19 Mar 2024 | Rivian Gains Supercharger Access, Tesla Model 3 Ludicrous and Mercedes Vision EQXX Sets Records

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Plus, stay tuned because later in the show I’ll tell you about some of the cheapest places to charge your EV.

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, your trusted source of EV information. It’s Tuesday 19th March, I’m Martyn Lee and I go through every EV story so you don’t have to.

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00:00 Intro

01:00 Rivian Expands Charging Options with Tesla Supercharger Access https://evne.ws/3TJg9ft

07:49 Tesla Model 3 Highland Ludicrous Edition Unveiled in Code https://evne.ws/3TIguPv

09:57 Mercedes Vision EQXX Sets New Efficiency Milestone https://evne.ws/3Vso4Po

13:49 VW ID Buzz Production Stays in Germany https://evne.ws/3VqWpP0

15:40 I-PACE Owners Displeased with Jaguar's Smart Charging Restrictions https://evne.ws/3TJRsiI

18:48 Maserati Grecale Folgore Electrifies A Famous Brand https://evne.ws/3Vj4Trk

21:20 Fisker Halts Manufacturing, Eyes Fresh Capital https://evne.ws/3vinxow

22:52 Stockholm to Electrify All Public Buses by 2026 https://evne.ws/3xc1Jve

25:15 Expanded Charging Point Subsidy for EV Owners https://evne.ws/3IHL9WT

30:35 Ohio Ranks Low on EV Charging Costs https://evne.ws/3vhdmke

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0:00.0	Welcome back to EV News Daily. Coming up today, Rivian are the next car company to get access to the Tesla supercharging network. Start soon as well. The Tesla Model 3 ludicrous and we'll talk Mercedes Vision EQX setting records. Plus stay tuned because later in the show, I'll tell you about one of the cheapest places to charge your EV. Well, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are in the world. Welcome back to Even News Daily, your trusted source of the EV information.
0:25.1	No show yesterday, and that was because I was traveling. I did seven hours round trip in the pole start
0:30.0	two. I'll tell you how my two big charging sessions went, if you want, if you don't care about my
0:33.6	personal life, then I'll leave that till the very end. Today is Tuesday 19th of March.
0:38.0	I'm Martin Lee and I go through hundreds of EV stories every day and whittle it down into maybe 20
0:42.9	minutes or so so that, well, it's like a TLDR really of the EV world so that you don't have to.
0:48.4	We go live at 5pm UK. That's currently 1pm Eastern because there's four hours between us at the minute, but with clock changes. Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they're ready and
0:57.5	add free. Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes. Well, let's start with that
1:01.4	Rivian news then. Another big day in the world of EV charging, at least in North America,
1:06.2	because another car company gets access to another bunch of V3 Tesla superchargers.
1:12.0	This time from next month in April, it's Rivian's turn.
1:14.4	R1S and R1T drivers equipped with their free adapter.
1:18.6	Yes, their free adapter.
1:20.0	Their J-3400 to CCS1 adapter, enabling access to the supercharging network.
1:25.2	Rivian drivers get another 15,000 places to charge
1:27.7	across North America on top of about the same CCS1 native charges. The integration of Tesla's
1:33.2	superchargers is helped. They say by Rivian's homemade in-house management of hardware and software.
1:39.5	I'll get around to that in a moment. And Rivian said their digital platform with the mobile app and the in-vehicle
1:45.0	entertainment system all design themselves, enables it to be seamless.
1:50.1	So let's get into what Rivian said about this yesterday then.
1:53.8	Rivian vehicles are now compatible with the Supercharger Network was their headline.
1:58.7	And this looks like it's going to be a very simple,
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