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Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Tuesday 29 April 2025, 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: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDaily

OMODA 3: NEW COMPACT CROSSOVER https://evne.ws/44eRJQy

KIA EVS NOW COMPATIBLE WITH TESLA SUPERCHARGERS https://evne.ws/42vU9cj

SLATE INTRODUCES $25K ELECTRIC PICKUP https://evne.ws/4jTYYC5

SLATE SECURES $2.8B BATTERY DEAL WITH SK ON https://evne.ws/3RDUyTW

VOLKSWAGEN ID 3 TO GET MAJOR REDESIGN https://evne.ws/42RQzIA

TESLA RAISES CANADIAN VEHICLE PRICES DUE TO NEW TARIFFS https://evne.ws/4lWokRM

WORKHORSE W56 COMPLETES 2,400-MILE TEST DRIVE https://evne.ws/4jQDOEN

AUDI E5 REVEALED, LENDS INSIGHTS ON MG IM5 LAUNCH https://evne.ws/4jSpbkq

CALIFORNIA ALLOCATES $500 MILLION FOR ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES https://evne.ws/42zcKnO

AMAZON LAUNCHES SKODA CAR BUYING ONLINE IN UK https://evne.ws/4jxyO8u

NORWEGIAN FERRIES TO USE 4MW CHARGING SYSTEMS https://evne.ws/3S8xQDl

BP PULSE LAUNCHES MASSACHUSETTS EV GIGAHUB https://evne.ws/42LVLNR

MERCEDES-AMG UNVEILS FIRST ELECTRIC SUPER SALOON https://evne.ws/4cRNOeD

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0:00.0	It's TV news briefly for Tuesday, April 29th. Everything EV in less than five minutes.
0:04.9	If you haven't got time for the full podcast today, Patreon to Bollers get the shows ad-free.
0:08.7	You can be like them by clicking on a link in the show note. Busy day are news today.
0:12.6	The UK gets the new Omoda 3 from the Cherry automaker. They're Chinese, of course.
0:18.9	It's a compact crossover. It'll debut in October. In the UK,
0:22.5	it'll cost less than £30,000 for the Omoda 3. There's also a 5, a 7 and a 9 getting bigger
0:30.3	as you got through the range. Kears EVs are now compatible with Tesla superchargers. That's
0:36.4	good because they were meant to be switched on in January.
0:39.9	So not much of a delay then.
0:42.0	And so that's great news.
0:43.0	Keree 6, EB-9 and Neo and Nero owners as well.
0:46.6	Slate's CEO.
0:48.0	Slate is that new configurable truck that starts a 25 grand,
0:52.6	and you can add a cab on to the back to make it into an SUV.
0:56.1	And you can add pretty much anything to it.
0:58.9	Highly configurable.
1:00.3	The Slate CEO explaining the philosophy behind the electric truck saying that when she grew up,
1:06.6	she was on a farm in a Ford Ranger in 1984 and it was just cheap, cheerful, transportation, basic that gives you freedom for a low price, and that's what they want.
1:17.2	They're also offering these starter packs as well, so if you are completely overwhelmed by the configurator, they've got 25 different presets, if you like, starter packs they're calling them.
1:28.0	Slate also doing a deal with SK-On for Made in America Sells and battery packs in a deal that goes from
1:37.3	2026 to 2031.
1:40.0	Volkswagen's ID3 will get another major redesign to fill the gap between now and when the ID golf arrives in 2008,
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