees on LinkedIn, which may hint at a close and warm relationship.   - it is likely that Tesla has acquired a tiny startup whose technology was considered by others to be too far from commercialization. The symbiosis between Springpower and the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the world will definitely bear very juicy fruit in the form of critical savings in battery production.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/2KIGW/ Original Source : https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-uses-springpower-international-technology-to-produce-batteries-economically-and-environmentally   Amrit Bhogan | LinkedIn Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/CrN0y/ Original Source : https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrit-bhogan-b395a1140/     Yang Liu | LinkedIn Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/lki9B/ Original Source : https://www.linkedin.com/in/yang-liu-8b50a9a2/     MG ROOF RAILS SAGA ENDS AFTER 7 MONTHS - After initially marketing the all-electric MG5 EV as having a roof carry capacity of 50kg, then backtracking and telling owners not to put anything on the roof, MG should soon be able to confirm that owners can actually add 35kg of luggage to the car’s roof rails. Seven months after the car first went on sale.   - it came to MG’s attention that key testing had not been done and therefore it could not confirm how much load can be carried on the car’s roof.   - The latest development is that the roof capacity should soon be confirmed as 35kg, once final signoff has been received from the UK vehicle standards body, the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), following a long series of tests.   - MG told us a validation testing procedure was missed due to human error, and the company has since amended its processes to prevent it recurring. Similarly, the original stated capacity of 50kg was also a result of human error.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/rdZLr/ Original Source : https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/05/7-months-after-going-on-sale-mg-can-finally-say-whether-owners-of-its-electric-car-can-use-the-roof-rails/       FORD MUSTANG MACH-E PRODUCTION NUMBERS (1) Matthias Schmidt on Twitter: "20,960 all-electric Ford Mach-E manufactured during the first third of 2021 according to Ford data. As a comparison 42,200 Audi e-tron SUVs manufactured in 2020" / Twitter   - 20,960 all-electric Ford Mach-E manufactured during the first third of 2021 according to Ford data.   As a comparison 42,200 Audi e-tron SUVs manufactured in 2020   - Plus a cracking story for eagle-eyed journalists potentially not far off with the Mustang Mach-E YTD production possibly on its way to surpassing the ICE Mustang. Just over 5k units behind YTD, but surpassing the ICE  thoroughbred by almost 4K in month of April (more than double)   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/oRhjc/ Original Source : https://twitter.com/auto_schmidt/status/1389690912306044933     FORD MUSTANG MACH-E DELIVERIES BEGIN IN NORWAY - The first Ford Mustang Mach-E buyer in Norway just received his vehicle today.   - Ford Mustang Mach-E sales have been sliding downward in the US from month to month since its big February peak/launch.   - Several thousand are supposed to be delivered before summer. That explains why US sales are trailing off a bit. Ford still has only so much production capacity, and it is starting to spread it more widely. Norway is surely a priority.   - A Ford executive just confirmed with me that Ford’s first-year production target is 50,000, which was announce back in November 2019 and holds steady today.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/J5fry/ Original Source : https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/04/ford-mustang-mach-e-deliveries-begin-in-norway/     KIA EV6 NOW AVAILABLE FOR FACTORY ORDER   - Kia has opened factory orders for the ground breaking EV6 following a successful European reservation phase. The brand obtained 33,000 prospects, including 7,300 reservations   - Kia already secures 300% of the expected sales volume for 2021. Customers will be able to order the EV6 from their local dealer from today, ahead of production starting mid-2021.   - Jason Jeong, President at Kia Europe. “The high number of customers who have already put their name down for the EV6 highlights the strong demand and we are confident that the launch of the EV6 will be also very successful.”   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/Zje6N/ Original Source : https://press.kia.com/eu/en/home/media-resouces/press-releases/2021/Kia-EV6-now-available-for-factory-order.html   MERCEDES-BENZ EQA ADDS ALL WHEEL DRIVE VARIANTS - The two all-wheel-drive models can be ordered now. Later in the year, a version with particularly long range will follow.   - two powerful and efficient all-wheel-drive models can now be ordered in the form of the EQA 300 4MATIC and EQA 350 4MATIC. Prices start at 53,538.10 and 56,215.60 euros[3].   - Mercedes-Benz and the federal government are supporting the switch to electric mobility in Germany: due to a net list price of less than 65,000 euros for these two EQAs, an environmental bonus of 5000 euros from the German government supplemented by 2500 euros from Mercedes-Benz is possible[4]. The effective prices, taking into account both the manufacturer's and the federal government's shares, are then 45,443.10 and 48,515.60 euros respectively.   - The EQA comes with one year of Mercedes me Charge included. European Mercedes me Charge customers will enjoy Green Charging at all public charging points during this period at no extra charge.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/WqJTm/ Original Source : https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/The-EQA-model-family-is-growing-rapidly-Two-further-versions-with-all-wheel-drive-are-available-for-order-now.xhtml?oid=49879255&ls=L2VuL2luc3RhbmNlL2tvLnhodG1sP29pZD00ODM2MjU4JnJlbElkPTYwODI5JmZyb21PaWQ9NDgzNjI1OCZyZXN1bHRJbmZvVHlwZUlkPTQwNjI2JnZpZXdUeXBlPXRodW1icyZmcm9tSW5mb1R5cGVJZD00MTAxMg!!&rs=0   FORD OPENS E-TRANSIT REGISTRATION SITE - Ford today opens its website for hand-raisers to register their interest in learning more about the company’s first-ever full-size all-electric van ahead of order banks opening by July.   - MSRP of $43,295 for the cutaway – lower than originally announced – to $52,690 for the high-roof extended-wheelbase cargo van.   - more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the all-new E-Transit.   - It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri.   - A smart workhorse for U.S. cities, the zero-emission E-Transit was designed with insight from 30 million miles of customer telematics data showing that the average commercial van drives 74 miles per day. With a usable battery capacity of 67 kilowatt-hours4, the low-roof E-Transit cargo van has a targeted driving range of 126 miles3.   - Pro Power Onboard turns E-Transit into a mobile generator with up to 2.4 kilowatts of available power   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/0qV5S/ Original Source : https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/05/04/ford-opens-e-transit-registration-site.html   TESLA OFFERS PEDESTRIAN WARNING SYSTEM IN SELECT OLDER MODELS - Tesla has reportedly begun making available pedestrian warning system speaker retrofits for select Model 3s, after the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) deemed them necessary back in 2019   - Pedestrian warning system speaker retrofits were being made available for certain Model 3s made after July 5 2019 through September 9 2020, and Model Ys built before August 14 2020.   - Tesla had included the wiring harness but not the speaker – whereas all Model 3s built after September 2020 have the speaker already installed.   - the retrofit also “allows for use of the new Boombox feature in V10 as well.” Tesla’s Boombox feature was added with the Version 10 software and allows owners to play sounds audibly for those outside the vehicle to hear.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/XUdTK/ Original Source : https://thedriven.io/2021/05/04/tesla-offers-pedestrian-warning-system-in-select-older-models/   NORWAY: VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 TOP SELLING MODEL IN APRIL ‘21 - So far this year, over 40,000 new passenger plug-ins were registered, which is over 81% of the total market.   - BEVs: 26,388 (up 32%, at 53.3% market share) PHEVs: 13,921 (up 80%, at 28.1% market share) Total: 40,309 (up 45%, at 81.5% market share)   - Volkswagen ID.4 has made a huge splash in April with 1,824 new registrations and a market share of 13.9%. The ID.4, as a new model, probably has a long queue of orders to unload first. It was enough to become also the top model year-to-date with 2,684 units (5.4% share   - The Model 3 on the other hand, after an outstanding end of the first quarter, noted just 4 new registration   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/8DSbM/ Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/505111/norway-plugin-sales-april-2021/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   ELECTRIC-CAR BATTERY MAKER NOW HONG KONG'S RICHEST PERSON   - Zeng founded Contemporary Amperex Technology (SZ:300750) in 2011. While little-known as a name outside its industry, it supplies many of the world's major electric-car brands. Known in short as CATL, the company makes batteries for Tesla (TSLA) vehicles at the carmaker's new factory in Shanghai, as well as supplying BMW (BMWYY), Volkswagen (VLKAF) , Toyota Motor (TM) , Honda Motor (HMC) and the Chinese owner of the Volvo and Lotus brands, Geely Automobile Holding (GELYF) .   - Zeng owns around 25% of CATL, so his fortune has risen as fast as the battery maker's shares, tripling since early 2020. By Forbes calculations, there are 9 billionaires on their rich list that owe their wealth to their holdings in CATL. By comparison, there are eight Facebook billionaires, eight Alphabet (GOOGL) billionaires and eight Walmart billionaires.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/hBPlr/ Original Source : https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/global-equity/electric-car-battery-maker-now-hong-kong-s-richest-person-15645085   HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? VOLKSWAGEN THROWS DOWN THE EMISSIONS GAUNTLET   - Volkswagen has softened its stance on tough new European carbon dioxide emissions targets for automakers, betting it can absorb more stringent cuts than its rivals, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.   - Three sources told Reuters that Volkswagen, which owns car brands including Porsche, Audi, VW, Seat and Skoda, is quietly letting policymakers in Brussels know that it would support more ambitious cuts in emissions than other car manufacturers.   - Volkswagen has set itself a 2025 deadline for overtaking U.S. pioneer Tesla and becoming the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs), a plan that includes building six battery factories in Europe alone by 2030.   - Tensions over emissions cuts came to a head at a board meeting of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) in March, two people familiar with the matter said.Several chief executives said they were concerned about the prospect of tougher EU standards, as they could blow a hole in profits from fossil-fuel engines   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/MjT9K5/ Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-electric-emissions-insight/how-low-can-you-go-volkswagen-throws-down-the-emissions-gauntlet-idUSKBN2CM18N     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   EVs are connected cars. 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I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Volkswagen ID.4 Survives Mexican 1000 Off-Road Race VW plans to design its own computer chips Tesla Avoiding Global Chip Shortage Stellantis to hit emissions target without Tesla's help BMW / Ford Invest In Solid State Batteries Huawei deepens dive into EVs, seeks control of small automaker Tesla steps up engagement with Chinese regulators Germans discover lithium for 400 million EVs Xpeng & NIO Sales Strong In April Polestar 2 EV can now use your phone as a Digital Key       Show #1072   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Tuesday 4th May. 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.   VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 SURVIVES MEXICAN 1000 OFF-ROAD RACE - Racer Tanner Foust has competed in countless long-distance off-road races, but after bringing the all-electric Volkswagen ID.4 home after the  National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) Mexican 1000 off-road event on the Baja Peninsula, he was surprised. This was the first time he and co-driver Emme Hall contested a 1,000-mile race without a single mechanical problem.   - the only electric vehicle entered in the event.   - To charge the ID.4 in the wilds of Baja, the Volkswagen team will use a portable biofuel generator powering a 50-kW portable fast charger. As the NORRA Mexico 1000 race will be run in loops due to COVID travel restrictions, the team will attempt to complete about 98 percent of the stages in the loop event without the need for recharging.   - The interior of the ID.4 has been stripped of features such as the HVAC system and modified with a roll cage, safety racing seats and supplemental screens for key data like battery temperature.   - Foust noted that their main issue was charge time; he and Hall could travel similar distances to their ICE counterparts, but they needed to wait longer to fill up the battery.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/ErqCx/ Original Source : https://jalopnik.com/volkswagen-id-4-survives-mexican-1000-off-road-race-wit-1846807213   SOFTWARE, SOLAR ENERGY: THE RISKY CONVERSION PLAN FROM VW BOSS DIESS - CEO Herbert Diess orders VW to launch the next revolution after electromobility : he wants to create the fully networked and self-steering vehicle with its own processors .The 2030 strategy , which the VW boss is currently working on, is intended to bring the group on a par with Tesla and Apple . But does the lucrative core business still attract enough attention ? Many in the company doubt this.In an interview with the Handelsblatt explained VW CEO Herbert Diess , why carmaker software and hardware need to understand   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/AGG4ev/ Original Source : https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/software-chips-solarenergie-die-autonome-bewegung-diess-verordnet-vw-nach-der-e-mobilitaet-schon-die-naechste-revolution/27144790.html?ticket=ST-1321144-ZGiNQZPYOCPzV7pVSB2a-ap6     VW PLANS TO DESIGN ITS OWN COMPUTER CHIPS | AUTOBLOG - Volkswagen did not plan to build semiconductors but wanted to own patents if possible, Diess said, adding that the group's software unit Cariad would develop the expertise and expand.  It would not, however, give VW an edge in terms of supply, which has been an ongoing issue for automakers in the face of skyrocketing demand from virtually every manufacturing sector that utilizes electronic components.   - "Apple and Tesla have higher competence in terms of how semiconductors are defined,   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/4Vx8y/ Original Source : https://www.autoblog.com/2021/05/02/vw-design-microchips/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZW5nYWRnZXQuY29tL3Z3LWNoaXBzLWZvci1zZWxmLWRyaXZpbmctY2Fycy0yMDI2NDU0ODIuaHRtbD9ndWNjb3VudGVyPTE&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMWmSePSf6ogjjR9uSpjhrp3iCHKyAt18in5m_k38eMnjShjDMMMB0FIRZXpiyYjYG9Xy4k0g2XLXfNKywb5nRn_L5F62bFSDFXM3aExJH5SWgXCp1-YZB5Ang8EcQQmADpWPBaOfAtMdX-i5SszI1wCxPKA7f0iLgw24c95h3k2     HOW TESLA PIVOTED TO AVOID THE GLOBAL CHIP SHORTAGE THAT COULD LAST YEARS - ELECTREK - “In Q1, we were able to navigate through global chip supply shortage issues in part by pivoting extremely quickly to new microcontrollers, while simultaneously developing firmware for new chips made by new suppliers.”   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/91fOy/ Original Source : https://electrek.co/2021/05/03/how-tesla-pivoted-avoid-global-chip-shortage/     STELLANTIS TO HIT EMISSIONS TARGET WITHOUT TESLA'S HELP, SAYS CEO | REUTERS - Stellantis expects to achieve its European carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions targets this year without environmental credits bought from Tesla, its CEO said in an interview published on Tuesday.   - FCA, which spent about 2 billion euros ($2.40 billion) to buy European and U.S. CO2 credits from electric vehicle maker Tesla over the 2019-2021   - we will autonomously meet carbon dioxide emission regulations as early as this year,” Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares said in the interview with French weekly Le Point.   - FCA will no longer have to pool with Tesla or anyone.”   - European regulations require all car manufacturers to reduce CO2 emissions for private vehicles to an average of 95 grams per kilometre this year.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/YQVYj/ Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/article/us-stellantis-environment-electric/stellantis-to-hit-emissions-target-without-teslas-help-says-ceo-idUSKBN2CL1IM     BMW GROUP STRENGTHENS LEADERSHIP POSITION IN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY WITH INVESTMENT IN SOLID-STATE INNOVATOR SOLID POWER   - Solid Power, an   industry-leading producer of all solid-state batteries for electric   vehicles, today announced a $130 million Series B investment round led   by the BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and Volta Energy Technologies.   - BMW Group   and Ford aim to utilize Solid Power’s low-cost, high-energy all   solid-state battery technology in forthcoming electric vehicles.   - Ted   Miller, Ford’s manager of Electrification Subsystems and Power Supply   Research. “By simplifying the design of solid-state versus lithium-ion   batteries, we’ll be able to increase vehicle range, improve interior   space and cargo volume, deliver lower costs and better value for   customers and more efficiently integrate this kind of solid-state   battery cell technology into existing lithium-ion cell production processes.”   - Solid Power’s truly   all-solid cell designs achieve higher energy densities, are safer and   are expected to cost less than today’s best-performing lithium-ion   battery cells.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/7qu5v/ Original Source : https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0331495EN/bmw-group-strengthens-leadership-position-in-battery-technology-with-investment-in-solid-state     EXCLUSIVE HUAWEI DEEPENS DIVE INTO EVS, SEEKS CONTROL OF SMALL AUTOMAKER -sources | Reuters - China’s Huawei Technologies is in talks to take control of a small domestic automaker’s electric vehicle unit, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said, a move that would be a strategic shift for the world’s largest telecom equipment maker.   - Huawei, which has been battered by U.S. sanctions, is in talks with Chongqing Sokon (601127.SS) to acquire a controlling stake in the latter's Chongqing Jinkang New Energy Automobile, said the sources.   - inkang counts U.S. EV brand Seres, formerly known as SF Motors, as its main asset.   - Huawei's foray into EVs comes as technology firms such as Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) have been stepping up efforts in the world's biggest market for such vehicles, as Beijing heavily promotes greener vehicles to reduce carbon emissions.   - For months, Huawei has been deeply involved in the operation and manufacturing of the little-known Sokon and its loss-making Seres unit.Under the tie-up, Seres's first model, "Huawei Smart Selection" SF5, debuted at the Shanghai Auto Show and received over 3,000 orders within two days after the pre-sale started last week, according to Sere   - Huawei is selling sf5 vehicles in its stores across China including its online store VMall.com.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/gEUTw/ Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/exclusive-huawei-deepens-dive-into-evs-seeks-control-small-automaker-sources-2021-04-29/   TESLA, UNDER SCRUTINY IN CHINA, STEPS UP ENGAGEMENT WITH REGULATORS, REPORT SAYS - Tesla's change of strategy leading to more behind-the-scenes interaction with policymakers in Beijing compared to relatively little previously shows the seriousness with which the U.S. automaker views the setbacks in its second-biggest market.   - Manufacturers typically join such meetings in China, but unlike rivals including Toyota and General Motors, Tesla officials were largely absent from the closed-door gatherings, according to four people familiar with the matter.   - in past weeks, Tesla executives attended at least four policy discussions, on topics including auto data storage, vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technologies, car recycling and carbon emissions, the people said.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/uznaS/ Original Source : https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/tesla-under-scrutiny-china-steps-engagement-regulators-report-says     GERMANS DISCOVER ENOUGH LITHIUM IN THE RHINE RIVER VALLEY TO BUILD 400 MILLION EVS - SLASHGEAR - Germany has announced that it has discovered significant lithium deposits beneath the Rhine River and plans to mine the critical material. According to authorities, the deposit beneath the river could hold enough to build 400 million electric cars.   - The lithium is in a molten state and is trapped inside underground springs of boiling water thousands of meters below the Rhine River. If the estimates of the size of the lithium deposit are accurate, it would be one of the world’s biggest deposits.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/7foPW/ Original Source : https://www.slashgear.com/germans-discover-enough-lithium-in-the-rhine-river-valley-to-build-400-million-evs-02671220/     XPENG ALMOST QUADRUPLED EV SALES IN APRIL 2021 - Xpeng noted another 5,000+ electric car sales in a single month, quickly expanding its volume year-over-year. Last month, the company delivered 5,147 EVs (up 285% year-over-year). Most of the growth comes from the addition of the second model - P7, which joined the G3 in June 2020. Xpeng offers two models, the P7 and G3:   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/mE150/ Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/504994/xpeng-ev-sales-april-2021/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   NIO EV SALES NEAR RECORD HIGH IN APRIL 2021     - NIO more than doubled its electric car sales in April to a near-record level despite the chip shortage affecting manufacturing. Last month, the company delivered 7,102 EVs in China (a fourth 7,000+ result in the last five months), which is 125% more than a year ago and very close to March's record.   - ES6 (5-seat SUV): 3,163 (up 9% year-over-year) EC6 coupe version of the ES6: 2,416 (new) ES8 (7- or 6-seat SUV): 1,523   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/VNFO2/ Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/504785/nio-ev-sales-april-2021/     POLESTAR 2 EV CAN NOW USE YOUR PHONE AS A DIGITAL KEY - ROADSHOW     - The Polestar 2 EV can now use your smartphone as a Digital Key, replacing the wireless key fob to unlock and start the car. An over-the-air (OTA) update for the vehicle and an updated version of the Polestar app are required to make use of the beta functionality.   - The Polestar 2's Digital Key feature makes use of 18 Bluetooth sensors in and around the vehicle's interior and exterior to detect the owner's smartphone running the Polestar app. An encrypted handshake enables the vehicle and the device to authenticate and communicate and allows the vehicle to accurately detect the position of the phone.   - Once the Polestar 2 detects that the car is inside of the cabin, the EV can be started and driven away.   - In addition to the Digital Key beta framework, the Polestar mobile app has gained a bit more functionality when away from the Polestar 2. The app can now display the EV's battery and range status, remotely activate climate preconditioning and lock and unlock the doors.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/nVyfF/ Original Source : https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/polestar-2-ev-phone-as-a-digital-key/       QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   EVs are connected cars. But, how much data are you willing to give up, and what are willing to receive in return?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Tesla’s German Plant Delayed Until Next Year But…Local Politician Denies The Berlin Delay Claims Tesla tweaks application for German Gigafactory Global EV Outlook 2021 New Lower Benchmark For Battery Costs by Steve LeVine, The Mobilist Citroën’s all-electric Ami is coming to the U.S. Ford F-150 Lightning Name Will Return for Electric Pickup Electric Highway opens UK’s largest high power motorway charging site GM Releases Fix For Chevy Bolt EV Battery Issue New Genesis Electrified G80: EV saloon arrives with luxury focus Arrival partners with Uber to design an EV for ride-share drivers   Show #1071   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 3rd May. 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.   Christiaan Hetzner on Twitter: "The series production start at Tesla‘s #GigaBerlin is delayed until the end of January 2022, reports @Automobilwoche, citing company sources (presumably at the #Grünheide plant). Among other issues, it cites problems between the structural battery pack and the new 4680 cells. https://t.co/2E1vUCIBbb" / Twitter   - The series production start at Tesla‘s #GigaBerlin is delayed until the end of January 2022, reports @Automobilwoche, citing company sources (presumably at the #Grünheide plant). Among other issues, it cites problems between the structural battery pack and the new 4680 cells.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/zozDx/ Original Source : https://twitter.com/christiaanhtznr/status/1388811992341925890   TESLA’S GERMAN PLANT DELAYED UNTIL NEXT YEAR: AUTOMOBILWOCHE   - Tesla Inc.’s factory outside Berlin won’t start production before the end of January next year due to delays affecting battery pack output, German trade magazine Automobilwoche reported, citing unidentified sources close to the company.   - Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gave the team in charge of the plant six more months to complete the project   - Tesla Inc.’s factory outside Berlin won’t start production before the end of January next year due to delays affecting battery pack output, German trade magazine Automobilwoche reported, citing unidentified sources close to the company.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/ojFWL/ Original Source : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-02/tesla-s-german-factory-delayed-until-next-year-automobilwoche   Tesla ‘Gigafactory’ in Brandenburg: Production to Commence with Delay – The Berlin Spectator   - In quite some time, Musk has not said anything about his project in Brandenburg, since he slammed the German authorities and the country’s infamous bureaucracy. He demanded changes to the authorization process in the land of sausage and cuckoo clocks. Brandenburg’s Environment Agency is giving him headaches. Musik is used to the much simpler procedures in the United States.   - Tesla has to remove parts of its ‘Gigafactory’, or even the whole thing, if it does not get the authorizations it needs   - Brandenburg’s government cannot wait for the factory to be operational, also because it will create thousands of jobs. It even created a Tesla Task Force which has helped the company.   - In part, the delays were caused by Tesla itself, since the company kept on changing its plans and had to amend applications for permissions all the time.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/rFxcZ/ Original Source : https://berlinspectator.com/2021/05/04/tesla-gigafactory-in-brandenburg-production-to-commence-with-delay/   BUT…LOCAL POLITICIAN DENIES THE BERLIN DELAY CLAIMS   - Brandenburg Economic Minister Jörg Steinbach, who has been one of Tesla’s most vocal supporters in their quest to open the German facility, isn’t buying the six-month delay story at all. Steinbach still believes Tesla is on pace for a late-Summer or early-Autumn start at Giga Berlin.   - “I don’t have the faintest idea of how anyone can come up with a six-month delay. If nothing happens out of the ordinary, I still expect a start of production in late Summer or Early Autumn.” -Jörg Steinbach, German Economic Minister, State of Brandenburg   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/0BwwH/ Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-berlin-isnt-facing-6-month-delay-jorg-steinbach-interview/   TESLA TO TWEAK APPLICATION FOR GERMAN GIGAFACTORY   - Tesla (TSLA.O) plans to tweak the application for its planned gigafactory in Europe, the German state in which the plant is being built said on Tuesday, adding it was not possible at this stage to say how long it would take to approve the site.   - The Ministry of Agriculture in the German state of Brandenburg said the amended application would include the construction and operation of a battery cell factory, which was previously flagged by Tesla.   - Tesla earlier this month sharply criticised lengthy regulatory processes in Germany ahead of the planned opening of its first European gigafactory this summer.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/2sqXT/ Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/no-timetable-approve-teslas-german-gigafactory-german-state-2021-04-27/   GLOBAL EV OUTLOOK 2021 International Energy Agency on Twitter: "We just released Global EV Outlook 2021, which shows accelerating momentum despite the pandemic After a 40% rise over the whole of 2020, electric car sales more than doubled in the 1st quarter of 2021 from the same period a year earlier Our report

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive Rivian To Partner With Nationwide For Insurance Program How Biden Plans to Build 500 EV Charging Stations Biden's first 100 days have already electrified the auto industry Electric cars to store renewables in the Netherlands 2021 Porsche Taycan Turbo Versions Get Higher EPA Range Ratings EV charging network ChargePoint now supports Android Auto   Show #1070   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 2nd May. 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.   Welcome to two new Patreon Producers! ALEX EFTIMIE and BETTY MCDANIEL   2013 MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG COUPÉ ELECTRIC DRIVE   - Unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in 2012 with deliveries beginning in 2013, it was anticipated that less than 100 examples would be built, but in reality production was far fewer. This car is beleived to be one of just nine examples completed.   - Powered by four electric motors at each corner bringing a total output of 750 PS (740 bhp) and 1,000 NM of torque, the SLS AMG Electric Drive’s transmission allows for seamless four-wheel drive performance. The car’s lithium-ion battery pack at full charge could provide a range of 250 km.   - Paddle shifters behind the steering wheel allow the driver to control the level of regenerative braking available, meaning that one-pedal driving can be achieved with ease.   - Believed to be one of only nine examples produced, these cars provided a rare glimpse into the future of the sports car, a future which is fast approaching, and as such the SLS AMG Electric Drive will continue to be highly sought after by collectors for years to come as it has set the standard for others to follow.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/KCWMV/ Original Source : https://rmsothebys.com/en/home/private-sales/r5104-2013-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-coup%C3%A9-electric-drive/1090213       RIVIAN TO PARTNER WITH NATIONWIDE FOR INSURANCE PROGRAM   - Rivian’s plans to sell insurance for its electric vehicles are now taking shape, with new details released about data-driven coverage and a partnership with established underwriter Nationwide.   - Rivian recently announced plans to sell insurance products as part of its digital ordering process. The company says by linking insurance to the vehicle itself, it will be able to diagnose issues more quickly and comprehensively, and even remotely. And those who use Rivian’s mid-level autonomous driving tool can get discounts on their insurance rates.   - Rivian Insurance will be available to customers in 40 states initially; insurance is generally regulated state-by-state. The policies will be underwritten by third-party carriers.   - The reason it’s possible is because of telematics, also known as usage-based insurance (UBI), a trend that’s grown within the insurance business for the past decade or so. That’s technology inside of a car that can track how fast you accelerate, how hard you brake—in other words, how risky you are. With super-connected vehicles like Rivian’s, there is simply more data available.   - Every Rivian vehicle is equipped with the company’s Driver+ suite of safety technology. Rivian Insurance customers will automatically receive a Driver+ rate reduction, in addition to any discounts for using the feature that automatically steers and adjusts speed on the highway.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/18Nal/ Original Source : https://www.wglt.org/post/rivian-partner-nationwide-insurance-program#stream/0   HOW BIDEN PLANS TO BUILD 500 EV CHARGING STATIONS   - President Joe Biden has proposed spending at least $15 billion to begin rolling out electric vehicle charging stations, with the goal of reaching 500,000 charging stations nationwide by 2030.   - he roll-out of chargers should match consumer adoption to moderate demand and allow time to expand the electric grid   - Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities: “In order for EVs to be more pervasive, it’s going to have to be gas station-like, where you can find an EV charging station with significant capacity” almost anywhere.   - The Biden administration has frequently likened the president’s infrastructure proposal and the EV initiatives within it to the roll out of the interstate highway system in the 1950s in scope and potential influence, which cost about $1.1 trillion in today’s dollars ($114 billion at the time).The gas stations that dot the interstates and reach out into some of the most remote areas of the country didn’t come all at once — they tracked with demand for cars and trucks as it rose over the 20th century, experts say.   - There are about 102,000 public charging outlets across about 42,000 charging stations nationwide today, according to the Department of Energy, with a third concentrated in California   - However, investment from utilities, auto companies and private charging companies won’t be enough without some government help, said charging specialists in each industry — both to support the market expansion and to ensure it happens quickly and equitably, as the administration has said it hopes to do.It’s also crucial in order to be competitive with China, experts say, which has dramatically outpaced both the U.S. and Europe in publicly accessible chargers.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/auPnO/ Original Source : https://www.govtech.com/transportation/biden-plans-to-build-500-ev-charging-stations     BIDEN'S FIRST 100 DAYS HAVE ALREADY ELECTRIFIED THE AUTO INDUSTRY   - An electric federal fleet   - EV tax credit renewal nabs attention   - $100 billion for direct EV rebates   - Half a million EV chargers   - Remaking America's EV supply chain   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/PsbqE/ Original Source : https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/biden-first-100-days-auto-industry-ev-emissions/?utm_source=reddit.com     ELECTRIC CARS TO STORE RENEWABLES IN THE NETHERLANDS   - We Drive Solar and Hyundai are planning to set up a network of 500 bi-directional EV recharging stations in the city and region of Utrecht. Through this technology, electric cars may contribute to the storage of renewable energy in a country affected by grid constraints.   - The stations will be initially tested on Hyundai's Ioniq 5 car, which is equipped with bi-directional charging technology.   - The project includes standardization and embedding of protocols, software-mediated control of charging stations, a scientific validation of the proposed “bi-directional ecosystem,” the large scale application of bidirectional shared cars in a green urban district, and coupling car-sharing reservations with bidirectional charging.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/1cS1S/ Original Source : https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/04/29/electric-cars-to-store-renewables-in-the-netherlands/   EV CHARGING NETWORK CHARGEPOINT NOW SUPPORTS ANDROID AUTO   - Android phone users will be able to find, navigate to, and start charging from a ChargePoint charging station from their car’s infotainment screen, without having to pick up their phone. Support for Android Auto follows the addition of CarPlay support in November last year.   - the Android Auto experience lets you view a map with nearby charging stations, check status, filter by metrics like availability and cost, and then start a charging session once you arrive. The in-vehicle app can also be set to notify the driver once a busy charging station becomes available.   - USA, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/3ruEy/ Original Source : https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/29/22409310/chargepoint-android-auto-electric-vehicle-charging-network   2021 PORSCHE TAYCAN TURBO VERSIONS GET HIGHER EPA RANGE RATINGS   - The 2021 model year versions of the top-of-the-line Porsche Taycan Turbo and Turbo S received noticeably better EPA range and efficiency ratings. However, the gain of roughly 10 miles or 5% is still too small to offset the difference to real-world results, which are usually significantly higher than EPA.   - Taycan Turbo is 212 miles (341 km), which is 11 miles, or 5.5% higher than before.   - Porsche Taycan Turbo S, the EPA Combined range increased by 9 miles or 4.7% compared to 2020 MY, to 201 miles (323 km)   Highlighted Source : https://share.getliner.com/oxe0V/ Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/504432/2021-porsche-taycan-turbo-epa/   QOTW   What’s the best consumer education for EVs in 2021?   RAJEEV NARAYAN Here in the U.S., and presumably in Europe,  the majority of car buyers have never driven an EV or may not even know anyone with an EV. Therefore an EV does not even come to mind when shopping for a car. A great many of these buyers  may be best served by an EV and don’t even know it. The most effective consumer education for them is free test drives that are heavily promoted, as once driven, EVs tend to sell themselves.   e-Tripping with Adam Gebbett Regarding question of the week. I would love to educate every new ev buyer that you do not need 500 miles of range. Why people bang on about range in the U.K. is a mystery. Bladder 100 miles, service station every 40 miles.   David Sawdon Great to see you back on YouTube. Love the addition of screen shots. Getting people in to electric vehicles is key. All loan vehicles while your ICE is in for a service should be electric cars to help adoption.   SACHA most effective consumer education imho starts with butts in seat . I haven’t had one passenger that wasn’t immediately intrigued and asking questions. Those that are really interested do more reading after that , ask follow up questions etc.   ED CORTEEN The best way to reach people who do not drive EVs is to give them a test drive, any Dealer who is serious should use EVs as service loaners for their customers. You can watch as many YouTube videos as you like but real experience is the only way to find out.   DAVID CURTIS To get more bums in the seats of EV is by word of mouth and seeing for them selves how great they are.   BYRON STUMMAN Thinking about the most effective consumer education method, I think it has to come from dealerships.  Commercials and news stories are great but people are physically buying their new cars at dealerships. The sales teams and management need to be pro EV, showcase the cars on showroom floors and encourage customers to give them a test drive. Bums in seats as you say. Currently from sales teams there is still a lot of apprehension and doubt whether EV’s are serious cars worth buying.   DOUG VOWLES Here in Ontario Canada, we have Plug ‘n Drive, (About Plug’n Drive – Plug'n Drive (plugndrive.ca)) an organization that provides free EV test drives and consumer education.  It’s non-profit funded by Ontario Power Generation and other companies with a stake in EV success.  But this is something that governments and auto companies should be mandating world-wide.  Sample a typical EV experience first and “get it” – then worry about what the best brand and model is.   MARK RICHARDS I drive for Uber with my Bolt.  And I get a LOT of questions about it from people.  In fact, I think I’ve convinced at least 5 people to make a trip to the chevy dealer to check one out…especially with how cheap they are going right now. I should work out a deal with a local Denver dealer to get me a commission

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Huawei beats Apple to the punch: SF5 electric SUV Eighty gigafactories may be insufficient if EV sales are to surpass ICE by 2030s Electric cars: What will happen to all the dead batteries? Tritium Selected By US Army To Support Fleet Electrification Toyota begins European roll-out of Proace electric van Another Chinese Name To Remember - Jidu Auto Nio Will Disclose Strategy For Selling EVs In Norway Williams, Italdesign tout fast-to-market luxury EV platform   Show #1069   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 1st May. 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.   HUAWEI BEATS APPLE TO THE PUNCH: SF5 ELECTRIC SUV "Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies has the SF5 electric SUV developed in partnership with automotive brand Seres which will be sold and marketed by Huawei throughout its flagship stores across China." says The Driven: "The SF5 boasts two electric motors powering an all-wheel drive powertrain producing up to 543-horsepower and 820Nm of torque, and is able to accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in 4.68-seconds, and offers all-electric range for daily city driving of 180-kilometres (NEDC) in what is called “pure electric mode”.The fact that there is a “pure electric mode” also clarifies how the SF5 can boast a headline-grabbing extended range mode offering over 1,000-kilometres, though this press release avoids mention of the 1.5-litre, four-cylinder engine which acts as the range-extending generator"   https://thedriven.io/2021/04/27/huawei-beats-apple-to-the-punch-sf5-electric-suv-debuts-at-shanghai/   EIGHTY GIGAFACTORIES MAY BE INSUFFICIENT IF EV SALES ARE TO SURPASS ICE BY 2030S "The global electric vehicle industry could face a problem of battery capacity in the future, despite plans for 80 new EV battery gigafactories. A recent ABB report, in conjunction with the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media, highlights the role of automation in meeting demand as EVs are predicted to overtake ICE-powered vehicles by 2036." says AutocarPro:" Battery production capacity will likely need to outpace EV demand to meet the rising need for lithium-ion power in other sectors, along with mitigating supply and production constraints. The report estimates that global capacity for lithium-ion batteries will increase from 450 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2020 to more than 2,850 GWh by 2030. The high price of EVs will increasingly create a barrier to further market penetration, reducing vehicle cost has therefore become a whole-industry focus. Given that the battery represents up to a third of vehicle costs, ABB is focused on solutions that improve battery manufacturing productivity."   https://www.autocarpro.in/news-international/eighty-gigafactories-may-be-insufficient-if-ev-sales-are-to-surpass-ice-by-2030s-79030   ELECTRIC CARS: WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL THE DEAD BATTERIES? "While electric vehicles (EVs) may not emit any carbon dioxide during their working lives, [Paul Anderson from University of Birmingham is] concerned about what happens when they run out of road - in particular what happens to the batteries." says BBC News: "EV batteries are larger and heavier than those in regular cars and are made up of several hundred individual lithium-ion cells, all of which need dismantling. They contain hazardous materials, and have an inconvenient tendency to explode if disassembled incorrectly. Recent proposals from the European Union would see EV suppliers responsible for making sure that their products aren't simply dumped at the end of their life, and manufacturers are already starting to step up to the mark."   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56574779   TRITIUM SELECTED BY US ARMY TO SUPPORT FLEET ELECTRIFICATION  Tritium, a global leader in DC fast charging technology for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced that it has been selected to participate in the Power Transfer Cohort, powered by the Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) in collaboration with Alion Science and Technology. This program focuses on advancing solutions that will support remote access, rapid recharging, and scalable infrastructure to help the Army move to electric vehicles EVs. Tritium is the only DC fast charging provider which was selected for the program.   Companies in the Cohort will work directly with the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team (NGCV) and the Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) to identify and explore EV infrastructure technologies that can work across the diverse fleet of ~225,000 Army vehicles operating in the most demanding environments.   Each cohort focuses on solving a specific problem aligned to the Army’s 16-year modernization strategy. The Power Transfer Cohort is an 8-week program, and each company selected to participate receives a contract for $100,000 with the potential for follow-on awards.   TOYOTA BEGINS EUROPEAN ROLL-OUT OF PROACE ELECTRIC VAN "Toyota has started the market launch of the Proace Electric and Proace Verso Electric in Europe. List prices in Germany start at 41,948 euros for the Proace Electric and 58,530 euros for the Proace Verso Electric. The smaller Proace City Electric is to follow in October this year." says electrive: "The Proace is not based on a Toyota platform, but on the EMP2 from PSA/Stellantis. The minibus is thus another offshoot to the three well-known models of the PSA brands Citroën, Peugeot and Opel. The Proace Electric is the commercial vehicle version (comparable to the Opel Vivaro-e), while the Proace Verso Electric is the passenger car model for private customers, like the Opel Zafira-e Life. The technical data matches that of the PSA trio: The 100 kW electric motor is used, Toyota also offers two battery options (50 or 75 kWh). Depending on the battery, between 230 and 330 kilometres WLTP range"   https://www.electrive.com/2021/04/27/toyota-begins-european-roll-out-of-proace-electric-van/   ANOTHER CHINESE NAME TO REMEMBER - JIDU AUTO "Jidu Auto, Chinese search engine giant Baidu’s new car-making venture, plans to invest CNY50 billion (USD7.7 billion) in the next five years and recruit 2,500 to 3,000 employees in the next two to three years, according to its chief executive." reports  Yicaiglobal: "Jidu Auto is likely to showcase its first vehicle at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition next April and will unveil one new model every 12 to 18 months after that, Xia Yiping told Yicai Global today. The firm has already built a core team of about 100 people, he said. Baidu founder Robin Li highly values the project and will play a role in key parts of its engineering and design work, Xia said, adding that Jidu Auto will launch a new round of financing soon."   https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/baidu-to-invest-usd77-billion-to-make-cars-in-next-five-years   NIO WILL DISCLOSE STRATEGY FOR SELLING EVS IN NORWAY ", the company will broadcast a news conference on May 6. We expect it to reveal the details of Nio’s global expansion." according to InsideEVs: "The Chinese carmaker had already revealed that it wanted to be in all major EV markets by 2024. Apart from China, that means Europe and the US. The news conference could be restricted to the Norwegian market, but we expect to learn a lot more."   https://insideevs.com/news/504249/nio-norway-sales-may-6/   WILLIAMS, ITALDESIGN TOUT FAST-TO-MARKET LUXURY EV PLATFORM "Williams Advanced Engineering and ItalDesign will market an electric-car platform aimed at premium brands looking to sell long-range, high-performance EVs costing more than 100,000 euros ($121,000)." says Autmotive News Europe: "The two companies say the EVX platform will enable companies to bring a car to market in 30 months to 36 months, about 12 months earlier than traditional development timings. Williams will supply the rolling chassis under the partnership, while ItalDesign will contribute the body design, safety systems, electric architecture, and limited production of up to 500 cars for customers."   https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/williams-italdesign-tout-fast-market-luxury-ev-platform     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Whats the most effective consumer education regarding EVs?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Western Europe EV Market – March 2021 See Jess Bezos Driving A Rivian R1T Charging Index places Mercedes in first place Ford nears decision to license VW tech for a second European EV GM Will Build a ‘Large’ Electric SUV for Acura in 2024 Volvo, Uber join call for EU-wide ban on gasoline" SK’s EV Battery Material Unit’s Seoul IPO Fetches $2 Billion Powerwall+ images and specs released Lotus to invest £2bn in switch to electric Kia EV6 electric car: UK prices start from £40,895     Show #1066   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Friday 30th April. 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.   WESTERN EUROPE EV MARKET – MARCH 2021   - PHEV volumes in Q1 2021 were ahead of BEVs for the first quarter out of the past ten   - German xEV production recorded its highest mix of total monthly production on record (18.8%) remaining within a 15% - 20% corridor for the sixth month out of the last seven.   - Tesla was the No.1 BEV brand in both March and Q1 and also recorded the most registered model with its Model 3 during the same periods.   - Tesla managed to halt its 12-month cumulative rolling market share decline at 13%. The report expects Tesla to regain traction in 2021, with its market share set to return to closer to 20 per cent by the end of the year. Its 12-month running peak was 31 per cent at the end of 2019 according to the report. VW Group led the way in the 12-month period up to and including March 2021 with 23 per cent share of the total BEV market.      - German xEV passengers cars in circulation (Parc) remain on course to be the first European market to hit the 1 million mark before by the end of this summer and just before German Chancellor Merkel departs her post, securing her electric legacy, all be it one year behind the government's original target.   - SUV/Crossovers remained the largest BEV car sector.   - The total West European 12-month BEV cumulative total up to and including March 2021 was 0.8 million units, with the 1 million 12-month cumulative mark expected to be reached this summer. The BEV share of the total market over the same period was 7.4 per cent.   https://www.schmidtmatthias.de/post/q1-2021-west-european-electric-car-market-report   From Jose Pontes: "#1 Tesla Model 3 – The sports sedan returned to form, by delivering 24,184 deliveries last month, a larger than expected high tide, allowing it to register 4 times more units than the runner-up Hyundai Kona EV. Regarding March, the Model 3 hade several 4-digit scores, namely in the United Kingdom (6,500 units), France (4,524), Germany (3,699), Norway (2,169), Italy (1,363) and Sweden and Austria, both with 1,192 units each."   http://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2021/04/europe-march-2021.html   But compare to January: http://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2021/02/europe-january-2021.html   SEE JESS BEZOS DRIVING A RIVIAN R1T   https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1387763989917151234 https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/7nrK1/s1/blue-origin-s-rivian-r1t-driven-by-jeff-bezos.jpg https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/kvyrn/s1/blue-origin-s-rivian-r1t-driven-by-jeff-bezos.jpg   CHARGING INDEX PLACES MERCEDES IN FIRST PLACE   "The victory of the Mercedes EQS is no coincidence and is based on several factors. For example, the EQS has the largest net capacity at 107.8 kWh. The battery of the Tesla Model S P100D still contains a lush 95 kWh. The Porsche Taycan comes in at 83.7 kWh. A lot helps a lot. The buyers of the Mercedes can draw on the full capacity." says electrive: "At the same time, the power consumption of the EQS is low on the motorway, thanks to good aerodynamics. The drag coefficient of cW=0.20 and the frontal area of 2.51 square metres result in a cA value of 0.5. With battery-electric cars that have a poor cA value, long-distance suitability suffers. This applies above all to SUVs, which have too large a frontal area due to their height. The third essential aspect for progress is the charging power in the defined window from 10 to 80 per cent SOC. All electric cars in the top 10 of the Charging Index have an average of over 100 kW. And the Mercedes EQS, unlike the Porsche Taycan, does not have an 800-volt battery system. But the large capacity enables a peak power of over 200 kW and an average of 164 kW even on a 400-volt basis. "   https://www.electrive.com/2021/04/28/p3-charging-index-places-mercedes-in-first-place/   FORD NEARS DECISION TO LICENSE VW TECH FOR A SECOND EUROPEAN EV "Ford Motor Co. is nearing a decision to license Volkswagen AG’s electric-car technology for a second model to be sold in Europe, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would deepen ties between two of the world’s largest automakers." says The Detroit News: "Ford has already said it plans to produce a car using MEB in Cologne, Germany, from 2023. Ford has been accelerating EV plans under Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley, one of the main architects of the alliance the U.S. and German manufacturers formed in 2018. Their cooperation initially focused on commercial vans and was expanded a year later to include self-driving technology and EVs"   https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2021/04/29/ford-nears-decision-license-vw-tech-second-european-ev/4888973001/#mainContentSection   GM WILL BUILD A ‘LARGE’ ELECTRIC SUV FOR ACURA IN 2024 "Honda quietly mentioned plans for "two large-sized EV models using GM's Ultium batteries," one for Honda and one for Acura, both for the 2024 model year. And they won't be built just from GM-sourced batteries, but by actual GM-employee hands, as confirmed by an Acura spokesperson to The Drive." writes James Gilboy: "Slated to be sold in North America first, these two electric crossovers will, according to a previous report, be built at two separate GM plants. The Honda model will reportedly enter production in 2023 in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where the Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox are made, and the Acura will allegedly follow in 202 at Spring Hill in Tennessee."   