BRIEFLY: BMW, Volvo, Micro EVs & more | 22 Jan 2026

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

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BRIEFLY: BMW, Volvo, Micro EVs & more | 22 Jan 2026

It's EV News Briefly for Thursday 22 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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BMW PRESSES AHEAD WITH US EV BUILD PLANS https://evne.ws/4a0tFCd

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EU SMALL-EV PLAN WINS SUPPORT, BUT RULES WORRY CARMAKERS https://evne.ws/3YWduRt

HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 N CHASES EV THRILL-SEEKERS https://evne.ws/4pXiUq4

KIA SLASHES EV PRICES AS KOREAN PRICE WAR ESCALATES https://evne.ws/49DQsoz

SCOTLAND PUTS £85M INTO EV CHARGING PUSH https://evne.ws/4bRpDOY

EV INTEREST OUTPACES SALES AS MANDATE LOOMS https://evne.ws/4sMq2Zj

IRIZAR LANDS 39-BUS ARRIVA ORDER IN DUTCH BRT PUSH https://evne.ws/4k0m4Iw

RIVIAN MOVES TO FILL FORD F-150 LIGHTNING VOID https://evne.ws/4k0m4Iw

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0:00.0	It's a new day, but not just any day.
0:03.8	Today is the first day of your apprenticeship, the one you were so nervous about starting.
0:09.3	But you didn't let the fear of the unknown stop you.
0:12.6	No.
0:13.4	When potential came knocking, you not only welcomed it, you ran with it.
0:18.3	Earning while learning on an apprenticeship designed with employers, all because
0:22.9	you chose to make it happen.
0:25.2	It all starts with skills. See how you can get started. Search skills for life.
0:31.0	Potential. Potential can 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 the 22nd of January. Everything
1:03.2	EV in less than five minutes. If you haven't got time for the full podcast, fear not. Let's get you up to
1:08.6	speed in a jiffy. BMW is pressing ahead with its U.S. EV factory plans.
1:14.7	They were due to get cells from AESC, but they paused work on a $1.6 billion battery cell factory in South Carolina that was meant to feed BMW's Neuer-classer vehicles. Meanwhile,
1:28.9	BMW tooled up Spartanburg to make those vehicles. BMW built a dedicated assembly plant
1:34.0	in nearby Woodruff, but the cells weren't forthcoming. AESC will ship those cells from other
1:41.0	locations. So things like the IX-5 coming by the end of the year, IX-7,
1:45.1	or will be US-made by BMW. Volvo, so they're about to roll out the single biggest
1:51.2	over-the-air update. History in automotive. So anything since 2020 and the XC40 recharge that
1:59.4	runs on Android is going to get an update over the air.
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