It's EV News briefly for Friday 13th of September. Everything EV in less than five minutes.

I haven't got the 26 minutes needed for today's full podcast. Patreon supporters get the shows ad-free.

Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes. Global EV sales continue their rise last month in August, up 20% compared to the same time last year.

And when you look at the year to date, so January to August,

this year compared to last year, China's driving the growth. 9.8 million EVs sold. So far,

globally, China, 6 million. So China up about 33% globally up 20%. The EU down a bit and the US and

Canada continues its steady growth rate of almost 10%. Doing pretty well there. Now, Fisker

oceans continue to be a bargain on the used market and how crazy, two of my neighbours have got one. And we're right-hand

drive. How many even right-hand drive oceans were made? And just in my little old town that I live,

in Poole in Dorset, two people have got one. They're beautiful. But I'm not sure I would risk my own

money on one. We've seen Fisker's being totaled by insurance companies because they can't even

get parts worth less than $1,000. Can you even get insurance on them? But having a look at some

of the use prices starting from $22,000 for the limited edition one trims, they are beautiful

cars if you are willing to take the risk. But are you? Let me know. EV charging stations boost local

economies, according to this data point from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology.

You might think it's obvious, but they crunched the data from California looking at 140,000

businesses and 4,000 charging stations, and they mapped it, and they found that any business

within about 500 feet, 150 metres, particularly benefited with growth between 0.8 and 1.4% of their

business. It doesn't sound a lot, but it can be hundreds of thousands of dollars for big businesses.

They're pointing out amenities like cafes and shopping malls and restaurants.

Again, you might think it's obvious, but we've now got the data. Those businesses probably

didn't have anything to do with the charging going in. But when you see charging going in,

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