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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

10 Nov 2024 | Briefly

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Sunday 10 November 2024, 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: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDaily

VOLVO'S EX30 ELECTRIC SUV LAUNCHING IN THE US https://evne.ws/3UJ9Usc

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TESLA'S GIGA FACTORY IN MEXICO FACES DELAYS https://evne.ws/4ete8v0

NEW ELECTRIC RANGE ROVER VELAR SCHEDULED FOR 2026 https://evne.ws/4eoZx3B

VW ANHUI ADOPTS CEA ARCHITECTURE WITH XPENG https://evne.ws/3YO27uj

VAUXHALL MOKKA ELECTRIC PRICE REDUCED, RANGE IMPROVED https://evne.ws/3YHQx3H

MG ES5 ELECTRIC SUV LAUNCHED IN CHINA https://evne.ws/3YLMNhz

XPENG LAUNCHES UPGRADE PROGRAM FOR OLDER MODELS https://evne.ws/3CnaKod

RIVIAN R2 TO USE ARIZONA-MADE LG BATTERIES https://evne.ws/3O6k9Dc

INTERCITY BATTERY TRAIN TRIAL OUTPERFORMS DIESEL https://evne.ws/3UOWjQ5

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's EV News briefly for Sunday 10th of November.

0:02.3

Everything EV in less than five minutes.

0:03.7

If you haven't got time for the full podcast, Patreon supporters, do get the shows ad-free

0:08.1

to save even more time.

0:09.7

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

0:13.2

We'll start with news today.

0:15.5

Volvo's EX30, that's their entry-level, most affordable version that sold over 100,000 units so far coming to the US by the end of this year.

0:24.7

That's much quicker than we thought was going to arrive.

0:27.7

Now, of course, they're about to move production from China to Ghent.

0:30.5

It's the same vehicle.

0:31.8

It's just about where it's assembled and it's put together.

0:34.1

But, of course, the Chinese tariffs in the US mean that they now have to make that in Ghent and ship it to the US in Belgium. Single motor version starts at 34-950, twin motor

0:42.8

performance starts at 44-900. Yeah, the issue of the software earlier this year was real. It was

0:49.5

a pain in the backside for early adopters of that, but the over-the-air updates have arrived thick and fast, actually, on the X-30.

0:56.0

And I think most people would agree now.

0:57.8

It's pretty much fit for purpose.

0:59.6

And I'm sure there's a wish list of things you'd like added to it.

1:01.9

But otherwise, all of those things, I gather, have been sorted.

1:05.4

So the cars the US get will be the real deal.

1:08.1

And they'll arrive this year.

1:09.4

Fantastic. Tesla's cyber truck is trying to find

1:12.9

and pull a few levers to increase sales now that we know that they've worked their way through

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