Welcome back to EV News Daily. Coming up today, Pulse Star 3 begins production. The MG4 gets an estate version and the freewire bidire bidirectional battery charges. Plus, stay tuned. Because later in the show, I'll tell you what BYD are saying about their European expansion as their own shipload of cars arrives on our shores. I said shipload. Good morning, good afternoon,

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Now, we'll start with news of Poul Star 3.

Polestar 3 kickstarts global production commencing in Chengdu in China today,

with plans to extend production to South Carolina by mid this year.

A successful completion of the initial production test series at the US facility marks a big step forward.

The Polestar 3 will be the first to be manufactured onto continents, aligning with their goals in North America and Europe and Asia.

Now, let's talk the Renault Scenic E-. The Renault scenic e-tech has been crowned

car of the year, or rather more specifically European car of the year, because the

car of the year award is just called Car of the Year. But there is another award called

the World Car of the Year, which is, you get what I'm saying. These cars have to be

sold in the European market to be

car of the year winner. And the Renault scenic, E-tech, well, it is the winner. It competed against

others like the BYD seal, the Kia EV-9, the Peugeot E-3-O-8, and the Volvo EX-30. It makes the first time that a Chinese made car, the BYD Seal,

has been shortlisted for this prestigious award, PANLA 59 Automotive Journalists in 22 countries.

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