BRIEFLY: EV Overtakes Petrol, Tesla, GM & more | 27 Jan 2026

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Tuesday 27 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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EV POWERTRAINS OVERTAKE PETROL AND DIESEL IN EU https://reut.rs/3Nz283p

EVS OVERTAKE PETROL IN EUROPE’S DECEMBER SALES https://bit.ly/4qkTgMx

TESLA LOSES EUROPEAN GROUND AS BYD CLOSES IN https://on.wsj.com/46dYjXy

GM FOLDS ELECTRIFY AMERICA INTO ITS EV CHARGING APPS https://bit.ly/49VNTwL

HYUNDAI PRICES IONIQ 6 N FROM £65,800 IN UK https://bit.ly/4a5B03E

RIVIAN NARROWS R2 LAUNCH TO JUNE 2026 https://bit.ly/45zM6fD

AMSTERDAM MOVES TO BAN MEAT AND FOSSIL-FUEL ADVERTS https://bit.ly/4riCtdR

USED-EV WAVE TO TEST DEALERS AND VALUES IN 2026 https://bit.ly/3LVlXRV

VW KILLS PLANNED AUDI PLANT IN AMERICA https://bit.ly/4bkvZWZ

AUDI'S EV DESIGN HITS RESET, NOT REWIND https://bit.ly/4q6U47x

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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. Like her last, last, last game, and the last, last, game before that? Classic. Come on, Sarah! The deadline is 31st of January. Less distraction, more action. Don't be like, Sarah. Visitgov.uk.uk. Forward slash self-assessment today.
0:38.6	Payment support may be available.
0:40.2	It's EV News briefly for Tuesday 27th of January.
0:43.2	Everything EV in just five minutes for fans of this podcast that want to get up to speed nice and quickly.
0:48.4	This is a huge story.
0:49.6	EV power trains, pure beves, overtook pure petrol last month in December. The numbers are now
0:56.5	out for not only the European Union, but the wider zone as well, like Britain, Norway, those
1:02.0	countries, the EFTA. And Beves taking 26.3 share, pure petrol taking a 21.7 share. Now,
1:09.8	analysts pointing out there are some nuances in that.
1:12.0	Some cars were reclassified as mild hybrids to kind of add a little bit of help with the emissions and
1:16.4	things like that. But there's no doubt about it. Petrol and diesel were 45% a year ago.
1:21.1	Now they're 35% combined when you add them together. It won't be long before over the course of
1:26.5	the year, 2026, that Pure Beves are bigger than combustion combined petrol and diesel.
1:33.6	If you don't include some of the mild hybrid stuff, if you add together, plug-in hybrids and
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