It's EV News briefly for Tuesday, 3rd of September.

Everything EV in less than five minutes, if you haven't got time for the full podcast today.

The Honda Prolog kicks us off today, and they're putting some really attractive lease deals,

which of course means you get the full federal tax credit if you do apply for that,

as it's a lease deal, so much better than small

cars like the Honda Civic. That's like the Honda Civic's a 25 grand car. The prolog is

almost a 50 grand EV. And yet, by the time you look at the currently in California and those

more pro EV states, some of the deals flying around about

$320, $330 a month, basically nothing in between them.

What are you going to go get a Civic or a Prolog?

It's such a much bigger vehicle and an EV as well.

Again, so many incentives being put behind that from the manufacturer, from the federal

tax credit, and more as well. Now, my buddy Kyle from Outer Speck, who I do the Friday

podcasts with, you know, he and my other friend Tom Malogany from State of Charge, always so

good on these 70-mile-an an hour range tests. And he took

a Lucid Air Grand Touring. That's the top of the shop, 2025 model year. It did come on 21s, but he

ran it on 19-inch aero wheels. Okay, so this is a $112,000 car. I get that very expensive. But he

far exceeded its EPA. He did a 520 miles

on a 70 mile an hour highway range test. Okay, he eat everything out of this thing. But that's an

incredible amount of range for a vehicle that can still do naught to 60 in four seconds, which is,

what, 4.3,

I think it is, which is, it's got everything, it's a grand tour, it's quick, it's a muscle car,

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