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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

07 Mar 2024 | Briefly

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

It’s EV News Briefly for Thursday 7th March, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven’t got time for the full show. I’ll be back later but Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they’re ready AND ad free. You can be like them by clicking here.

Update: Tesla's German Factory Hit by Arson, Closed Until March 17th  https://evne.ws/3T8sZ5j

Rivian R2: Details Revealed Via Website Source Code https://evne.ws/3TeLFk6

Audi Q6 E-Tron Launches as Economical Alternative to Porsche Macan EV https://evne.ws/4a1QRhJ

Lotus Emeya: Pricing for Hyper-GT in UK and EU Announced https://evne.ws/3IpFR27

NxuOne™ Achieves Breakthrough with Tesla Cybertruck's Charging https://evne.ws/4c4FBmE

Model 3 Ludicrous Edition Set for May Launch https://evne.ws/3T9Hiqo

Mercedes to Launch Electric V-Class in the U.S. by 2026 https://evne.ws/3v4i7xl

Mercedes-Benz and BMW to Boost EV Charging Network in China https://evne.ws/4akWrfB

China Launches Innovative EV Charging and Battery-Swapping Zone https://evne.ws/4c8pXqj

BYD Seagull Honor Edition: New Compact EV with Enhanced Affordability https://evne.ws/3vaT2AN

Budget Disappoints EV Sector with Missing Incentives https://evne.ws/3T5rq8c

Stuttgart Airport Welcomes Electric Refueling Vehicle by Mercedes-Benz https://evne.ws/435uQwo

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's TV News briefly for Thursday 7th of March. I'll be back as usual at 5pm UK. That's Midday Eastern with the full podcast. But if you haven't got time for that, then this gives you everything you need to know in less than five minutes. You can be like our Patreon Legends if you want to. Click a link on the show notes. Now we'll start with news of the Tesla arson attack yesterday by that terrorist organization who targeted the high voltage lines, the crisscross, the country.

0:26.3

I told you 2,000 people without power in the area.

0:28.7

60,000 was the Reuters report today saying that residents of Brandenburg and he's in parts of Berlin because of the destruction of the high power mast.

0:37.1

And as for Tesla themselves, who were the

0:38.8

target of this, could cost up to one billion euros, certainly hundreds of millions of euros in

0:44.4

terms of delays and paying the staff to not come in to do to make the vehicles. About a thousand

0:51.3

model, a daily production shortfall, about a thousand model

0:55.0

wise a day. I'll update you on that story as it continues. The Rivian R2 will be unveiled today,

1:00.6

if you are listening to this pretty soon, ahead of publishing, at 6pm UK. That is 1 o'clock

1:06.0

in the afternoon, Eastern. The R2 is pretty much exactly the same size as the model Y. We think we know because somebody

1:12.1

did right-click view source on the website and then put some details live at the Rivian website.

1:18.5

We'll find out of the details. Where it really does do 330 miles of range for $47,000. That would

1:24.3

be a big Model Y competitor, but it's not going to be here for two years either way.

1:28.6

The Audi Q6 E-Tron is going to be their version of the McCann EV. Big battery, 100 kilowatt hours, fast-charging,

1:35.4

270 kilowatts DC fast-charging, and Audi's version of the McCann EV, but I think cheaper.

1:42.9

So $60,000 price range or mid-60s, unlike the McCann

1:46.9

starting at 80. The Lotus Emaya starts a lot higher than that. It's going to be a 95,000 pound car,

1:54.0

or 105,000 euros going up to 130,000 pounds or 150,000 euros. That is Lotus's, they call

2:00.3

Hyper GT car. And that is just,

2:03.8

it's got some crazy bonkers specs. Let's talk about charging the Tesla cyber truck on an

2:08.3

800-volt charger. Atlas, who I think have rebranded to NXU1 these days, I think worked with

2:15.5

Tesla to put the J-3400 connector on an 800-volt charger, which the

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