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06 Nov 2024 | GM Hits Major EV Milestone, Scout Motors Dealer Fight Begins and Honda Prologue Is A Sleeper Success

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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GM ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES EXCEED 300,000 IN U.S. https://evne.ws/3AoPFZR

VOLKSWAGEN'S SCOUT MOTORS DIRECT SALES STRATEGY CONCERNS DEALERS https://evne.ws/3AvE3En

VOLVO CARS REPORTS 3% RISE IN OCTOBER SALES https://evne.ws/48FTTsz

WALMART EXPANDS ELECTRIC DELIVERY VANS https://bit.ly/4ftRdAy

NEW AUDI A6 E-TRON MODEL CUTS PRICE BY £7400 https://bit.ly/4fasQIj

NEW RULES COULD RESTRICT CHINESE CAR TECHNOLOGY IN U.S. https://bit.ly/48zbmTr

FIRST PROFIT FOR SK ON https://bit.ly/3CcRxFA

KIA EV2: AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC HATCHBACK IN DEVELOPMENT https://bit.ly/3UBYlme

IONIQ 5 SALES REACH NEW HEIGHTS BEFORE 2025 MODEL ARRIVES https://evne.ws/3AEvOWt

HONDA PROLOGUE SALES EXCEED CHEVY BLAZER EV https://evne.ws/4efy9oG

COSTCO DISCOUNTS ON ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES https://evne.ws/3NW5sm6

EV RALLY CYMRU TO LAUNCH IN NOVEMBER https://bit.ly/3Yywhl1

ELECTRIC CARS LEAD UK USED MARKET https://evne.ws/3NViYpZ

2025 LDV ETERRON 9 ELECTRIC UTE SET FOR AUSTRALIA https://evne.ws/3NRZqmi

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Evie News Daily coming up today. GM hits a major EVMil milestone.

0:05.1

Scout Motors dealer fight has begun already and the Honda Prolog is a sleeper success. Plus, stay tuned because later in the show, I'll tell you about the Kia EV2, which has been captured doing some early testing.

0:18.8

Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are in the world.

0:21.2

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0:26.0

I'm Martin Lee, and I go through every Evie story, so you don't have to. Welcome to a new podcast

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Get your ad-free feed and just get the warm feeling of putting this show on the air every single day. Now we'll start with that news of General Motors achieving a big milestone of selling over

0:57.6

300,000 all-electric vehicles in the United States since 2016, but they've hit that big target now.

1:04.5

Over 300,000, bringing the total to 370,000 in North America.

1:09.0

Despite challenges, like recent production delays last year, GM has

1:12.6

emerged as the second largest EV manufacturer in the United States, trailing only Tesla, of course.

1:19.1

Back in the day, the Chevrolet Bolt began production in 2016, and it marked the start of GM's

1:23.6

electric vehicle sales success, at least of the modern era, if that makes sense. Tesla reached

1:29.5

the same sales figures in the US far more quickly, by the way, achieving it in about five years,

1:34.0

largely because of the popularity of cars like the Model S. By 2018, Tesla had delivered

1:38.8

250,000 vehicles benefiting from a much less crowded long-range EV market at the time.

1:44.8

And for those long-term listeners have been with me for a very long time, you may remember

1:49.1

back in the dark ages of the previous incentives package.

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