An email to The Drive: ""We are jointly developing two EV SUVs models using GM's Ultium batteries for the North American market as 2024 model year, one for the Honda brand and one for the Acura brand. As announced in April 2020, these will be produced by GM."   https://www.thedrive.com/news/40332/gm-will-build-a-large-electric-suv-for-acura-in-2024     VOLVO, UBER JOIN CALL FOR EU-WIDE BAN ON GASOLINE" "Volvo, Vattenfall and Uber are among 27 companies calling on the EU to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2035 in order to accelerate the transition to electric cars." says S&P Global Platts Analytics: "The EU Commission is expected to propose new targets in June as part of its "Fit for 55" package of legislation, which is intended to put the EU on track to cut overall emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050. Germany, the region's biggest economy and largest oil market, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands plan to end sales of new ICE cars in 2030. Norway, Europe's electric car powerhouse, has the most ambitious plan to phase out combustion-engine cars from 2025. The UK in November brought forward a ban on sales of new gasoline and diesel cars to 2030 to help decarbonize the transport sector."   https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/042621-volvo-uber-join-call-for-eu-wide-ban-on-gasoline-diesel-cars-by-2035   SK’S EV BATTERY MATERIAL UNIT’S SEOUL IPO FETCHES $2 BILLION "South Korean energy supplier SK Innovation Co. and SK IE Technology Co. have raised 2.25 trillion won ($2 billion) in the battery material unit’s initial public offering, the country’s biggest in four years." says Yahoo! Finance: "SK IE technology plans to use the IPO proceeds for capital expenditures related to capacity expansion in Poland and China, as well as for the upgrading and maintenance of its production facilities and equipment. The company announced last month it will spend 1.1 trillion won building new factories in Poland to meet growing demand amid an EV boom in Europe."   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sk-ev-battery-material-unit-042333700.html   POWERWALL+ IMAGES AND SPECS RELEASED "Tesla has now released the specs and the first images of a new Powerwall + installation after the power update announced by Elon Musk last week.  During Tesla’s earnings call on Monday, Musk said that the new Powerwall went into production in November of last year. Now Tesla has started sending spec sheets of what they are now calling the ‘Powerwall +’ to new buyers" according to Fred at ElectreK:" The Powerwall+ now has a top power of 9.6 kW, which went up from 5 kW continuous and 7 kW peak. Tesla has a new inverter with integrated breaker that sits on top of the new Powerwall+ – giving the installation a new look".   Still 13.5kWh.   https://electrek.co/2021/04/30/tesla-powerwall-plus-images-specs-released/   LOTUS TO INVEST £2BN IN SWITCH TO ELECTRIC "Sports car maker Lotus will build electric vehicles in the UK as part of a £2bn investment push aimed at massively increasing its production capacity. The Hethel-based firm yesterday announced that it would switch to selling only electric cars by 2028. Its last combustion engine car, the Emira, will launch this summer." says CityAM: "As part of the investment, the Telegraph reported that the firm would hire an extra 250 staff at its plant in Hethel, which currently has a workforce of 1,500. Over a ten year revamp, the firm expects to triple the site’s production capacity, it added."   https://www.cityam.com/lotus-to-invest-2bn-in-switch-to-electric/   KIA EV6 ELECTRIC CAR: UK PRICES START FROM £40,895 ""Full pricing for the new Kia EV6 electric car has been released, including a breakdown of the trim levels. Prices for the Korean brand’s new EV start from £40,895, with first deliveries expected to arrive in October." reportd AutoExpress: "Every UK model also comes as standard with the company’s long-range 77.4kWh battery, rather than the entry-level 58kWh unit offered in other markets. The entry-level Kia EV6 features a 226bhp electric motor mounted on the rear axle. The sportier EV6 GT-Line can be specified with either the 226bhp rear-wheel drive (£43,895) or a dual-motor, four-wheel drive 321bhp powertrain (£47,395). The latter set-up generates 605Nm of torque and will accelerate from 0-62mph in 5.2 seconds."   18 minute charging 10-80 and 316 miles of range.   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Whats the most effective consumer education regarding EVs?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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On today’s podcast: Volkswagen ID 4 GTX is performance EV flagship Volkswagen ID.5 teased Skoda starts Enyaq deliveries in Norway GM Ultium Charge 360 Electric Ford Mustang Mach-E to pace NASCAR Talladega Cup Series race Tesla’s head of UI departs Hyundai Kona Electric discontinued in Korea Third VW Plant In China Under Construction     Show #1066   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 29th April. 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.   VOLKSWAGEN ID 4 GTX IS PERFORMANCE EV FLAGSHIP "The GTX’s powertrain comprises a 201bhp permanent magnet synchro machine (PSM) on the rear axle, and an asychronous motor (ASM) on the front axle. The two motors combine for 295bhp, although Volkswagen has yet to confirm the torque output. The system can power the ID 4 GTX from rest to 62mph in 6.2sec, with top speed limited to 112mph.  When it goes on sale, the range-topping version of the electric SUV will be the first ID model to use the new GTX badge" says Autocar: "While the GTI line is centred around the Golf, Volkswagen has chosen to use the ID 4 for the first GTX model because of both the growing importance of the SUV market and the decision to use a twin-motor powertrain, which the smaller ID 3 hatch is unable to accommodate."   "The Volkswagen ID.4 GTX is on sale in Germany now priced from €50,415 (around £43,500), although that includes a €7,500 subsidy from the German government. Under normal driving conditions, the ID.4 GTX is propelled by the rear electric motor alone. However, when the car recognises a loss of traction or a demand for more power through the accelerator, it activates the front motor to keep the SUV planted or accelerating as fast as it can. " reports AutoExpress: "To support the more powerful electric motors, the ID.4 GTX is available with an optional Sports package, which adds lowered sports suspension and progressive steering - the latter altering the steering ratio according to the amount of steering lock applied. Volkswagen’s optional Sports Plus package builds on this further with adaptive dampers. To mark it out as the performance model it gets a new front bumper with LED-backlit intakes, a sporty rear diffuser and 20-inch alloy wheels. Matrix LED headlights also come as standard, along with dynamic indicators and a two-tone paint finish. Larger 21-inch alloys are offered as an option."   "Power is drawn from a 77kWh battery pack that sits underneath the cabin floor, and is capable of up to 125kW charging from rapid chargers. Estimated range on the WLTP cycle is rated at 297 miles – a drop of only around 17 miles compared to a standard 77kWh ID.4. VW hasn’t released kerb weights as yet, but thanks to the extra hardware on board expect a jump on a standard ID.4’s 2124kg figure, likely making this ‘electric GTI’ a 2200kg-plus proposition. " says the performance mag evo: "In reality, a 2.2 ton ID.4 is not the GTX we’re particularly interested in, but when Volkswagen (or likely Cupra) decides to drop this powertrain into something a little smaller and lighter, we’ll start taking notice of the ‘electric GTI’ connection VW is so determined to establish."   "The GTX name will be used on more upcoming all-electric ID models in Europe. The AWD version coming to the US later this year might not carry the GTX designation but will have similar technical specifications. When the driver hits the brake pedal, the rear motor is responsible for decelerating the EV while recovering energy. The front motor can recover energy in some situations. The rear motor can brake up to a deceleration rate of about 0.3g, after that, the hydraulic brakes kick in. In the D drive mode, energy regeneration only happens when the brake pedal is applied. However, when in the B (Brake) drive mode, power regeneration starts when the driver lifts off the accelerator pedal." says InsideEVs. The U.S. EPA range is 250 miles for RWD. "Standard features in the ID.4 GTX include a 30-color ambient lighting system, a heated leather steering wheel, leatherette seating with red stitching, a 5.3-inch driver's display, a 10-inch center touchscreen, the Hello ID voice assistant, a navigation system, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, lane keep assist, and automatic emergency braking.  Optional features offered in various packages include a 12-inch center touchscreen, an augmented reality head-up display, a surround-view camera system, adaptive cruise control, and the Travel Assist driver-assistance system."   And we couldn't get to the end without a comparison with the cars which still, for many, define the EV segment. According to Car & Driver: "Claimed performance is, frankly, underwhelming by segment standards. Volkswagen's promise of a 6.2-second zero-to-62-mph time translates to GTI-level acceleration but looks leisurely by segment standards, delivering on our prediction that Volkswagen's fastest EV will be slower than the cheapest and least powerful Tesla."     https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-2021-volkswagen-id-4-gtx-performance-ev-flagship   https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/354855/new-hot-electric-volkswagen-id4-gtx-launched-295bhp   https://insideevs.com/news/503979/volkswagen-id-4-gtx-electric/   https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36275982/vw-id4-gtx-revealed/   VOLKSWAGEN ID.5 TEASED "Recently, during the presentation of the ID.4 GTX, came the first major showing of the ID.5 and the confirmation of a GTX version of it. This is the latest vehicle to ride on VW's MEB platform for EVs but with a sleeker roof than on the ID.4.The front of the ID.5 is nearly identical to the ID.4, and the flanks are similar. The major change is the roof's distinct arch, whereas the ID.4 is a bit more angular. The design differences between them are not very significant." says Motor1: "The two models likely share the same powertrains."   SKODA STARTS ENYAQ DELIVERIES IN NORWAY "Škoda has started deliveries of its electric model Enyaq iV. The first model was delivered to a family in Norway. After the start of deliveries in the Scandinavian markets, Western and Central Europe are to follow from May and June 2021." says electrive: " the Enyaq iV 60 and 80 variants were available with rear-wheel drive – i.e. with 58 kWh or 77 kWh battery capacity. In the meantime, the basic Enyaq iV 50 model with a 52 kWh battery can also be ordered. The two all-wheel-drive models are not yet available."   UK pricing starts at £31,085 and UK deliveries start in a few weeks.   https://www.electrive.com/2021/04/28/skoda-starts-enyaq-deliveries-in-norway/   GM ULTIUM CHARGE 360 "Much like Ford does with its FordPass network, the Ultium Charge 360 will integrate GM’s own vehicle apps and software with a variety of third-party charging services, such as Blink, ChargePoint, EVgo, Flo, Greenlots, and SemaConnect. The goal is to create a seamless experience in which an owner of a GM electric vehicle can drive up to a station, plug in, and start charging without having to juggle multiple apps or third-party memberships." says The Verge: " lot will depend on the level of service provided by these various charging services, an aspect that GM will have little control over. EV charging in the US is a bit of a mess, with broken chargers, fraying cables, and unreliable maps. While GM can’t solve some of the more intractable problems, it says it’s doing what it can to make charging a little less of a headache. GM wouldn’t say whether its forthcoming EVs would include Plug and Charge capabilities, a new technology standard that allows a much simpler way to charge your car."   https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/28/22407789/gm-ev-charging-general-motors-ultium-charge-360   ELECTRIC FORD MUSTANG MACH-E TO PACE NASCAR TALLADEGA CUP SERIES RACE "The Ford Mustang-Mach E is hitting the track. The all-electric utility vehicle will serve as the pace car for the NASCAR Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, April. 25." says Fox NEws: "Ford's electric cars have come a long way in the past decade. While the Focus had a range of 115 miles per charge, the Mach-E is available in a version that can cover 305 miles between stops."   https://www.foxnews.com/auto/electric-ford-mustang-mach-e-nascar-talladega-cup-series   TESLA’S HEAD OF UI DEPARTS "Tesla’s longtime head of user interface design has left the company, and he has published some images of previously unreleased UI design for the Cybertruck and Full Self-Driving software in the process. These designs were seen partially in the Cybertruck launch but never so clearly…" says Fred at eelectreK: "According to his LInkedin profile, Pietryka left Tesla last month to create his own design firm called Moderne Grafik Anstalt. Pietryka has been replaced as head of UI design at Tesla by Ben Cunningham, who came to Tesla last year from Facebook. As part of Pietryka’s portfolio on his new firm’s website, the designer shared some images of his designs at Tesla."   https://electrek.co/2021/04/28/tesla-head-ui-leaves-leaks-unreleased-cybertruck-fsd-images/   HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC DISCONTINUED IN KOREA "There've been whispers about an uncertain future for the Hyundai Kona Electric, and on Wednesday we learned it's going away in the automaker's home country of Korea. The country's Yonhap News Agency first reported Hyundai will discontinue the Kona Electric locally as recalls for battery fires continue. The company will instead focus on the Ioniq 5 as its flagship EV for now." sayas CNET: "Hyundai recently revealed a refreshed model with new looks but an identical powertrain, set to go on sale soon in both Europe and the US. Korea, however, will have to deal with whatever models remain at dealership lots."   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-kona-electric-discontinued-battery-fire-recalls/   THIRD VW PLANT IN CHINA UNDER CONSTRUCTION Volkswagen Group China has begun construction of an all-new MEB plant at Volkswagen Anhui recently. As the third of the Group’s pure-electric vehicle manufacturing facilities in China, following completion of the Anting (SAIC VW) and Foshan (FAW-VW) plants, the Volkswagen Anhui plant will be powered by green energy from day one. Due for completion mid-2022, the plant is set for start of production in the second half of 2023. The plant is another cornerstone of Volkswagen’s global e-mobility push. 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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.   FORD'S TENTATIVE BATTERY PLAN This is where we were last year.   Jim Hackett, President and CEO: "It's a question that when maybe a year ago, we started to see lines starting to arrange around make versus buy, own versus source, so we had a deep discussion about this. I've met with a number of the people that you know that are in the supply side of this. And it was our estimation, in fact, our whole team went through a really deep dive on this six months ago, that the supply chain has ramped up since Elon built his Gigafactory. And so there's plenty there that does not warrant us to migrate our capital into owning our own factory. There's no advantage in the ownership in terms of cost or sourcing as what Ford can draw on."   https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2020/07/31/ford-f-q2-2020-earnings-call-transcript.aspx     " Ford Motor plans to invest $185 million into a new battery lab as a step toward manufacturing its own battery cells for electric vehicles, the company announced Tuesday. The funds will go toward constructing Ford Ion Park, a “pilot facility” for production that’s expected to open by the end of next year outside Detroit. The planned 200,000-square-foot lab is designed to accelerate development of the technologies as the company plans to “eventually manufacture” new battery cells and batteries" writes CNBC: "The company currently purchases cells from suppliers such as South Korea-based SK Innovation.  