BRIEFLY: Alpine, BMW M3, Tesla & more | 24 Jan 2026

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Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Saturday 24 January 2026, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.

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ALPINE TURNS ELECTRIC GAMBLE INTO SALES SURGE https://evne.ws/49APMQM

ELECTRIC BMW M3 TO PIPE V10 NOISE INTO CABIN https://evne.ws/4q7nT84

TESLA SHRINKS BERLIN AS EUROPEAN DEMAND SOFTENS https://evne.ws/45psATc

BYD PLANS 300 ULTRA-RAPID EV CHARGERS IN BRITAIN https://evne.ws/4jTFmiC

FORD CALLS FOR CHINA EV BOYCOTT AS OTTAWA STALLS https://evne.ws/3NzWxtz

GEELY DUMPS THE RUSSIAN DOLL LOOK FOR ITS PHEV https://evne.ws/3NzWxtz

VOLVO BETS ON LONG‑RANGE PLUG‑IN HYBRIDS AS EV BRIDGE https://evne.ws/4rbSmmi

VW CASH SURPRISE BUYS TIME, NOT COMFORT https://evne.ws/4rbSmmi

WARM HOMES PLAN IS ALSO AN EV POLICY https://evne.ws/4qWsP0N

NIO’S EUROPE BATTERY SWAPS GAIN SPEED, HIT CEILING https://evne.ws/45Yq6v2

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Sarah's last game before she does her self-assessment.
0:03.9	Like her last last-last game, and the last-last-game before that?
0:08.1	Classic.
0:09.7	Come on, Sarah! The deadline is 31st of January.
0:12.5	Less distraction, more action.
0:14.3	Don't be like, Sarah. Visitgov.uk.org.
0:16.4	Forenslasessment today.
0:18.5	Payment support may be available.
0:20.1	This is Sarah's last game before she does her self-assessment.
0:24.0	Like her last, last game, and the last last game before that?
0:28.2	Classic.
0:29.4	Come on, Sarah.
0:30.5	The deadline is 31st of January.
0:32.6	Less distraction, more action.
0:34.3	Don't be like, Sarah.
0:35.5	Visitgov.org.org.
0:36.5	Self-assessment today. Payment support may be available.
0:40.1	It's EV News briefly for the weekend. It is Saturday 24th of January. I'm Martin Lee.
0:44.5	Let's get you up to speed if you are just surfing into this and want to get your EV News nice and quickly.
0:50.0	Well, first up, the new Alpine A290 is now 75% of Alpine's business.
0:56.6	A relatively, well, it is a very small carmaker, but since going electric, they have seen explosive sales growth.
1:03.5	The electric BMW M3 looks like it's going to be a bit of a monster.
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