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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

17 Apr 2024 | Briefly

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

It’s EV News Briefly for Wednesdya 17th April, 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.

Tesla Halts Discounts on EVs to Refocus Sales Strategy https://evne.ws/4b24v5f

NHTSA Investigates Cybertruck Following Accelerator Issue Report https://evne.ws/3UvTNi1

Ford F-150 Lightning Shipments Resume After Quality Check Delay https://evne.ws/3UiCTTM

Ford Launches 2024 F-150 Lightning with New Features; Flash Model Priced Below $70K https://evne.ws/3U4L7xD

GMC Sierra EV 2024 Unveils Extended Range and Advanced Features https://evne.ws/3xJeFcE

Volkswagen Launches ID 7 Tourer Starting at £52,240 https://evne.ws/3xJeFJG

Lotus Launches Eletre Hyper SUV Orders in North America https://evne.ws/3Ua99HA

UK Beats Germany For Q1 EV Sales Leader https://evne.ws/3TUbZ3a

Nissan Advances Towards Solid-State Battery Production Ahead of Toyota https://evne.ws/3UiXgjK

Honda Introduces Ye: New EV Brand in China https://evne.ws/4aXzqiZ

Archer Aviation Advances Toward FAA Certification with Successful Battery Drop Tests https://evne.ws/3UkEhFi

China's Battery Production Exceeds Global EV Demand https://evne.ws/3TWgN8a

CATL Reports Profit Growth Amid EV Battery Market Leadership https://evne.ws/3U3vztP

CATL Introduces TENER: A Breakthrough in Energy Storage with No Degradation https://evne.ws/3JHiHFb

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's EV News briefly for Wednesday 17th of April. Everything Evie in less than five minutes.

0:03.6

If you haven't got time for the full show, Patreon supporters, get the episodes.

0:07.1

At first, then add free. Be like then by clicking on a link in the show notes. Tesla is halting

0:11.0

any discounts on their inventory, even though they've got more inventory than ever.

0:15.4

We saw up to $7,000 discount for inventory, i.e. new, but already produced model-wise.

0:21.8

And that discount has now gone, but fear not, if you are in the market, I would say simply

0:25.9

wait to the end of the quarter last couple of weeks of June, and I'm pretty sure you'll

0:29.5

see those discounts back.

0:31.1

The NHTSA, the Traffic Safety Administration in the US, is now probing safety reports of the accelerator pedal issue,

0:39.5

now widely reported with Tesla's cyber truck and those vehicles currently undergoing a not-stop

0:45.7

sale, but a stop delivery whilst that part looks to be re-engineered. Ford's F-150 lightning

0:51.0

shipments resume after a quality check delay since February 9th and alongside a new trim for the F-150 Lightning.

0:59.6

The Flash trim under 70K with all of the best bits really that they say that many of their buyers want a bit of a sweet spot.

1:07.1

The long-range battery, high-tech interior, but without too much of the fancy stuff.

1:12.7

GMC's Sierra EV, Denali Edition 1, is arriving this summer, and they have revised the range upwards significantly.

1:21.8

In fact, by 10%.

1:22.9

440 miles is the new range.

1:28.0

They say because of improvements in the Ultium technology, of course,

1:31.1

it's going to have that double stack, double layer,

1:33.6

212 kilowatt-hour Hummer battery, the big battery from the Silverado.

1:37.4

If you squint, there's lots of similarities between the Hummer, of course,

1:40.0

and the Sierra EV, Denali Edition one.

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