Ford’s new facility will not be a full battery cell production facility like Tesla has or like General Motors has announced as part of $4.6 billion investments in two U.S. battery cell production plants with LG Energy Solution. Ford is hiring 150 people for Ion Park and has already brought on some employees."   https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/27/ford-moves-to-make-electric-vehicle-battery-cells.html   Ford Authority said: "The Ford Ion Park team also is exploring better integration and innovation opportunities across all aspects of the value chain – from mines to recycling – working with all teams within Ford, including experts at Ford’s new Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory, Ford Customer Service Division, plus key suppliers and partners."  The continue: "This 200,000 square-foot learning lab will include pilot-scale equipment for electrode, cell, and array design and manufacturing and will use state-of-the-art technology to pilot new manufacturing techniques that will allow Ford to quickly scale breakthrough battery cell designs with novel materials once the company vertically integrates battery cells and batteries"   https://fordauthority.com/2021/04/ford-ion-park-revealed-as-new-battery-research-and-development-center-video/   THE WILD WAYS GM'S GETTING THE LYRIQ AND HUMMER EV TO MARKET SO QUICKLY "Reservations for the $59,990 2023 Cadillac Lyriq will begin in September. Meanwhile, deliveries of the vehicle are set for the first quarter of 2022. The original timeline saw the Lyriq going on sale at the end of 2022." so how did GM engineers knock 9 months off the timeframe? asks MotorTrend: "Credit a mix of cost-cutting necessity, a need for speed, the flexibility of a new electric vehicle architecture, and the realization that greater reliance on virtual tools can get the job done.  The Lyriq is part of a new wave of electric vehicles from GM on its new BEV3 electric vehicle architecture, now referred to as the Ultium platform because it uses Ultium batteries developed by the automaker with LG Chem. The first Ultium-based vehicle to hit the market will be the 2022 GMC Hummer EV pickup this fall. The Lyriq will be second to bat. Both vehicles are being developed twice as fast as core GM products were created in the past."   And neccessity is the mother of invention. GM slashed costs by $4.5bn annually from 2018, and that forced designers to use virtual development more extensively.Also less reliance on building prototypes, wind tunnels and physical crash tests. Which you can do hundreds of times over without the month it takes to rig a real test car with all the sensors.   So what are the other platforms important to EVs? They include MEB at VW, and E-GMP at Hyundai.   https://www.motortrend.com/news/gm-cadillac-gmc-lyriq-hummer-ev-market-launch/   VOLKSWAGEN’S PROJECT TRINITY EV "Volkswagen is hard at work on its next-generation electric vehicle currently known as Project Trinity is expected to debut in 2026. It will be one of the first VW group vehicles to be built on a new dedicated electric vehicle architecture, called Scalable Systems Platform (SSP for short), that will allow for more range, more advanced tech and a slight rethink of VW’s business model (because most of the group's models will end up using this platform)." reports InsideEVs: "The SSP chassis architecture is also important to delve deeper into. It will eventually not only replace today’s MEB platform, but also the PPE platform used in the VW group’s larger and more luxurious electric offerings. PPE isn’t even out yet, but Audi used it to underpin its close-to-production A6 e-tron concept that recently bowed at the Shanghai auto show. The plan is said to be for SSP to be used for around 80 percent of the VW group’s future models."   https://insideevs.com/news/503889/vw-project-trinity-ssp-platform/ https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-project-trinity-herald-car-buying-revolution     TESLA TO TWEAK APPLICATION FOR GERMAN GIGAFACTORY, MINISTRY SAYS "Tesla (TSLA.O) plans to tweak the application for its planned gigafactory in Europe, the German state in which the plant is being built said on Tuesday, adding it was not possible at this stage to say how long it would take to approve the site." reports Reuters: "Tesla had said on Monday that the construction of the factory, located in Gruenheide outside Berlin, was moving forward, adding production and deliveries were "on track for late 2021". The Ministry of Agriculture in the German state of Brandenburg said the amended application would include the construction and operation of a battery cell factory, which was previously flagged by Tesla."   https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/no-timetable-approve-teslas-german-gigafactory-german-state-2021-04-27/   RENAULT IS GEARING UP FOR EV SALES OF 65% BY 2025 "Renault CEO Luca de Meo has set new targets for the electrification of the brand in Europe. In 2025, the share of electrified passenger cars should be 65%. By 2030, that figure should be at least 90%." says Next Greencar: "By 2030, emissions from Groupe Renault vehicles sold in Europe (i.e. including brands such as Alpine or Dacia) are to be reduced by 65%, but only by 35% worldwide. This suggests the French company expects a significant hybrid share of new car sales in 2030. The CEO also announced that Renault will not develop a new engine for the “last generation” of diesel vehicles. Instead, he said, an existing engine will be adapted. Renault develops and builds its own internal combustion engines, some of which have been supplied to other carmakers, including Daimler."   https://www.nextgreencar.com/news/9139/renault-is-gearing-up-for-ev-sales-of-65-by-2025/   AMAZON’S FIRST ELECTRIC VANS STARTED DELIVERING PACKAGES IN THE DENVER AREA "The first Amazon deliveries using new Rivian electric vans reached Denver this week, one of 16 U.S. locations the online retailer plans to deploy electric vehicles on its routes." says ColoradoSun.com: "The Denver-area routes are part of an initial test in different climates that is also occurring in a few other U.S. cities before the Rivian EV program expands. But its R1T electric truck and R1S electric SUV are different from the custom Amazon vans. The consumer models are expected to have a range of 300 miles, compared with 150 for the Amazon vans. The limited range means Colorado delivery routes will be in the Aurora, Boulder, Denver and Thornton neighborhoods near existing Amazon warehouses, said Nikki Wheeler, an Amazon spokeswoman.  “The range we’re sharing is what we have seen based on current testing,” she said."   https://coloradosun.com/2021/04/27/amazon-electric-vans-denver-rivian/ https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazons-custom-electric-delivery-vehicles-are-starting-to-hit-the-road   HYUNDAI'S N-DAY - TEASES PERFORMANCE ELECTRIC "Hyundai is on a wild streak lately, building high-performance versions of its existing vehicles like the Kona N, revealed today. However, in announcing that sporty compact crossover, the company also teased that it would soon build a full-blown N vehicle based on its all-electric E-GMP platform, indicating that zero-emissions performance will soon be on the menu from Hyundai." says Motor1: " Lessons from the Veloster N ETCR program seem to have informed Hyundai’s high-performance aspirations, evidenced by the RM20e concept that debuted last year. The RM20e prototype, which was developed in partnership with Rimac, boasts a wild 810 horsepower"   https://www.motor1.com/news/503719/hyundai-electric-hydrogen-n-model/   SAMSUNG FIRST US BATTERY FACTORY "Samsung's first megafactory on American soil is looking more likely after it agreed a deal to provide batteries for electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian. The potential development of a mega-plant in the US would represent a massive step forward for Samsung SDI — the battery affiliate of the South Korean tech giant — which to date only has one facility outside of Asia, in Hungary." says Business INsider: "While Rivian has yet to reveal its production targets, Bloomberg reports that the company will try to produce as many as 40,000 new EVs in its first year with that figure eventually rising to 300,000."   Simon Moores, managing director at research group Benchmark Mineral Intelligence: "At a production rate of 40,000 EVs a year, Rivian will need over 7 gigawatt-hours of lithium-ion battery cells annually. If all of this supply is from Samsung that's the equivalent of 12% of the Korean battery maker's annual capacity in 2020. Any multi-gigawatt-hour contract with an automaker will need a plant on the same continent"   Moores said that shipping large quantities of lithium batteries over long distances was "difficult" and that they were registered as hazardous goods.   https://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-first-us-megafactory-battery-rivian-2021-4?r=US&IR=T   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Whats the most effective consumer education regarding EVs?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Tesla Q1 Earnings: What You Need to Know Tesla turns a record profit despite new Model S/X Delay Deliveries Of The New Model S Should Start Very Shortly Tesla Stays Quiet on Semi progress Tesla Sold Bitcoin in Q1 for Proceeds of $272M Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscription is coming soon Elon Musk Says: "Insane difficulties" for Tesla Elon Musk's Best Quotes   Show #1065   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Tuesday 27th April. 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.   TESLA Q1 EARNINGS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW "A look at Tesla's operating metrics and financials shows a growth stock in its purest form. In addition to its skyrocketing vehicle deliveries and revenue, vehicle production, megawatts of solar deployments, and megawatt-hours of energy storage installations all soared 76%, 163%, and 71% year over year, respectively, in Q1. " says Fool.com: "However, if you were to exclude the $299 million stock-based compensation awarded to CEO Elon Musk during the quarter for the achievement of a market capitalization and operational milestone, Tesla would have been profitable even without regulatory credits. Tesla also noted that its Model Y production rate at its factories in Shanghai and California is improving. On a similar note, management said construction of its factories in Berlin and Texas is on track for vehicle production and deliveries from the factories to start late this year."   https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/27/tesla-q1-earnings-what-you-need-to-know/   TESLA TURNS A RECORD PROFIT DESPITE NEW MODEL S/X DELAY "Tesla generated $10.4 billion in sales the first quarter, and recorded a $438 million profit. That’s basically double the revenue it generated in the first quarter of 2020, when Tesla had to temporarily shut down its factory in China due to the earliest outbreaks of the coronavirus. It’s also the most profit Tesla’s ever made in a quarter." says The Verge: "This is the seventh quarter in a row that Tesla has turned a profit, though the company was once again buoyed by selling emissions credits to other automakers. Tesla said Monday that it sold a record $518 million worth of regulatory credits, meaning that it would’ve finished the quarter in the red without them."   https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/26/22404198/tesla-q1-results-earnings-profit-model-s-x-y-3-bitcoin-delay   DELIVERIES OF THE NEW MODEL S SHOULD START VERY SHORTLY " Tesla wrote in its Q1 2021 report that the new Model S is coming "very shortly." Production of both the Model S and Model X was stopped for a couple of months (none were made in Q1) due to a major refresh. The company was expected to already produce and deliver the new Model S, but some undisclosed challenges affected the launch. From the brief info we can expect that we are now perhaps just weeks from the first customer deliveries" reports InsideEVs: "The Model S/X launch delay was not explained in details, but it seems that the upgrade was more challenging than expected, at least partially related to the "the ongoing global supply shortage. One of the most interesting notes was that the new Model S and Model X - according to Musk (via Teslarati), "are actually cheaper to produce." That's would be a major boost to margins as the prices of the top Model S/X Plaid are much higher than before."   https://insideevs.com/news/503704/tesla-models-deliveries-start-shortly/     TESLA STAYS QUIET ON SEMI PROGRESS "The company provided no updates on the long-delayed Semi tractor, saying only it is “in the background.”  It is also looking for help from suppliers that make battery cells as it works on its own advanced 4680 cell whose energy density is expected to increase driving range between charging. Full production of the advanced cells are 12-18 months away, CEO Elon Musk said" says Freight Waves: "The Austin Gigafactory is expected to eventually produce the Semi. Tesla has hundreds of orders for the truck, first shown as a prototype in 2017. It was originally slated for production in 2019, but that date has slipped several times. Media reports suggest the company could build a small number of Semi models at the Tesla gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, to fulfill an order for Pepsi Co.’s Frito-Lay distribution center in Northern California. Frito-Lay said as much in a recent sustainability report touting its environmental gains.|"   Elon: “This is not being done to the exclusion of suppliers. It is done in conjunction with suppliers. We have good relationships with CATL, Panasonic and LG,” he said on an earnings call Monday evening. “Supply us with as much as you possibly can. Provided the price is affordable, we will buy everything you can make.”   https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tesla-mum-on-semi-progress-as-it-posts-record-income   TESLA SOLD BITCOIN IN Q1 FOR PROCEEDS OF $272M "Tesla sold some of its bitcoin stash in the first quarter for $272 million in proceeds. The sale trimmed Tesla’s position by 10%, Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn said on an earnings call Monday." says Yahoo! Finance: "Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin in February. Kirkhorn said on the call that Tesla invested in bitcoin to earn yield on its excess cash in a low-interest-rate environment. While the company continues to deal with global supply chain crunches like semiconductor shortages or ship port capacity, he said the bitcoin market is a liquid market with an optimistic future."   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-sold-bitcoin-q1-proceeds-202359810.html   Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling premium sedan in the world - kinda From the sharehlder letter: "About three and a half years into its production, and even without a European factory, Model 3 was the best-selling premium sedan in the world, outselling long-time industry leaders such as the 3 Series and E Class. This demonstrates that an electric vehicle can be a category leader and outsell its gas-powered counterparts. We believe Model Y can become not just a category leader, but also the best-selling vehicle of any kind globally."   Mercededs C Class? Audi A4?   From 180k cars, looks like 120k is 3 so that's 60k for Y.   TESLA'S FULL SELF-DRIVING SUBSCRIPTION IS COMING SOON "Kirkhorn confirmed this during Tesla's Q1 2021 earnings call Monday, saying the company was waiting on just a couple of internal technical issues but that the feature should be launched very soon. Beyond that, he said that a subscription model for FSD would likely offer a great deal of recurring revenue potential, which seems likely." says CNET: "Of course, we don't know what Tesla would charge on a per month basis for the service, but we'd hazard a guess that it would likely represent a substantial chunk of an average buyer's monthly car payment"   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-full-self-driving-subscription-service-coming-soon/   ELON MUSK SAYS: "INSANE DIFFICULTIES" FOR TESLA "Elon Musk told investors during the Tesla's quarterly earnings call that the automaker has been forced to reckon with numerous supply chain issues in 2021. Musk said the company has had "insane difficulties" with its supply chain over the last quarter.  "We've had some of the most difficult supply-chain challenges that we've ever experienced in the life of Tesla," he said on Monday." according to Business Insider: "In February, Tesla briefly halted production on its Model 3 at its car assembly plant in California, citing supply-chain issues caused by backlogs at ports and severe snowstorms slowing down ground deliveries.  The global semiconductor shortage has wreaked havoc on tech and automotive companies. "   https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-supply-chain-issues-chip-shortage-insane-difficulties-2021-4?r=US&IR=T   ELON MUSK'S BEST QUOTES   "More likely than not, Model Y will be the best-selling car or truck of any kind in the world in 2022."   "Long term, people will think of Tesla as much as an AI robotics company as we are a car company, or an energy company."   On solar & storage: ""Why don't we do it? The energy basis of the earth is gigantic, super-mega-insanely gigantic. So you can't just go and do 1 zillion terawatts overnight. You've got to build the production capacity for the battery cells, for the solar cells. You've got to put that into vehicles. You've got to put that into storage packs. You've got to put that into solar panels and Solarglass Roofs, and you've got to deploy all this stuff.""   ""Prototypes are trivial, they're child's play. Production at large scale with higher liability and low cost - insanely difficult. Myself and many others at Tesla had to basically have several aneurysms to get this done.""   "We're talking millions of cars, a massive global supply chain, 50 countries, dozens of regulatory regimes. Solving those constraints and logistical problems makes World War II look trivial. I'm not kidding."     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Whats the most effective consumer education regarding EVs?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: YouTube Reviews For Hyundai IONIQ 5 Are All Positive Hyundai IONIQ 5 Thrashes Competitors At Charging Rimac Shows Off C_Two Hypercar Acceleration Tesla Earnings Call Preview. Rivian Update Website With Q&A This VW ID.4 is challenging the Baja peninsula   Show #1064   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 26th April. 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.   IONIQ5 YOUTUBE REVIEWS ARE OUT The embargo lifted early this morning for reviews of the new Hyundai IONIQ 5, so let's have a look at the highlights and takeaways from around the web:   Fully Charged - the most gorgeous car i've seen this year. Doesn't look like the crossovers everyone else is making. Acceleration was nice but not staggering.  The adapter to plug in your domestic plug lives under teh floor in the boot. He loved the regen paddles behind the wheel, the cliky buttons, the style of the interior is like driving an Apple Store. And he has a fight with the motorizes charging flap.   Jonny Smith - likes the 3 metres wheelbase, more than a Range Rover. Loves the flat floor, no rear wiper because the aero pushes the water off, 800v, the augmented HUD, said he's strugling to find fault with it. The 155mph top speed not a problem. Worth watching just to see what he powers from the car.   WhatCar? - likes the twin screens, the charge to 80% in 18 minutes, their version of Nissan's e-Pedal is the i-Pedal.   nextmove - loves the pixel lights, self-presentign door handles, he showed the internal plug socket which the UK ones didn't, he showed off the key which had buttons for forward and back. aka Tesla Summon. But he charges it on IONITY, charging at 223kW at 50%!   HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 THRASHES COMPETITORS AT CHARGING "Unlike the previous artificial example, this time we can take a look at charging results of Hyundai Ioniq 5 from 10% to 80% State of Charge (SOC) in South Korea on April 20, 2021, at an outside temperature of 19°C and the battery temperature of 15°C (initial, we guess)." says InsideEVs: "The charging curve is quite complex, with multiple sharp increases and decreases along the way. It starts at about 115 kW at 10% SOC, at 14-15% SOC it increases to about 187 kW, and then again to 220 kW at 29-30% SOC. The peak range is quite wide: between 30 to 51%. The peak value of more than 225 kW appears to be reached around 51% SOC, but then power quickly decreases (maybe due to too high temperature of the battery cells) to "just" 120 kW at 52-54%. Once the temperature stabilizes (we guess), the charging power increased once again to 170 kW. By 79-80% it decreases to around 130 kW."   https://insideevs.com/news/503522/hyundai-ioniq5-fast-charging-analysis/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   RIMAC SHOWS OFF C_TWO HYPERCAR ACCELERATION They say it will be the fastest accelerating production car in the world.  They did 10 launches, going from 80% to 60% over those runs.   "The fully homologated road-going prototype was put to the test in quarter-mile runs and managed to complete the task in 8.95 seconds at 156.1 mph (251.2 km/h) after doing 0-60 mph in 2.42 seconds in the very first outing with the tires still cold. Following several trial runs, the first proper quarter-mile sprint took only 8.94 seconds at 155.1 mph (249.7 km/h)." writes Motor1.com: "When a company's CEO says a 0 to 60 mph run in 2.33 seconds is "quite bad," you know that car is going to be an absolute rocket. After all, Rimac has previously said the production model will do the job in 1.85 seconds on its way to a top speed of 258 mph (412 km/h) thanks to a whopping 1,914 horsepower (1,408 kilowatts) and 1,696 pound-feet (2,300 Newton-meters) of torque."   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXe4X3rYIPw   TESLA EARNINGS CALL PREVIEW. Tesla earning call late and night and into the early morning for me, so that will all be on Tuesday's podcast. Their Q1 production and delviery numbres confirmed they delviered 184,800 and producer over 180,000 vehicles from Jan to Mar. Model S and MOdel X absence. No sign of the presenation of Elon Musk promised within a week, that was in January. Deliveries were due to start Feb/Mar and they're showing as July.  Not the first EV maker to face delays and won't be the last.   https://electrek.co/2021/04/26/tesla-tsla-q1-2021-earnings-preview-expectations/   RIVIAN UPDATE WEBSITE WITH Q&A Rivian R1T deliveries are on track to start in June, that's only just over a month away, and now they've updated their website to help the customer experience. They've called it...Experience! You can get info on the purchasing process, charging, service, and evne their own insurance product.   https://rivian.com/experience   THIS VW ID.4 IS CHALLENGING THE BAJA PENINSULA "Volkswagen is fielding its newest ID.4 electric crossover in the National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) Mexican 1000 race in the Mexican Baja peninsula. Most people are not aware that a Meyers Manx – an off-road dune buggy based on the iconic VW Beetle – won the inaugural NORRA Mexican 1000 back in 1967. And now, it’s the VW ID. 4’s turn to prove its merits in the harsh Mexican terrain." reports SlashGear: " It starts with a stock 2021 VW ID.4 1st Edition model with a single rear-mounted 201-horsepower electric motor and an 82 kWh battery pack. Next, the wizards at Rhys Millen Racing gave it a set of rally-style coilover struts, tubular lower front control arms, and boxed lower rear links. With the mods in place, the VW Id.4 sits two inches higher off the ground than stock. Rhys Millen Racing relocated the radiator several inches higher to improve both the vehicle’s cooling capacity and approach angle. You’ll also find additional skid plates and 8/8-inch steel reinforcements in the undercarriage"   https://www.slashgear.com/this-vw-id-4-by-tanner-foust-and-rhys-millen-racing-is-challenging-the-baja-peninsula-26670352/     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Whats the most effective consumer education regarding EVs?   Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. THIAS  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) TODD OAKES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THE PLUGSEEKER – EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)     CONNECT WITH ME! EVne.ws/itu nes EVne.ws/tunein EVne.ws/googleplay EVne.ws/stitcher EVne.ws/youtube EVne.ws/iheart EVne.ws/blog EVne.ws/patreon   Check out MYEV.com for more details: https://www.myev.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Rivian’s 7 Day, 1,000 Mile Return Policy Porsche plans EV battery cell factory in Germany World's Largest Motorcycle Market Will Start Using EV Scooters UK replaces France as Europe’s second largest electric car market Volkswagen survey shows American SUV owners and shoppers ready to embrace EVs Question Of The Week Answers     Show #1062   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 24th April. 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.   RIVIAN’S 7 DAY, 1,000 MILE RETURN POLICY "As it prepares to make its very first deliveries of the R1T pickup this coming June, upstart EV automaker Rivian is also taking a few pages out of Tesla’s playbook. That includes opening a handful of showrooms across the U.S. (one of which has prompted a lawsuit), launching its own insurance company, offering online ordering, touchless delivery, and mobile service, and now, Rivian has announced that it will also give buyers a generous return policy that spans seven days or 1,000 miles." reports FordAuthority.com: "This is identical to Tesla’s seven-day, 1,000-mile return policy that was offered until last fall when it mysteriously disappeared from the automaker’s website. Presumably, Tesla determined that it no longer needed to provide this extra bit of peace of mind to its consumers, but Rivian is in a different boat. The Ford- and Amazon-backed upstart hasn’t delivered a single vehicle yet and needs to assure customers that they have a way out if things go horribly wrong."   https://fordauthority.com/2021/04/rivian-will-offer-7-day-1000-mile-return-policy-at-launch/   PORSCHE PLANS EV BATTERY CELL FACTORY IN GERMANY " Porsche is speeding up its e-mobility drive with plans for a German factory to manufacture battery cells for electric vehicles, CEO Oliver Blume told a German newspaper." says Automotive News Europe: "European automakers are looking to reduce their dependence on Asian manufacturers as they ramp up production of electric cars to meet tougher environmental rules in the European Union. Porsche will purchase EV batteries from its parent company Volkswagen Group which plans to build half a dozen battery cell plants across Europe. Existing battery suppliers are focusing on volume so that more specialized needs such as Porsche's are falling to the back of the line"   CEO Oliver Blume: "Battery cells are a key technology for Germany's automobile industry which we must also have in our own country, Porsche wants to play a pioneering role in this.But there will also be a segment for high-performance battery cells, it's a Porsche domain. Just as we developed high-performance internal combustion engines, we now want to be at the forefront of high-performance batteries."   InsideEVs Speculates: "At this point, there are no details about the investment, but we can make some assumptions. For sure there might be battery chemistries that offer higher energy density and power density than in the case of mainstream/premium cars, but they come at a higher cost.  Moreover, there might be battery formats (cell type) that offer better performance but are not used due to higher manufacturing costs. Another path might be cells designed from the beginning for integration with the vehicle as a structural component."   https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/porsche-plans-ev-battery-cell-factory-germany   https://insideevs.com/news/503384/porsche-plans-battery-plant-germany/   WORLD'S LARGEST MOTORCYCLE MARKET WILL START USING EV SCOOTERS "Motorcycle makers have made some splashy announcements about the effort to electrify bikes, but nowhere near as many as carmakers have. Bike makers are taking a slow and steady approach to electrification, but Gogoro and Hero MotoCorp are now teaming up to bring EV scooters to the biggest two-wheel market of all." says Jalopnik: "Gogoro’s battery-swapping network and electric scooters are coming to India under a partnership with Hero, a name you may recognize as one of the world’s biggest bike makers. We may be well on the way to EV bikes! Gogoro, which estimates that there are currently “225 million gas-powered two-wheel vehicles” in the country."   https://jalopnik.com/the-worlds-largest-motorcycle-market-will-start-using-e-1846752188   UK REPLACES FRANCE AS EUROPE’S SECOND LARGEST ELECTRIC CAR MARKET "The UK overtook France to become Europe’s second largest electric car market in the first quarter of the year, amid rising demand for cars with zero exhaust emissions." reports the Guardian: "About 31,800 battery electric cars were sold in the UK in the first three months of the year, compared with 30,500 in France, according to analysis by Matthias Schmidt, an independent automotive analyst. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was the first year in which European consumers bought more than half a million electric cars. That is expected to double to 1m sales in 2021, although pure electrics will still be only a tenth of the total European car market by 2024. Germany is by far the biggest single market for battery electric cars in Europe, with 64,700 sold in the first quarter. That performance was helped in part by generous subsidies."   https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/25/uk-replaces-france-as-europe-second-largest-electric-car-market   VOLKSWAGEN SURVEY SHOWS AMERICAN SUV OWNERS AND SHOPPERS READY TO EMBRACE EVS Volkswagen of America announced today the results of a new survey that found that momentum and consideration of EVs is growing sharply with American SUV owners and shoppers, along with appreciation of their environmental benefit of no direct emissions, despite many of them having no experience of driving an electric vehicle. To gauge the appetite for electric vehicles, the new survey polled 1,000 SUV owners and 500 SUV shoppers in the United States—who are looking to purchase one in the next six months—and found that overall, more than 70% had never had the chance to drive an EV. Yet, 65% of owners and 76% of shoppers are more interested in EVs than they were a year ago. Almost half of owners (45%) and nearly six in 10 shoppers (58%) say they are likely to buy an EV the next time they purchase a vehicle.   https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/volkswagen-survey-shows-american-suv-owners-and-shoppers-ready-to-embrace-evs/   QUESTION OF THE WEEK ANSWERS   We were asking: would you buy a Chinese made EV?   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV?   ADRIAN BOND OF COLCHESTER EVS I think it depends more on the reputation of the manufacture than the country.  If the MG ZS EV had been out in the U.K. when we were ditching our ‘Self Charging Hybrid’ (calm down...) Mk2 Prius a few years ago, we wouldn’t have bought our PHEV Outlander.   MG China had already shown they could build quality vehicles at reasonable prices and the MG ZS EV is a great SUV. And if they build an MG TF EV, an EV version of a  great convertible that they already have the tooling for, I’d fight to be first in the queue.  And after all, a lot of the components used to make EVs are from China anyway, just that final assembly is elsewhere.   Thanks again for the great shows!   STEVE JOHN Would I buy a Chinese EV? I am the proud driver of a Polestar 2, and loving every minute of it

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   Show #1062   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 24th April. 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.     Earlier this week I did a livestream with Dan Caesar, the secret CEO of the Fully Charged Show. Robert Llewellyn is the founder and face of Fully Charged, but Dan came on board many years ago so help take it from Roberts vision of a Youtube channel largely being a one-man band, into a thriving commpany which has grown it's video and audio content, alongside a live events  business bring together both consumers and industry.   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV? Do you care where your car is made?     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. THIAS  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) TODD OAKES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THE PLUGSEEKER – EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)     CONNECT WITH ME! EVne.ws/itu nes EVne.ws/tunein EVne.ws/googleplay EVne.ws/stitcher EVne.ws/youtube EVne.ws/iheart EVne.ws/blog EVne.ws/patreon   Check out MYEV.com for more details: https://www.myev.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: BMW iX3 range test Ford, Volvo EVs Get Top Safety Pick as IIHS Declares EVs Safe Overall Tesla starts to issue reimbursement checks for eMMC recall repair Xpeng Opens Orders for the New P5 Sedan Volkswagen ID.5 coupe-SUV spotted ahead of official launch Hilarious “Best Electric Cars” List: AutoTrader Tries To Deny Reality Tesla increases Model 3 and Model Y prices again, now starts at $39,000 ABB unveils “next-generation” 350kW electric vehicle chargers VW ID.4 Beats Tesla Model Y Long Range In French Range Test   Show #1061   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Friday 23rd April. 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.   BMW IX3 RANGE TEST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciMe925Obg   FORD, VOLVO EVS GET TOP SAFETY PICK AS IIHS DECLARES EVS SAFE OVERALL https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36198634/ford-mustang-mach-e-volvo-xc40-recharge-iihs-top-safety-pick/   TESLA STARTS TO ISSUE REIMBURSEMENT CHECKS FOR EMMC RECALL REPAIR https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-emmc-recall-reimbursement-checks-secured/   XPENG OPENS ORDERS FOR THE NEW P5 SEDAN https://www.futurecar.com/4568/Chinas-Tesla-Challenger-Xpeng-Opens-Orders-for-the-New-P5-Sedan-the-Companys-Third-EV   VOLKSWAGEN ID.5 COUPE-SUV SPOTTED AHEAD OF OFFICIAL LAUNCH https://www.pocket-lint.com/cars/news/volkswagen/156612-volkswagen-id-5-coupe-suv-spotted-ahead-of-official-launch   HILARIOUS “BEST ELECTRIC CARS” LIST: AUTOTRADER TRIES TO DENY REALITY https://cleantechnica.com/2021/04/22/hilarious-best-electric-cars-list-autotrader-tries-to-deny-reality/   TESLA INCREASES MODEL 3 AND MODEL Y PRICES AGAIN, NOW STARTS AT $39,000 https://electrek.co/2021/04/22/tesla-increases-model-3-y-prices-again/   ABB UNVEILS “NEXT-GENERATION” 350KW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS https://thedriven.io/2021/04/23/abb-unveils-next-generation-350kw-electric-vehicle-chargers/   VW ID.4 BEATS TESLA MODEL Y LONG RANGE IN FRENCH RANGE TEST https://insideevs.com/news/503041/id4-beats-model-3-range/   President Biden Tours EV Plant In Push To Overtake China's Foothold On Market https://www.hotcars.com/president-biden-tours-ev-plant-in-push-to-overtake-chinas-foothold-on-market/   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV? Do you care where your car is made?     