It's EV News briefly for Wednesday 13th of March. I'll be back as usual later with the full podcast,

but it's over 20 minutes. And if you're busy, this tells you everything you need to know in less

than five minutes. Patreon supporters get the episodes ad-free and first be like them by clicking

on a link in the show notes. Vurks Vagen Group saw a 12% increase in V vehicle deliveries last year,

9.24 million by the way. But what about their EV stuff? Well, it was a 12% increase in vehicle deliveries last year, 9.24 million, by the way. But what about

their EV stuff? Well, it was a 10% bit of the business in Q4, an annual share of 8.3. This is

Boxmark and Group we're talking about. A total of 771,100 B.EVs delivered in 2023, 35% increase on the previous year.

And this year is going to be the year of launches for Volkswagen with the Audi Q6.

Etron, VWID7, Cooper Atavaskan, VWID Buzz, long wheelbase, Porsche McCann, and more.

The Hyundai Arnick 5N is going to be the priciest Hyundai ever sold.

$67,000 for the spicy version with the N in the name,

and it's so much more than just adding a faster motor inside.

Look, it's $24,000 more than the base model Arnick 5,

but that's because it's got 641 horsepower,

a bigger 84-kilow-hour battery. Big Daddy, Brembo brakes, different tires. It's an inch lower to the ground. It's

two inches wider, three inches longer than the standard Arnick 5. They've really made this a different

vehicle and adding all the stuff like drift mode and oversteer control and even a sort of

fake eight speed gearbox. I don't know what that would be like. I'd have to try it. I'm not sure I like

all these sort of fancy gadgets that mimic combustion, but I'd give it a go. Donald Trump had a meeting

at Marilago with Elon Musk and has been talking about how electric vehicles are potentially harmful to the

US auto industry. He called them a hoax and said that they don't go far enough. They're

too expensive and they're all made in China. Politics entering the world of electric vehicles.

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