Briefly | 09 May 2025

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Friday 09 May 2025, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.

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NEXT-GEN RANGE ROVER VELAR TO BE ELECTRIC https://evne.ws/3SpSKhp

STATES SUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER EV INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING https://evne.ws/4k9udJm

TESLA STOPS CYBERTRUCK RANGE EXTENDER SALES https://evne.ws/4iRYcog

TESLA’S CHINESE DELIVERIES DECLINE https://evne.ws/3GGsT2b

TESLA'S ROBOTAXI TRADEMARK DENIED https://evne.ws/4k7bzlg

GEELY MOVES TO PRIVATIZE ZEEKR IN $6.4B DEAL https://evne.ws/4k9mtHi

MERCEDES-BENZ CLA SALOON SETS NEW EV RANGE RECORD https://evne.ws/438NjbW

NISSAN ARIYA MEETS EPA HIGHWAY RANGE EXPECTATIONS https://evne.ws/3GIln6Y

XIAOMI REVERSES HORSEPOWER REDUCTION IN SU7 ULTRA https://evne.ws/4mpn7Th

HYUNDAI LAUNCHES FIRST CHINESE MARKET EV https://evne.ws/4iX4Ycv

PHOENIX CONTACT LAUNCHES 1,000 KW CHARGING CONNECTOR https://evne.ws/4iYUYzj

FIRST ENVIRO400EV ELECTRIC BUS DELIVERED TO TFL https://evne.ws/4k9GyNM

SOLAREDGE INTRODUCES SOLAR-POWERED EV CHARGER https://evne.ws/44tBGyr

VOLVO UNVEILS XC70 PLUG-IN HYBRID FOR CHINA https://evne.ws/3EZp3ke

TOPGEAR'S PORSCHE VS. PIPISTREL EV RACE https://evne.ws/43jqHXg

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's EV News briefly for Friday the 9th of May.
0:02.9	Everything EV in less than 5 minutes.
0:04.3	If you haven't got time for the full podcast, it's 31 minutes today.
0:07.5	Yeah, sorry about that.
0:08.2	I got a bit chatty.
0:08.9	But it's why you're here, right, to get everything you need to know in super quick time.
0:12.6	The next gen Ranger Rover Velar will go electric in 2026.
0:16.2	Not like the forthcoming Rangerover and Rangerover Sport Electrics, which share the platform of their other
0:21.4	vehicles. This is on JLR's new 800 volts dedicated ground-up EMA platform. Should come next year.
0:29.5	Big competition in that segment for the Velar, the McCann, the Pulse Star 3, the Audi Q6,
0:34.3	very competitive, looking forward to that. The states are suing the federal government.
0:39.1	17 states are suing the US government for illegally withholding billions in EV charging funds,
0:45.4	just as the Nevy program had built up ahead of steam. They've got the land, they've got the grid
0:49.7	connections, they've done the deals for hardware. New administration came in and said, press pause.
0:55.6	The states are saying, you can't do that because Congress signed it into law.
1:00.2	The executive branch doesn't have the power.
1:02.6	Tesla has binned the range extender for the cyber truck before it ever even got made.
1:08.9	That's a weird one.
1:10.3	The email finally went out to those deposit people who
1:13.8	put the money down to say we will give you a full refund, of course, because of course,
1:18.0	but people are taking to X to complain yesterday to say they needed the extra range for towing.
1:24.4	Tesla's deliveries in China continue to decline in April, even after the bump of
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