BRIEFLY: Ford, Mercedes-Benz GLB, Tesla Model Y+ & more | 13 Nov 2025

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Thursday 13 November 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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FARLEY: FORD HUMBLED BY COMPETITORS' EV DESIGN https://evne.ws/3K1sWHW

MERCEDES TO REPLACE EQB WITH GLB EV https://evne.ws/43QqACH

SCOUT MOTORS NAMES CHARLOTTE GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS https://evne.ws/47PHaFb

TESLA CHINA MODEL Y 821 KM RANGE https://evne.ws/3Xrb4Jx

TESLA CHINA LAUNCHES COMPACT V2L ADAPTER https://evne.ws/4p3rNhU

VW ID.4 AND ID.BUZZ GET TESLA SUPERCHARGER ACCESS https://evne.ws/3K2oTeq

VW-RIVIAN TECHNOLOGY COULD FIT ICE VEHICLES https://evne.ws/4p9DDam

YAMAHA EC-06: RIVER INDIE-BASED ELECTRIC SCOOTER https://evne.ws/43XKag8

GM DIRECTING SUPPLIERS AWAY FROM CHINA https://evne.ws/4qZ6cJd

IVECO AND ACCENTURE LAUNCH V2X SOFTWARE https://evne.ws/481Glb5

NIO SWAP STATIONS APPROVED TO SUPPORT SWEDEN GRID https://evne.ws/49XXwg2

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0:18.1	Donelm.
0:21.4	It's EV News briefly for Thursday, November 13th.
0:23.8	Everything EV in less than five minutes.
0:25.7	If you haven't got time for the full podcast.
0:27.3	Here we go.
0:27.9	Ford CEO, Jim Farley, turning up on the Office Hours Business Edition podcast to say that
0:33.0	when they, a couple of years ago, took apart a tester model three and some Chinese EVs,
0:37.4	they were humbled. They were humbled.
0:38.4	They were humbled at Ford because they realized that they were behind the curve.
0:43.1	Giving one example, the wiring loom in the Mustang Mac E was 1.6 kilometers longer than competitors, adding 70 pounds of copper and a lot more cost.
0:56.1	What led to Ford needing to reorganize their business.
0:59.8	Mercedes is renaming the EQB.
1:01.7	It's going to be the GLB with EQ technology.
1:05.3	It's a seven-seat vehicle.
1:07.7	The inside will look very similar to the CLA, if you've seen that, with its super screen,
1:13.7	MBUX, not the hyperscreen, but still, that's undergoing final validation testing in some
1:20.4	extreme weather conditions at the moment. That'll be a 2027 model year vehicle for the US early
1:26.9	2026 over here in Europe.
1:29.0	When that vehicle comes out, Scout Motors has named Charlotte as their global headquarters location.
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