Briefly | 22 Aug 2025
EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs
Martyn Lee
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
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2025 NISSAN LEAF PRICING AND SPECIFICATIONS ANNOUNCED https://evne.ws/3VhbIYY
FORD-SK JOINT BATTERY PLANT BEGINS PRODUCTION IN KENTUCKY https://evne.ws/3JuOfRv
KIA EV4 COMPACT EV PRODUCTION TO BEGIN IN SLOVAKIA https://evne.ws/4mTu3XW
CALIFORNIA MAY REPLACE EXPIRING FEDERAL EV TAX CREDITS https://evne.ws/45uGWC7
LUCID GRAVITY TO MAKE EUROPEAN DEBUT AT MUNICH AUTO SHOW https://evne.ws/47GXrMK
EU PUBLIC EV CHARGING POINTS EXCEED ONE MILLION https://evne.ws/4oNSE2i
NEXT-GENERATION BMW IX3 SPOTTED TESTING IN CHINA https://evne.ws/4oNYr7M
ROYAL FARMS ADDS ULTRA-FAST EV CHARGERS IN MARYLAND https://evne.ws/4mNBHTK
UK LAGS EUROPE IN E-BIKE ADOPTION https://evne.ws/4n0j5Ad
FISKER OCEAN SUVS JOIN NYC RIDE-HAILING FLEETS https://evne.ws/4fN5Hgh
LEAPMOTOR UK LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE TV CAMPAIGN https://evne.ws/4oHaS5n
GWR SEEKS BATTERY TRAIN DISTANCE RECORD https://evne.ws/4lAIGhJ
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| 0:00.0 | It's EV News briefly for Friday, August 22nd. |
| 0:04.0 | Everything E.V. in less than five minutes. |
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| 0:16.5 | The Nissan Leaf has got its US pricing and it's low. |
| 0:19.8 | No, it's low. The base trim, 31,845 all-in. That's with shipping, by the way, less than 30 grand before delivery and shipping. So that's a 75 kilowatt hour pack, 160 kilowatt single motor. Epi-Aid just over 300 miles, by the way. |
| 0:39.3 | That is going to give the new Chevy Bolt with its LFP pack. |
| 0:44.0 | Looks like a bolt EUV. |
| 0:45.4 | A bit of a headache, by the way. |
| 0:47.4 | Oh, and there's a smaller pack coming on the leaf, 52 kilowatt hours, not 75. |
| 0:53.3 | So what's the price of that going to be? Well, they haven't told us, but if it's 30K on the leaf, 52 kilowatt hours, not 75. So what's the price of that going to be? Well, they haven't |
| 0:55.7 | told us, but if it's 30K on the big battery, man, this is exciting. Nissan are getting really |
| 1:01.7 | aggressive with their headline price of the new leaf, and it will launch in the US this autumn. |
| 1:08.1 | Ford are now making batteries in their Kentucky plant. Blue Oval SK. |
| 1:14.4 | Now making battery cells for the F-150 Lightning and the E-Transits. Kentucky One is the first |
| 1:20.2 | factory there. There'll be another one and the third Blue Oval SK battery plant will be in Stanton, Tennessee. |
| 1:26.9 | 5,000 jobs, though, at this Kentucky one site when it's fully scaled. |
| 1:32.9 | Kier is going to make the EV4 in Europe. |
| 1:37.4 | The first one just rolled off the production line, but I think series production will start |
| 1:41.1 | by the end of this month. |
| 1:43.0 | The Kia EV4 hatchback version. |
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