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BRIEFLY: France Leasing Scheme, VW Surge and Mini EV Records | 14 Jan 2026

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Wednesday 14 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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FRANCE’S SOCIAL LEASING SCHEME ADDS 50,000 EVS https://evne.ws/45K8BP0

VW EV SALES SURGE BUT CHINA AND SOFTWARE DRAG https://evne.ws/4qpohzF

BMW SALES FLAT BUT ELECTRIC SHARE JUMPS https://evne.ws/49mR7uu

MINI HITS RECORD AS EVS PASS ONE-THIRD OF SALES https://evne.ws/4bwPfAw

LUCID GRAVITY LAUNCH HITS SOFTWARE POTHOLES https://evne.ws/49D8I08

LUCID SAYS STOP SELLING GUILT, START SELLING SPEED https://evne.ws/4aTn5j3

NEW JERSEY POURS US$32M INTO E-BUSES AND CHARGERS https://evne.ws/49w50Fq

CHINA AND INDIA CUT COAL POWER TOGETHER FOR FIRST TIME IN 52 YEARS https://evne.ws/49ohcJw

ZEEKR 7GT ESTATE TARGETS EUROPEAN EV TASTES https://evne.ws/3NcGmSV

XPENG P7+ TARGETS EUROPE’S FAMILY EV SALOON BUYERS https://evne.ws/49BlZGu

Transcript

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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. Welcome back to EV News briefly. Everything you need to know.

1:02.5

In less than five minutes, you haven't got time for the full podcast today. Let's get the

1:06.0

EV News in your ears nice and quickly. France is building a market for electric cars amongst people who cannot

1:11.7

usually afford them. They've just wrapped up their second round of the social leasing scheme.

1:16.9

This is where lower income households that meet certain criteria like earning less than

1:21.2

16.5,000 euros per person, can lease an electric vehicle from as low as 95 euros per month with nothing down. There's also

1:29.5

part of the scheme that allows you to buy them as well. Volkswagen EV sales surging,

1:35.0

but China and software have been a drag and actually it's Europe where Volkswagen is winning.

1:41.1

Now ahead of Tesla and taking 75% of Bev deliveries. Europe accounting for,

1:48.4

well, the lion's share doing pretty badly in China. Doing okay in the US, actually up 40% year

1:54.7

on year, but the actual volume is much lower. BMW doing well, actually, tell a lie, BMW flat as a business as the group.

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