BRIEFLY: Euro Optiq, ID.4/5 Discounts, Electrify America & more | 18 Oct 2025

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🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Saturday 18 October 2025, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.

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CADILLAC OPTIQ: EUROPEAN ORDERS, PRICES, SPECS https://evne.ws/47xdVqc

VW ID.4 AND ID.5 ADDED TO UK ELECTRIC CAR GRANT https://evne.ws/4nai08o

ELECTRIFY AMERICA ADDS LIVE CHARGERS TO MAPS https://evne.ws/43sQvjk

AMERICANS INCREASINGLY OPEN TO CHINESE EV BRANDS https://evne.ws/43qYf5k

MERCEDES ADDS LOWER-COST ELECTRIC CLA 200 https://evne.ws/4hiwfqh

FASTNED INDOOR ULTRA-RAPID CHARGING HUB https://evne.ws/3JkF8mP

TOYOTA-LED FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ELECTRIC QUADRICYCLE https://evne.ws/42OMk18

TESLA REINTRODUCES 'MAD MAX' FSD PROFILE https://evne.ws/4neGb5Q

NORWAY TO LOWER EV VAT THRESHOLD, END EXEMPTION https://evne.ws/47axm6U

SUBARU TO REVEAL TWO STI CONCEPTS https://evne.ws/4ng7U5Y

SLATE ELECTRIC PICKUP: SPECS AND ROAD TESTS https://evne.ws/4o96Y4s

KIA TRIPLES EUROPEAN EV PRODUCTION CAPACITY https://evne.ws/4qdvPWx

HYUNDAI EO ELECTRIC SUV PRE-SALES IN CHINA https://evne.ws/4opHOhR

GM LIKELY TO MISS TESLA EV LEAD https://evne.ws/3KPN8wJ

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0:00.0	It's EV News briefly for Saturday, October 18th. Everything EV in less than five minutes.
0:04.4	If you're busy this weekend, let's get you up to speed. The Cadillac Optic is coming to Europe,
0:08.9	Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, but it's really bad compared to the US version. I'm not sure
0:14.5	why they've bolted a whole new battery pack into this thing that's 10 kilowatt hours smaller,
0:19.4	or why they've reduced the charging speed down to 110 kilowatts peak or many of the other things like the range is so much lower.
0:27.3	The power is so much lower as well.
0:29.9	They've given it Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, if that helps.
0:32.7	Cadillac Optic is the most affordable car in the range along with Ly Lyric and Vistic, and it starts in Germany
0:38.8	at about 65,000 euros.
0:42.6	Now, Volkswagen is next in the news, and they've been added to the grant scheme, ID4 and ID5.
0:52.8	That's starting now at 35,500 pounds for the pure essential trim. Electrify America
0:58.3	is adding real-time charger data to Google Maps to help those that use the system to get data on Electrify America, availability, connector type and charge speed, etc.
1:08.3	A new study from Autos Pacific, sorry, Autopacific says the US
1:12.8	familiarity with Chinese brands is rising and the willingness to buy a Chinese EV is also
1:18.8	climbing from 41% to over 52% now this year. The most well-known brands, well, Huawei, is leading
1:27.0	the way. Mercedes-Benz rolling out a new
1:29.5	lower-cost version of the CLA, which itself is one of the best electric vehicles you've gone by
1:33.4	at the moment. Incredible, five miles per kilowatt-hour, crazy efficiency, awesome vehicle too.
1:38.9	Mercedes-Benz rolling out the CLA 200. That is going to start with some offers, discounts, 46, 47,000 euros. And so
1:48.6	smaller pack, 58 kilowatt hours, LFP technology still charges really well, 200 kilowatts,
1:55.1	and it's still really, really efficient. Awesome news. Fast Ned, the charging operator,
2:00.2	is going to open a really gorgeous new
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