Briefly | 13 May 2025

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

It's EV News Briefly for Tuesday 13 May 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

VOLKSWAGEN ENHANCES ID.3 WITH GTI BADGE https://evne.ws/4maPxjy

PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN EV SPOTTED TESTING https://evne.ws/3EZBsVu

DACIA SPRING WINS TOPGEAR’S BEST EV BARGAIN AGAIN https://evne.ws/4mcR0pu

MERCEDES REVAMPS EV LINE WITH NEW DESIGN AND AMG.EA PLATFORM https://evne.ws/3EXAPvD

VOLKSWAGEN PLANS FULLY ELECTRIC GOLF FOR 2028 https://evne.ws/3F8h2cT

RENAULT’S ELECTRIC R5 TURBO GARNERS STRONG INITIAL ORDERS https://evne.ws/43gut2t

KIA UK PLANS 60 ELECTRIC VAN OUTLETS BY 2029 https://evne.ws/4dhyMPJ

ROYAL MAIL TRIALS ELECTRIC POSTAL TRUCKS IN LONDON https://evne.ws/3YGukUE

UK CONSIDERS MANDATORY SOLAR CAR PARKS https://evne.ws/4iY56Is

USED BEVS OVERTAKE DIESELS IN EU MARKET https://evne.ws/43qUGg2

CHINESE EV BRANDS STRUGGLE TO GAIN TRACTION IN GERMANY https://evne.ws/4j2M2sT

AQUA SUPERPOWER UNVEILS BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING FOR E-BOATS https://evne.ws/4iVVBtm

POLESTAR 2 SPARKS HUGE DEMAND IN KOREA https://evne.ws/44SwSTF

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0:00.0	It's eB news briefly for Tuesday the 13th of May. Everything EV in less than five minutes.
0:04.8	If you haven't got time for the full podcast today, Patreon supporters get the shows ad free.
0:08.4	Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes.
0:11.3	Volkswagen will go GTI with the ID3 and does it matter? Absolutely not,
0:16.1	even though there's no injection in the GTI of their new EV.
0:20.4	A bit like the Porsche Tycoon, turbo doesn't have a turbo, but it doesn't matter.
0:24.1	It's just a name.
0:25.1	No one really cares.
0:26.2	What is important is they're taking the GTX and they're going to re-engineer it, so they'll
0:30.4	change the chassis and the suspension, do like the Arnick 5N.
0:34.0	I mean, that's a wider vehicle than the Arn Arctic 5 and make it ready, if not for track days,
0:38.5	then certainly a proper spicy GTI. Porsche's 718, Cayman, has been spotted pounding around the
0:45.7	Nureberg ring with just a little itty bitty bit of camouflage. And that always tells us when
0:49.8	they take the camo off that it's ready for prime time. There'll be the Boxter, of course,
0:53.8	new Porsche Boxter.
0:55.1	This is the 983 and the Cayman version as well.
0:59.6	If you don't want any wind in your hair, 800-volt platform, PPE architecture, same as the McCann, I think on that.
1:05.5	Datchy a spring has been named Top Gears.
1:07.9	Best Evie Bargain.
1:09.2	Second year in a row.
1:12.3	Last year it was Evie Deal of the Century.
1:17.2	There's a 15 grand car. You don't get a lot for your 15 grand. There is an argument to make,
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