Welcome back to EV News Daily coming up today. 1,500 new DC fast charges, Firefly arrives in Norway and Honda's prologue success. Plus stay tuned because later in the show. I'll tell you what Tesla's original co-founder thinks is the next vehicle they should make at the company he originally formed. Well, good morning, good afternoon or good evening. Wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, a trusted source of EV information. First day of the week, Monday, 4th of August, no Sunday podcast yesterday, school holidays and whatnot, getting ready for some time away with the kiddos. So back for a brand new week. I'm Martin Lee. Going through every EV story so you don't have to. Patreon supporters kindly get the show on the air.

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Hey, we'll start with a bit of good news.

Another $225 million going into expanding DC fast charging in the USA.

Evie Go has secured the money as a loan from five top commercial banks to

install 1,500 DC fast chargers across the United States. Evie Go can also increase the loan by

$75 million to further grow the network. Evie Go's chief legal officer and executive VP of

corporate development, Francine Sullivan, saying it's a milestone for EVGO's plan to expand the industry-leading fast-charging solutions and says there's going to be more growth from them. It's a major step forward for public DC fast-charging. Always love these stories when we had another 1,500 DC fast charges into the public network much, much needed now.

Let's go to Norway where they just hit a new record of 97.2% pure Bev market share last month in July.

And Neo want to capitalize their entry-level Firefly brand has registered its first six vehicles in Norway,

according to the Norwegian EV registration site, Elbill Statistique.

These cars will be used for customer test drives.

Later in the summer, after test drives first began in the Netherlands last month,

the company has not said when sales will officially start.

Customer deliveries will be in the autumn,

though. Firefly was first shown in Europe at the Autopia Auto Show in Norway in April,

then in Belgium, introducing the brand to these new markets. Firefly cars will be sold through

Neo's current Norwegian stores like Neo House Oslo, Neo House Christian Sund, and smaller locations in Bergen, Trondheim, and Stavanger.

Dutch customers can book up to a two-hour test drive using the Neo app in cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Utrecht, six Firefly cars registered in North End, the Netherlands in June for those purposes as well.

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