Briefly | 01 Jul 2025
EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs
Martyn Lee
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🗓️ 3 July 2025
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| 0:00.0 | It's EV News briefly for Tuesday 1st of July. Everything EV in less than five minutes. If you |
| 0:05.0 | haven't got time for the full podcast today, Patreon supporters get the shows ad free. You can be like |
| 0:08.8 | them by clicking on a link in the show notes. Ford's US EV sales are dropping amidst a big |
| 0:15.9 | recall for the Mustang Mark E. Down by 31% in the first, sorry, second quarter of 2025. |
| 0:24.6 | They blame the recall of the Mustang Mac E. Software update should come sometime in Q3 when |
| 0:31.3 | sales can resume on those vehicles. But lightning sales were down for the Ford F-150. Mustang |
| 0:37.1 | Mac E, down 19% E-transit down in the US as well. |
| 0:40.9 | Over at GM, things are very rosy, though strong growth in the EV market in the US. |
| 0:46.2 | In the second quarter of the year, 46,280 EVs were sold, and for the first half of the year, |
| 0:58.6 | 78,000 GM EVs. The Escalade IQ, the optic, |
| 1:03.4 | a very interesting standout cars. But in terms of the numbers, it's the Chevrolet Equinox EV, particularly successful because it starts at $35,000. Now, Kia are launching the EV4 in the UK with a hatchback style, because there is a |
| 1:15.2 | saloon version as well, and I'll be honest, it's not my favourite in terms of the design, but that's |
| 1:20.6 | only in pictures. I think the hatchback version proportions are much better. That's the one we get, |
| 1:25.9 | and it's the longest range Kia they've ever sold. |
| 1:29.8 | So, the air trim, which is the base trim, but with the big battery of 81.4 kilowatt hours will |
| 1:36.6 | send you 388 miles, which is like I say, the longest Kia they've ever sold. Pricing starts at £34,695, and to go for the big battery is a £3,000 extra option. |
| 1:53.1 | Could well be worth it for all of the extra range. |
| 1:56.2 | Tesla is next in the news, nearing completion ofcompletion of their US LFP lithium-ion phosphate battery production facility in Sparks, Nevada. |
| 2:06.8 | Having a domestic supply chain will be very useful for Tesla. |
| 2:11.1 | And obviously, they're making LFP packs themselves, so that is good for longer lifespan, good temperature, stability, better safety, no cobalt use, |
| 2:18.4 | much cheaper to make for things like their storage products. |
| 2:22.9 | UK home EV charging gets cheaper from today. |
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