TV News briefly for Friday 22nd of September. Sorry for recording this one a little bit late,

couldn't get around to it on Friday, so putting it out over the weekend. Patreon supporters get the

episodes, though, as soon as they're ready and ad-free. And you can be like them by clicking on a link

in the show notes. National Drive Electric Week kicks off, and it's a great way for you to get

hands-on with electric vehicles. Maybe you're not quite ready to buy yet.

You know, walking into a showroom, etc.

It's definitely an intent, isn't it?

But if you just want to do some research,

National Drive Electric Week, which is now on until October 1st,

it's a great way to meet other EV owners

and talk to people about various models and their experiences. Jaguar is going Nax, the North American Charging Standard, NACS.

You know, I just call it the Tesla plug. I'm not really meant to.

But the latest name to join the Tesla plug on their EVs from 2025.

What about the IPACE, which ends in 2025?

Well, that will come with an adapter from Tesla for existing owners so they can

use the supercharging network in the meantime. Now, one of the stories earlier this week I told you about,

which was the UK government walking back the petrol ban 2030 to 2035, not quite as simple as that,

because one of the things we talked about was the what's called the mandate, which was,

that's the headline, but actually

the carmakers have been given a set of incremental targets. And now the business secretary,

Kemi Badnott, coming out in the UK to say, we will not change the mandate. We'll stick to it.

So why does it matter that you're putting the 2030 date back 2035? The answer is it doesn't. From January

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