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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

21 Feb 2024 | Briefly

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

It’s EV News Briefly for Wednesday 21st February, 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.

Ford Slashes Mach-E Prices Amid Sales Drop https://evne.ws/3wzH7gx

Grünheide Residents Reject Tesla Gigafactory Expansion https://evne.ws/434FkMA

EV Revolution Transforms Auto Supply Dynamics https://evne.ws/3wAtKMY

California's $1.9 Billion Boost for EV and Hydrogen Tech https://evne.ws/4c6uKsy

Biden's EV Policy Walks a Fine Line Between Climate Goals and Labor Concerns https://evne.ws/42WOzOB

LGES to Kickstart 46800 Battery Production for Tesla Cybertruck https://evne.ws/3wwB0tk

Dacia Spring: The UK's Most Affordable Electric Vehicle https://evne.ws/3SYAKe1

IM Motors Prepares to Unveil 500-Mile Range L6 Saloon https://evne.ws/4bYd2HI

Fiat 500e Electric Launches in North America https://evne.ws/3SVbBRn

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's EV News briefly for Wednesday, 21st of February.

0:02.9

Everything you need to know in less than five minutes if you just haven't got time for the full show.

0:06.9

I'll be back later, as always, but Patreon supporters get the shows ad free.

0:11.3

You can be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes.

0:13.2

Ford is cutting its prices of the Mustang Muck E and the Ford F-150 Lightning

0:17.9

amongst a recent, because of a recent softening in Ford's EV sales,

0:23.3

the pricing adjustments effectively 2023 model year of the Mustang Mac E, starting at 41-695,

0:31.3

including a couple of thousand dollars for destination, and the pricing has gone down by up to $8,100 for the Mac E and up to $12,500 for the lightning

0:43.4

depending on the trim. In Germany, local residents in Grunheider outside of Berlin where

0:49.4

Tesla's factory is voted overwhelmingly against Tesla's expansion plans, a 76% voter turnout,

0:58.4

and most saying, we reject your plans to extend. It's not a legally binding referendum,

1:04.4

but local officials say they will respect it and ask Tesla to come back with new plans.

1:08.9

The EV revolution is reshaping not in the cars we drive and

1:12.7

the car companies that we know and love, but also those that supply them, the people who make

1:17.4

all the components who don't really get the glory, the logo isn't on the front of the car, but the

1:21.1

likes of, well, the big ones, Bosch and Magna, Denso, and Z-F and more, all requiring huge overhauls of their businesses.

1:29.6

One Deloitte study that I found today said that anything to do with ice components,

1:33.8

combustion components, will drop by 44% by 27.

1:38.2

That's a massive change to these businesses,

1:39.9

but anything to do with electric drive trains up by 245%.

1:44.3

Well, California is challenging $1.9 billion to EV technology, new charging stations,

1:51.1

new research, and focusing on the infrastructure for EVs in this time, focusing on low-income

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