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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

07 Sep 2024 | Briefly

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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UK ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET SEES STEADY GROWTH https://evne.ws/4eui5A7

VOLVO EX60 EYES MODEL Y SUCCESS https://evne.ws/4ec2Rzy

VOLVO EXPANDS PARTNERSHIP WITH NVIDIA TO BOOST AI AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING https://evne.ws/4dPT1Dt

VOLVO EX90 ARRIVING WITH UK DEALERS https://evne.ws/3Xy5AgY

LOS ANGELES EXPANDS STREETLIGHT EV CHARGING PROGRAM https://evne.ws/3MAqZjs

MAZDA FILES TRADEMARK FOR CX-6E HINTING AT NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE https://evne.ws/3z74sYm

GERMANY REVAMPS EV INCENTIVES AMID SLUMPING SALES https://evne.ws/47gPsUo

FORD'S F-150 LIGHTNING SALES SURGE AMID SHIFT IN EV STRATEGY https://evne.ws/3Xwu766

GENESIS ELECTRIFIED G80 REVAMPED FOR ENHANCED LUXURY AND RANGE https://evne.ws/3XyaD0R

HYUNDAI OFFERS COMPLIMENTARY CHARGING SOLUTIONS FOR IONIQ 5 N CUSTOMERS https://evne.ws/3zlHnkG

CALIFORNIA'S BIDIRECTIONAL EV CHARGING PUSH https://evne.ws/3MCJkMY

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's TV news briefly for Saturday 7th of September.

0:02.5

Everything is being less than five minutes.

0:03.9

If you haven't got time for the full podcast today, I'll be back in two hours with all the details of today's show.

0:10.3

But in summary, let me tell you what we're talking about.

0:12.9

By the way, Patreon supporters get the episodes ad free.

0:15.2

Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes.

0:17.7

The UK EV market is returning to growth. It was up 10% year on year last month

0:23.5

in August. The SMMT, the trade body of the car industry here, reckons that by the end of the year,

0:29.2

pure EVs could be 18% of new car sales, which is amazing. That does fall short of the 22%

0:34.3

that the industry needs to hit for the government's target, the Zv Mandate.

0:38.3

The Volvo EX60 is a couple of years off, but Volvos say that they think it is the future

0:45.2

because it's built on the next generation SPA 3 platform, unlike the latest, greatest Volvo's

0:50.8

on SPA 2, like the new EX 90.

0:54.1

And that's important because they'll be eyeing some of the success of the model Y.

0:57.5

It's the same segment, similar price, and that is the best-selling car in the world.

1:02.6

Volvo's expanding their partnership with NVIDIA to boost AI and autonomous driving.

1:08.0

The next generation of Volvos will have a chip that can process one trillion

1:13.3

operation, no, 1,000 trillion operations per second. What? Can I get the head around it? That allows

1:21.5

them to do things like LIDAR, self-driving, and autonomy and AI and, well, the mind boggles.

1:26.8

And Volvo's EX90 is now arriving this

1:29.7

weekend with UK Volvo dealers. So for those that did drop a lot of money on a brand new car,

1:35.1

I hope you enjoy it. Los Angeles is expanding its streetlight EV charging program. The Los

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