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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

26 Feb 2024 | Briefly

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It’s EV News Briefly for Monday 26th 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.

Tesla Model 3 Ludicrous Spotted During Filming https://evne.ws/49RzrUV

Nio's Denmark Station Pioneers Grid Support with Battery Swaps https://evne.ws/3V5a0vf

Yangwang U9: BYD's Latest Electric Supercar Hits the Market https://evne.ws/3UZlRdV

Tesla Unveils 500+ Free Public Chargers at Giga Berlin https://evne.ws/49z5HMO

Tax Credits Now Popular Down Payments for EV Purchases https://evne.ws/3uIItFb

Xiaomi Debuts SU7 EV at Mobile World Congress https://evne.ws/3UYHhIo

GM Launches Cadillac Lyriq EV in France with Online Sales Model https://evne.ws/3UZKTd3

Renault 5 Makes a Comeback as an Affordable Electric Supermini https://evne.ws/3V0mK6a

IM Motors L6: A New Contender Against Tesla with 500-Mile Range https://evne.ws/49w7RwT

Jeep's Electric Transition: Launching New EV Models and Price Cuts https://evne.ws/3UWPuN6

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's evening news briefly for Monday, 26th of February.

0:03.1

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

0:07.1

I'll be back later, but Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they're ready.

0:10.9

Endad free.

0:11.4

Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes.

0:14.4

We'll start with a social media post sort of Reddit of the Tesla Model 3.

0:19.0

Ludicrous. You thought I was going to say performance, but no, I think

0:21.5

they're going to brand it ludicrous by looking at the logo, the ludicrous logo on the back of the car.

0:26.0

It might not be. There might just be a thing that they were filming, but Tesla was seen

0:29.1

filming probably some marketing materials in Valencia in Spain, had a new front splitter, new

0:34.0

rear spoiler, the new inside sculpted seats. It was in red, and they were asked to

0:40.1

stop taking pictures by the Tesla people. So that's always a dead giveaway of, hang on, this is something

0:44.1

that you shouldn't be taking a picture of. Well, tough, it's in public. That's cool to know.

0:47.9

Neos, Denmark, battery swapping station is now offering grid support to the electric grid. They have like 500 kilowatts of power

0:57.9

with all those batteries stored at a station. So they charge up when it's cheaper and they can

1:02.9

discharge to the grid and make a bit of money, I suppose, trading those electricity prices. Another way

1:07.4

that battery swapping works in China, trying it out over here in Europe. I'm not sure whether the concept will work outside of China, but another great thing that

1:14.1

Neo were doing. BYD are so famous for those price cuts at the bottom end of brand new EVs for

1:20.4

$13,000 equivalent. But what about the top end? They just unveiled the Yang Wang U-9.

1:26.6

Now, Yang Wang doesn't really translate to Western markets as being aspirational.

1:31.5

Ah, what should I buy the new Porsche, Tycon, TurboS, or the Yang-Wang.

1:37.1

But either way, the name works in China.

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