BRIEFLY: BEV Satisfaction, Polestar, Scout Motors & more | 19 Feb 2026

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Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Thursday 19 February 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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BEV OWNER SATISFACTION HITS NEW HIGH IN US https://evne.ws/4aH9xFB

EV OWNER SATISFACTION HITS RECORD HIGH: JD POWER https://evne.ws/4tHQfZg

POLESTAR PLOTS FOUR-MODEL PUSH TO 2028 https://evne.ws/4r4tLiV

POLESTAR’S NEXT FOUR MODELS FACE US TARIFF SNARL https://evne.ws/4rZMtsG

POLESTAR RULES OUT HYBRIDS FOR GOOD https://evne.ws/3MjdJDt

POLESTAR PLANS MORE BUTTONS AND CABIN CHOICE https://evne.ws/4aryAh9

SCOUT RANGE-EXTENDER SHIFT PUSHES LAUNCH TO 2028 https://evne.ws/4kJU38c

SCOUT MOTORS FACES POSSIBLE ONE-YEAR SLIP https://evne.ws/4aA9MUh

DACIA UPDATES HYBRIDS, LPG AND SPRING BATTERY FOR 2026 https://evne.ws/46dT8Hj

EVS EMERGE AS GRID STORAGE IN RENEWABLE SHIFT https://evne.ws/46gObh3

NEXT ALPINE A110 TO SHARE APP WITH R5 TURBO 3E https://evne.ws/4qGzLOn

TESLA DROPS “AUTOPILOT” TO KEEP CALIFORNIA LICENCES https://evne.ws/4s5MRpL

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0:00.0	Potential.
0:02.0	Potential can sometimes feel daunting, scary.
0:06.0	But today's the day you decide to act on it,
0:10.0	with a higher technical qualification.
0:13.0	Designed with employers, it will give you the skills you need to land the job you want,
0:18.0	because today is your day. When anything is possible, if you make it happen.
0:25.3	It all starts with skills. See how you can get started. Search skills for life. Potential. Potential can
0:33.5	sometimes feel daunting, scary. But today's the day you decide to act on it with a higher technical qualification.
0:43.2	Designed with employers, it will give you the skills you need to land the job you want
0:47.8	because today is your day.
0:51.5	When anything is possible, if you make it happen. It all starts with skills. See how
0:57.4	you can get started. Search skills for life. It's EV news briefly for Thursday 19th of February. Everything
1:02.8	EV in less than five minutes. If you haven't got time for the full podcast, let's get you fully up to
1:07.2	speed. We'll start with news of EV owner satisfaction hitting new highs. All-time records,
1:14.2	never been higher. Even with the loss of the federal tax credit in the United States, the JD-Power
1:18.9	US-EV experience ownership study asked almost 6,000 owners of new EVs about their satisfaction
1:25.9	rates, six times they've done this survey since 2021 and all new highs reached.
1:31.1	96% of EV owners said they would buy or lease another EVV, whether or not there was a
1:37.3	tax credit in place.
1:39.8	The most satisfied owners are Tesla owners, followed by BMW I4 drivers, Mustang Mac E, Hyundai
1:46.4	Unix 6 and Keri V9 drivers.
1:49.3	Polestar is plotting four new models.
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