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. THIAS  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) TODD OAKES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THE PLUGSEEKER – EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)     CONNECT WITH ME! EVne.ws/itu nes EVne.ws/tunein EVne.ws/googleplay EVne.ws/stitcher EVne.ws/youtube EVne.ws/iheart EVne.ws/blog EVne.ws/patreon   Check out MYEV.com for more details: https://www.myev.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: 4 Named 2021 ‘World Car of the Year' Daimler unveils new electric truck charging station Ford Mustang Mach-E GT ordering opens next week Tesla says sorry as disquiet in China climbs Three Electric S.U.V.s With Tesla in Their Sights. Tesla Solar to be sold exclusively with Powerwall Tesla FSD's Low Adoption Rate Shows Why Subscription Must Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 EV Next To Model Zero Motorcycles Launches Anniversary Edition   Show #1060   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 22nd April. 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.   VOLKSWAGEN'S ELECTRIC ID.4 SUV NAMED 2021 ‘WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR' https://www.futurecar.com/4564/Volkswagens-Electric-ID-4-SUV-Named-2021-World-Car-of-the-Year   DAIMLER UNVEILS NEW ‘FIRST OF ITS KIND’ ELECTRIC TRUCK CHARGING STATION https://electrek.co/2021/04/21/daimler-electric-truck-charging-station/   FORD MUSTANG MACH-E GT ORDERING OPENS NEXT WEEK https://www.autoblog.com/2021/04/23/2021-ford-mustang-mach-e-gt-orders-next-week/   TESLA SAYS SORRY AS DISQUIET IN CHINA CLIMBS AFTER PROTEST https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/tesla-says-sorry-disquiet-china-climbs-after-protest   THREE ELECTRIC S.U.V.S WITH TESLA IN THEIR SIGHTS. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/business/electric-suvs-ford-volkswagen-volvo.html   TESLA SOLAR ROOF AND SOLAR PANELS TO BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY INTEGRATED SYSTEM WITH POWERWALL BATTERIES https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-solar-roof-powerwall-battery-integration/   TESLA FSD'S LOW ADOPTION RATE SHOWS WHY SUBSCRIPTION MUST https://www.benzinga.com/news/21/04/20719669/tesla-fsds-low-adoption-rate-shows-why-subscription-must-nio-exec-says   HYUNDAI’S IONIQ 5 EV NEXT TO MODEL IS CHUNKY https://thenextweb.com/news/hyundai-ioniq-5-actually-super-chonky   ZERO MOTORCYCLES LAUNCHES SPECIAL, LIMITED-EDITION DSR AS PART OF 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210422005296/en/Zero-Motorcycles-Launches-Special-Limited-Edition-DSR-as-Part-Of-15th-Anniversary-Celebration     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV? Do you care where your car is made?     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. THIAS  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) TODD OAKES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THE PLUGSEEKER – EV YOUTUBE CHANNEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)     CONNECT WITH ME! EVne.ws/itu nes EVne.ws/tunein EVne.ws/googleplay EVne.ws/stitcher EVne.ws/youtube EVne.ws/iheart EVne.ws/blog EVne.ws/patreon   Check out MYEV.com for more details: https://www.myev.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: LYRIQ EV Kills Combustion Siblings At Cadillac Largest Electric Vehicle Order For Volvo Trucks From Qcd Australians say government policy blocks EV supply OXIS Energy Set To Make Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Cell BYD Introduces 800V E-Platform 3.0 FIA Electric GT new tech regulations   Show #1059   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Wednesday 21st April. 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.   LYRIQ EV KILLS COMBUSTION SIBLINGS AT CADILLAC "Strikingly similar to the concept revealed last year, the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq will arrive in the first half of 2022, priced starting just under $60,000. Reservations open in September." repotrs Car & Driver: "As part of the announcement, Cadillac vice-president Rory Harvey said we will not get another new Cadillac model with an internal-combustion engine. It's all electric from now on, in North America at least. More than 300 miles of range on a full charge, a 19.2-kW onboard charger, Super Cruise, and a 33-inch screen put the Lyriq right in line with other upscale EVs being offered in the coming years."   "Cadillac is expected to lead GM’s plans to exclusively offer EVs by 2035. That includes at least 30 new EVs by 2025 under a $27 billion investment plan in electric and autonomous vehicles during that time frame." says CNBC.com: "The Lyriq, starting at $59,990, will be among the first to market with GM’s next-generation EV platform and battery system, known as Ultium. The vehicle will only come in one configuration for the first model year to simplify production.The Lyriq’s interior, like the show car, also features a curved 33-inch-diagonal advanced LED screen the spans the entire viewing area of the driver."   "Reservations for the two-row, five-passenger crossover with the rakish rear window will open in September and production begins at the Spring Hill plant in Tennessee in the first quarter of 2022. Oh, and the attainable pricing rings in below the $71,000 Jaguar I-Pace and the $67,000 Audi E-Tron." says Motortrend: "The rear-wheel-drive Lyriq will deliver 340 horsepower and 440 Nm of torque (Cadillac is—weirdly—badging new models based on torque measured in newton-meters; in American figures that's 325 lb-ft) and is expected to have a range of more than 300 miles on a single charge. With fast charging, the Lyriq can add about 76 miles of driving range in 10 minutes. The first-release models will come with a standard 19.2-kW Level 2 charging module. The Lyriq has one-pedal driving and...Like all Cadillacs going forward, the Lyriq has available Super Cruise"   https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36180883/2023-cadillac-lyriq-details-specs/ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/cadillac-rolls-out-its-60000-lyriq-ev-as-it-phases-out-gas-engines.html https://www.motortrend.com/news/2023-cadillac-lyriq-first-look-review/   LARGEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE ORDER FOR VOLVO TRUCKS FROM QCD "Volvo Truck’s largest electric vehicle order has been placed in California. Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a national food service logistics supplier, has ordered the vehicles. The 14 VNR Electric models trucks will be deployed in the operator’s Southern California last-mile delivery routes." ays Trucking Mag: "Volvo Trucks began taking customer orders for its VNR Electric model last December.  Following the truck’s introduction, it has multiple customer deliveries scheduled throughout 2021."   https://truckingmag.co.uk/news/largest-electric-vehicle-order-for-volvo-trucks-from-qcd/   AUSTRALIANS SAY GOVERNMENT POLICY BLOCKS EV SUPPLY "Surveys show Australians want to buy electric vehicles (EVs), but they continue to languish at less than 1 per cent of new car sales. What's going on is complex and takes us down a twisting path of carbon targets, "super credits" and other matters that people outside the auto industry generally don't pay much attention to.  At the end of this path, however, is an obvious fact: EVs that sell well in Europe, the US and UK are simply not available in Australia." reports abc.net.au: "Volkswagen, which is on track to become the world's largest EV maker, sold 212,000 EVs worldwide in 2020. Not one of those was in Australia. The top-selling electric car in Europe in 2020, the Volkswagen ID.3, won't be launched in Australia until at least 2023, its maker says.  The number of models that are made available directly correlates to the uptake of EVs, according to modelling conducted by Energeia for the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) in 2016. There are no national incentives directly aimed at making EVs more affordable. Volkswagen says it will ship EVs to Australia if the government introduces EU-style mandatory carbon targets backed up with fines. This would solve the supply shortage by giving car makers a greater financial incentive to ship EVs to Australia"   https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-04-20/australians-want-to-buy-electric-cars-what-is-stopping-us/100071550   OXIS ENERGY SET TO MAKE SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-SULFUR CELL OXIS Energy will deploy Solid-State Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) cell and battery systems to its clients and partners worldwide by Autumn 2021 for use in trials, proof of concept and demonstrator battery systems for the Aviation, Marine, Defence and Heavy electric Vehicles (HEV) sectors. OXIS has been collaborating with European manufacturers on the development of Solid-State Li-S technology for almost 4 years.  As a result of a technological breakthrough three years ago, OXIS has filed 9 new families of patents to protect both Quasi and Solid-State Intellectual Property Rights. The attraction of OXIS cells for vehicle markets, is that on average, the battery systems are up to 60% lighter than conventional Li-ion battery systems. OXIS will commercialize the mass production of the chemical composition of its Quasi and Solid-State cell at its Welsh Plant in Port Talbot, UK. The cells will be mass produced at its cell manufacturing plant in Juiz de Fora, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Unlike Li-ion, the cells chemistry manufactured by OXIS Energy does not contain cobalt, manganese, nickel or copper, all of which present serious supply chain and environmental concerns.   https://oxisenergy.com/news/press/   BYD INTRODUCES 800V E-PLATFORM 3.0 "BYD has announced at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show an all-new e-platform 3.0 for the next-generation electric vehicles.  YD adds that the e-platform 3.0 will continue to be open to the industry - other brands. So far, BYD's solutions were used by Mercedes-Benz (Denza joint venture), Toyota, and Didi Chuxing. BYD underlines that the new platform not only further integrates and standardizes core components, "but also builds a brand-new body structure, digital and electrical architecture, and a revamped BYD vehicle operating system." writes InsideEVs: "In the e-platform 3.0 we can find affordable BYD Blade Battery LFP chemistry in cell-to-pack (CTP) system (without modules), which is integrated into the vehicle structure. The largest battery pack options should translate into a range of up to 600 miles (965 km) NEDC, probably closer to 400-450 miles (644-724 km) in the real world. The battery system will be 800 V, which will increase the overall efficiency, as well as allow to fast charge very quickly: 5 minutes to replenish 90 miles (145 km) at the peak."   https://insideevs.com/news/502427/byd-eplatform3-ea1-x-dream/   FIA ELECTRIC GT NEW TECH REGULATIONS "The international motorsport body today introduced the specs of its GT race series that includes a crazy-fast but also crazy-necessary charging rate of 700kW. The Federation International de l’Automobile (FIA) today released the new regulations that can be seen below and include up to four electric motors, 87kWh total battery capacity, 430kW max power, estimated 2.4 second 0-100kph time, and top speed of 300kph (186mph) as well as 700kW regen and max charging speed." says electrek: " At 700kW, that is a 4.5 minute pit stop. While that doesn’t compare to the almost instantaneous F1 pit stops and car swaps that we saw in Formula E, the technology does bode well for the auto industry that the FIA is feeding. The all-electric GT series hopes to trickle technology into road cars, and the 700kW fast-charging technology would be game over for gasoline at the gas station, charging 70kW of battery in just six minutes. That’s barely enough time for a bathroom break."   https://electrek.co/2021/04/21/fia-electric-gt-new-tech-regs-include-lightning-fast-700kw-charging/   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV? Do you care where your car is made?     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: 4 gets full five stars in Euro NCAP test China dominates rollout of EV charging stations BYD EVs will now come with Blade Batteries Mercedes-Benz teases new EQT Skoda Enyaq in Demand Electric Audi A6 e-tron concept Confirmation of ID.4 GTX   Show #1056   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Tuesday 20th April. 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.   ID.4 GETS FULL FIVE STARS IN EURO NCAP TEST "The European NCAP crash safety test results for the Volkswagen ID.4 electric car is out – the five-door, two-tonne crossover has achieved top scores in the latest assessment programme." according to PaulTan.org: "It fared commendably in the adult occupant protection category, netting 35.6 points (93%) out of a possible 38. Child occupant protection and safety assist systems are good as well, scoring 89% and 85% respectively. Speaking of which, the ID.4 range is offered with several advanced driver assist systems as standard. Among those include forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and vehicle turning detection, lane keeping assist system, adaptive cruise control, and driver alert system."   https://paultan.org/2021/04/20/volkswagen-id-4-gets-full-five-stars-in-euro-ncap-test/   CHINA DOMINATES ROLLOUT OF EV CHARGING STATIONS "China installed 284,000 public EV charging outlets in 2020, including 112,000 in December alone – more than the entire US public charging network – according to data published by BloombergNEF. BNEF’s Head of Advanced Transport, Colin McKerracher, quoted numbers which showed that China had over 800,000 publicly available EV charging outlets installed at the end of 2020 – up from 516,000 in 2019 and 300,000 in 2018." report The Driven: " China finished 2020 representing almost two-thirds of all public EV charging points installed globally. McKerracher noted that the US electric vehicle transition benefits from the extensive urban sprawl and the resulting detached homes with driveways or garages that, in turn, provide much easier private charging options and thus reducing the need for public chargers. Volkswagen’s director of technology strategy in China, Xu Peng, revealed during the company’s Power Day in March that only 30% of public chargers in some parts of China are actually functional – suffering from either defective chargers, or the globally common problem of being blocked by internal combustion engine vehicles"   https://thedriven.io/2021/04/20/china-dominates-rollout-of-ev-charging-stations-4000-a-day-in-december/   BYD EVS WILL NOW COME WITH BLADE BATTERIES Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD recently announced that all of its pure electric vehicles will now come with the brand’s ‘ultra-safe’ Blade Batteries, with nail penetration testing fully adopted as a brand standard. At the same time, the Blade Battery completed an extreme strength test that saw it being rolled over by a 46-ton heavy truck, once again resetting the bar for power battery safety. The test itself saw a 46-ton fully loaded heavy-duty truck drive over the Blade Battery pack, which the battery successfully passed without leakage, deformation or smoke, coming out perfectly intact and ready to be used in an EV.  In addition, four new pure electric models were also launched on the Chinese market at the same time, namely the 2021 Tang EV, Qin PLUS EV, Song PLUS EV, and 2021 e2, all equipped with Blade Batteries.   MERCEDES-BENZ TEASES NEW EQT "Mercedes-Benz is teasing the EQT, an electric minivan to be unveiled by American pro skateboarder Tony Hawk next month. The van passenger van segment is not on the top of the list of markets to electrify. Daimler is actually one of the early movers in the space with the EQV electric van, but that’s quite expensive. Now they are announcing a new entry, the Mercedes-Benz EQT, that should be an “entry-level” electric van." says electrek: "The Mercedes-Benz EQT is going to be unveiled on Monday, May 10,"   https://electrek.co/2021/04/20/mercedes-benz-eqt-electric-minivan/   SKODA ENYAQ IN DEMAND  Skoda boss Thomas Schäfer speaks in an interview with AUTO BILD: "Skoda needs at least four electric vehicles by the end of the decade . At least one below the Enyaq iV, another possibly the size of the Octavia . But only in the second half of the decade. At the same time, we are ideally positioned with our portfolio. The Octavia is just new - with all drive variants from gasoline to plug-in hybrids. The new Fabia will celebrate its world premiere in May and will go on sale a few months later. We are also planning a product upgrade for the Kodiaq . Incoming orders are much higher than we expected. We currently have well over 20,000 pre-orders. We mustn't forget here that these are customers who have ordered the car blindly, i.e. without having seen or driven it live. We had planned to be able to build 350 vehicles per day in Mladá Boleslav. And now increase to 500 units per day as quickly as possible. Yes, we can deliver. But it depends on individual options and the size of the battery . There are currently minor restrictions here. Our German sales colleagues and our dealers are doing a great job here."   https://www.autobild.de/artikel/skoda-chef-thomas-schaefer-interview-19464431.html   ELECTRIC AUDI A6 E-TRON CONCEPT "Audi is pushing forward with its electric design, adding e-tron power to the A6 lineage. Debuted at Auto Shanghai 2021, the all-new A6 e-tron concept previews a sporty fastback sedan planned for future launch. The new concept uses a combination of LEDs and OLEDs to light up the road ahead, send out warnings and messages to other road users, and even host a little outdoor gaming." says New Atlas: "Matrix LED technology blasts bright light from the minimal surface area. More than mere lamps, the headlights are also projectors, capable of casting an image several meters wide onto a surface ahead. The A6 e-tron concept previews the new Premium Platform Electric (PPE) that Audi is working on jointly with Porsche. The platform carries a flat-mounted battery pack between the axles and can be scaled in battery size and wheelbase to serve as the basis for many vehicles. For the A6 e-tron concept, Audi wired up a 100-kWh battery to a dual-motor quattro all-wheel electric drive that puts out up to 469 hp (350 kW) and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque. It estimates that the A6 e-tron can travel up to 435 miles (700 km, WLTP) per charge and sprint from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in under four seconds. Thanks to the PPE's 800-V electricals, the A6 e-tron can DC fast-charge with up to 270 kW, adding 186 miles (300 km) in as little as 10 minutes "   So your own drive in movie?   https://newatlas.com/automotive/electric-audi-a6-e-tron-concept/   CONFIRMATION OF ID.4 GTX "VW says its sportier, faster versions of its upcoming EVs will be badged “GTX,” starting with the all-wheel-drive ID.4 GTX, with a second motor on the front axle. confirmed Autoweek.  Autocar understands that the ID 4 GTX will feature a lower ride height than the regular ID 4, with various other chassis changes made in order to boost the handling and performance. The ID 4 GTX is set to be followed later this year by the ID 5, a coupé-crossover version of the ID 4. It is likely that model will also gain a GTX version eventually.   https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-volkswagen-id-4-gtx-hot-electric-suv-launch-28-april   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV? Do you care where your car is made?     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Mercedes Launches EQB - Third Electric Model This Year GM & LG Energy Commit To Second Battery Factory In Tennessee Polestar 1 Special Edition Kia Receives Over 1,000 EV6 Pre-Orders In UK Alone BMW iX makes its world debut at Shanghai Show Hawaii Department of Transportation begins electrification with Tesla delivery Volkswagen expands ID. EV family   Show #1056   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 19th April. 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.   MERCEDES LAUNCHES EQB - THIRD ELECTRIC MODEL THIS YEAR "Mercedes is ramping up its assault on the battery-car market with the launch of the new EQB sport-utility vehicle at the Shanghai Auto Show. Available with up to seven seats, the EQB debuts barely a week after the automaker unveiled its all-electric flagship, the EQS, the latter to serve as the battery-powered alternative to the classic Mercedes-Benz S-Class" reports The Detroit Bureau: " the Mercedes EQB’s dimensions are nearly identical to those of the conventional GLB crossover. But, like the rest of the new Mercedes EQ family, the new model mounts batteries, motors and other key electrical components below the load floor in a skateboard-like platform. The new model also integrates what Mercedes calls “Navigation with Electric Intelligence” which, it says, “contributes to the effortless handling of the EQB in everyday life. It calculates the fastest route to the destination, taking into account maximum charging power and the duration of possible charging stops."   https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/04/with-eqc-mercedes-launches-third-all-electric-model-this-year/   "Due to go on sale in Europe and China later this year, the EQB will make its way stateside in 2022, targeting a group of competitors that seems to expand with each passing season. Just like the recently-revealed EQA, the EQB trades the grille of its gas-engined sibling for a nose cone with a glass finish" says Autoweek: "When it comes to the drivetrain, the EQB will be offered with all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive, at least in Europe. When it goes on sale there later this year the electric SUV will draw juice from a 66.5-kWh battery, giving it 268 hp in the 4Matic version and a range of about 260 miles in the WLTP cycle."   https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a36174507/mercedes-benz-eqb-debuts-in-shanghai-but-well-have-to-wait-for-it/   GM & LG ENERGY COMMIT TO SECOND BATTERY FACTORY IN TENNESSEE "General Motors is expanding its battery-building base. Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture company owned by GM and LG Energy Solution, announced April 16 that it will construct a second plant for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries. GM says the new, 2.8-million-square-foot plant will cost $2.3 billion and create 1,300 new manufacturing jobs." according to Industry Week: "The new factory will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee, where it will supply General Motors’ nearby Spring Hill assembly plant, which GM said last October would transition to produce electric-only vehicles like the latest Cadillac models. GM and LG first announced the battery joint venture Ultium in 2019, when it announced the construction of a $2.3 billion battery R&D center and factory in Lordstown, Ohio. That location is slated to become operational sometime in 2022."   https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/growth-strategies/article/21161492/gm-lg-announce-new-23-billion-tennessee-ev-battery-plant   POLESTAR 1 SPECIAL EDITION "The Polestar 1 gets a limited-run special edition that wears a whole lot of gold in China. The company is making just 25 of them, and production begins later in the year. These cars wear a matte gold body, including the badges. The colour also shows up on the brake callipers. There are gloss black elements in the grille and portions of the lower fascia. Big black wheels fill the wings/fenders." says Motor1: "The Polestar 1 packs a supercharged and turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder with two electric motors. This setup makes 611 bhp and 738 pound-feet, which is enough for the coupe to reach 60 miles per hour in 4.2 seconds. The WLTP rating indicates the car can cover 77 miles purely on electric power."   https://uk.motor1.com/news/502108/polestar-1-special-edition-gold/   KIA RECEIVES OVER 1,000 EV6 PRE-ORDERS IN UK ALONE "The British division of Kia announced that to date (April 19), the company has received more than 1,000 pre-reservations for the all-new EV6 model in the UK. That's a significant number, considering just a single country. Together with other countries, Europe might turn out to be a bigger market for the EV6 than South Korea, where Kia received over 21,000 reservations on the first day." says Mark Kane for InsideEVs: "The pre-reservation window, with £100 refundable deposit (€100 in most of Europe) will end on April 30. The first EV6 and EV6 GT-line will arrive in the UK in October 2021. The prices in the UK are: EV6: from £40,895"   https://insideevs.com/news/502052/kia-ev6-1000-preorders-uk/   BMW IX MAKES ITS WORLD DEBUT AT SHANGHAI SHOW "As part of show-and-tell day at the 2021 Shanghai auto show, BMW was on hand to roll out in person the upcoming iX all-electric SUV for the world to see." says auto123.com: "The BMW iX is noteworthy for a number of reasons, starting of course with its all-electric powertrain. But the model is also the first BMw to get the automaker’s brand-new Operating System 8 and the latest edition of the iDrive system. The future flagship model for BMW’s elctric division is constructed on the latest, 5th generation BMW eDrive platform, also tabbed for use with the iX3 and i4 models we’ve seen previewed in recent months. The system is designed around two electric motors that together develop around 500 hp, and a battery pack with a capacity greater than 100 kWh."   600km range, 200kW charging.   https://www.auto123.com/en/news/bmw-ix-electric-suv-presented-shanghai/68044/   HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BEGINS ELECTRIFICATION WITH TESLA DELIVERY “The Hawaii Department of Transportation picked up its first electric vehicle — a white Tesla — on Tuesday as the result of an innovative service contract that is expected to help electrify its entire light duty fleet. Eventually, nine EVs will replace regular vehicles used by the State Highways division, with another 34 expected to be delivered to DOT by the end of May." says the Hawaii Star Advertiser: "Under the 10-year service contract, state and county agencies do not have to purchase EVs upfront, but can procure them, as well as the necessary charging infrastructure, on a per-mile cost basis."   https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/04/14/breaking-news/hawaii-department-of-transportation-begins-electrification-with-tesla-delivery/   VOLKSWAGEN EXPANDS ID. EV FAMILY "Volkswagen is expanding the ID. family of electric vehicles with a GTX performance line. Volkswagen will show the new ID.4 GTX on 28 April. In Europe, the respective performance models of the ID. Family will wear the logo GTX in the future. Similar to GTI and GTE. The GTX models feature an additional electric motor on the front axle bringing the all-wheel drive into the ID. family designed for maximum efficiency. The additional motor switches on intelligently within a few milliseconds when very high performance or strong traction are required. In the new “Traction” driving mode, it is even permanently activated." says Green Car Congress: "Volkswagen wants to become the most desired brand for sustainable mobility. The goal is to increase its share of pure electric cars in Europe to 70% of sales by 2030."   https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/04/20210419-gtx.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29       QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV? Do you care where your car is made?     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Ferrari Eyes First Electric Supercar In 2025P BMW iX3 DC Fast Charging Analysis Chinese firms prepare to charge into Europe’s electric car market 1,500 firms worldwide sign up for Hon Hai's EV platform Volkswagen ID.6 Tesla Drops its Lawsuit Against Former Engineer Nio presents next-gen battery swap station Question Of The Week Answers   Show #1056   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 18th April. 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.     FERRARI EYES FIRST ELECTRIC SUPERCAR IN 2025P https://www.investors.com/news/race-stock-ferrari-will-launch-electric-supercar-in-2025-porsche-taycan-tesla-roadster/   BMW IX3 DC FAST CHARGING ANALYSIS https://insideevs.com/news/501674/bmw-ix3-fast-charging-analysis/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   CHINESE FIRMS PREPARE TO CHARGE INTO EUROPE’S ELECTRIC CAR MARKET https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/17/chinese-firms-prepare-to-charge-into-europes-electric-car-market   1,500 FIRMS WORLDWIDE SIGN UP FOR HON HAI'S EV PLATFORM https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202104170008   VOLKSWAGEN ID.6 https://electriccarsreport.com/2021/04/volkswagen-id-6-three-row-electric-suv-unveiled-at-the-auto-shanghai/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ElectricCarsReport+%28Electric+Cars+News%2C+Reports+about+Electric+Cars%29   TESLA DROPS ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST FORMER ENGINEER https://www.futurecar.com/4559/Tesla-Drops-its-Lawsuit-Against-Former-Engineer-Accused-of-Stealing-IP-and-Sharing-it-With-Rival-EV-Startup-Xpeng   NIO PRESENTS NEXT-GEN BATTERY SWAP STATION https://www.electrive.com/2021/04/15/nio-presents-next-gen-battery-swap-station-with-sinopec   QUESTION OF THE WEEK ANSWERS LEE BROWN, SCOTLAND “Elon Musk is the master of PR, that’s why Tesla don’t need a press department. Without Elon, the speed of transition to EVs and clean energy wouldn’t be as quick so love him or hate him, we owe him a debt of gratitude. Any other CEO that would try and copy Elon and how he does this is just that - a copycat. Elon does enough for all of them already and shows no sign of slowing down”   RICH IN CHAPEL HILL "We have enough of a problem with demagoguery in modern society these days as it is. Just make a wider variety of cars available, and make them cost-competitive with ICE cars. A bunch of pseudo-Elons tossing out verbal hand grenades on Twitter for clicks isn't going to help anything."   MARK ORRICO "I think Elon Musk, his personality, and vehicles is responsible for creating excitement about EVs. However I think that other CEOs behaving similarly would create skepticism with people more interested in cars as just a practical part of their life, who are probably the majority of car buyers, Toyota’s practicality and sales numbers would be testimony to that. "   RAJEEV NARAYAN We live in a time where there are many who would be best served by an EV who don't realize it. In times like these EV adoption  benefits from "cheerleaders" like Elon. Just look at What Tiger Woods did for the popularity of Golf. That being said, we don't need every car company CEO to imitate Elon. We just need a handful of people who have access to the spotlight to help evangelize EVs, preferably people with some credibility- like Elon, and the rest should just concentrate on making really good EVs.       QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   Would you buy a Chinese-made EV? Do you care where your car is made?     It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM  (PREMIUM PARTNER) DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL (PREMIUM PARTNER) RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK (PREMIUM PARTNER) eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PREMIUM PARTNER)     DAVID AND LISA ALLEN (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY FROM MILLBROOK COTTAGES – 5* GOLD SELF CATERING COTTAGES (PARTNER) DARIN MCLESKEY FROM DENOVO REAL ESTATE (PARTNER) JUKKA KUKONEN FROM WWW.SHIFT2ELECTRIC.COM RAJEEV NARAYAN (PARTNER) IAIN SEAR (PARTNER)   ADRIAN BOND (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEX BANAHENE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALEXANDER FRANK @ https://www.youtube.com/c/alexsuniverse42 ANDERS HOVE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREA JEFFERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDREW GREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ANDY NANCARROW AND LILIAN KASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ASEER KHALID (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BÅRD FJUKSTAD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BLUNDERBUSS JONES (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN THOMPSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) BRUCE BOHANNAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHARLES HALL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRIS HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CHRISTOPHER BARTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) COLIN HENNESSY AND CAMBSEV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) CRAIG ROGERS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAMIEN DAVIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID FINCH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID MOORE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PARTINGTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DAVID PRESCOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DC EV (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) DON MCALLISTER / SCREENCASTSONLINE.COM (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ED CORTREEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERIC HANSEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ERU KYEYUNE-NYOMBI (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) FREDRIK ROVIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) GENE RUBIN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEDLEY WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) HEINRICH LIESNER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN GRIFFITHS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IAN (WATTIE) WATKINS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JACK OAKLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAMES STORR (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JAVIER CARMELO DÍAZ PÉREZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JIM MORRIS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JOHN SCHROEDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON AKA BEARDY MCBEARDFACE FROM KENT EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JON MANCHAK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) JUAN GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) KEVIN MEYERSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LAURENCE D ALLEN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LEE BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) LUKE CULLEY (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARCEL WARD (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MARTY YOUNG  (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER) MIKE WINTER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHAN GORE-BROWN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NATHANIEL FREEDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) NEIL E ROBERTS FROM SUSSEX EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) OHAD ASTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PAUL STEPHENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GLASS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETE GORTON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PETER & DEE ROBERTS FROM OXON EVS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHIL MOUCHET (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) PHILIP TRAUTMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RAYMOND ROWLEDGE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENE KEEMIK (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RENÉ SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROB FROM THE RSTHINKS EV CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ROBERT GRACE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) RUPERT MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) SEIKI PAYNE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEPHEN PENN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) STEVE JOHN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) THOMAS J. 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