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Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Monday 19 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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GERMANY SUBSIDIES INCLUDE HYBRIDS AND CHINESE CARS https://evne.ws/4sKWc7g

RIVIAN R2 MOVES FROM PROTOTYPE TO FACTORY TEST https://evne.ws/3NBfr33

PORSCHE HITS SALES BRAKE AS EV BET STALLS https://evne.ws/49uOB5q

MERCEDES QUIETLY RESTARTS EQ EV SALES IN AMERICA https://evne.ws/3LMwGhg

GEELY’S £20K EX2 TAKES AIM AT EUROPE’S SMALL EVS https://evne.ws/4sIZIzj

BRITAIN PITCHES ELECTRIC CARS AS SIMPLE THRIFT https://evne.ws/49v6bX0

BYD’S TURKISH FACTORY STALLS, BUT ADVANTAGE HOLDS https://evne.ws/4r1bbbE

FASTNED SHIFTS FROM EXPANSION TO MAKING SITES WORK HARDER https://evne.ws/4qxpjto

KIA BETS ON A HALO EV TO AVOID BLANDNESS https://evne.ws/4t34g3E

ROLLS-ROYCE PLANS ELECTRIC CULLINAN SIBLING FOR 2027 https://evne.ws/4t2EpZE

SOLAREDGE BETS ON SMARTS OVER SPEED FOR NEW EV CHARGER https://evne.ws/49HCEYP

VOLVO BETS ON GEMINI TO DRIVE ITS NEXT EV https://evne.ws/3NzaUOE

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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.
0:25.2	It all starts with skills. See how you can get started. Search skills for life. It's a new day,
0:31.5	a blank slate. Your mind wanders as you think about your future and all its possibilities.
0:40.3	You want to find out what your potential career could be like. So you decide to do a T-level qualification.
0:43.3	Designed with employers, it'll help you land a job,
0:46.3	a place at uni, a higher technical qualification or a higher apprenticeship.
0:51.3	So go on. Make today your day.
0:55.3	It all starts with skills.
0:57.1	See how you can get started.
0:58.8	Search skills for life.
1:00.1	It's EV News briefly for Monday 19th of January.
1:02.9	Everything EV in less than 5 minutes.
1:04.7	If you're stuffed for the full show, which is over half an hour, I'm sorry about today.
1:08.8	Let's get you up to speed nice and quickly.
1:10.7	Germany are bringing back subsidies, and today we got all of the details. What was interesting,
1:16.6	it's up to 6,000 euros per car. They're going to fund it with 3 billion euros. That's
1:22.1	3.5 billion US dollars equivalent. They're going to include plug-in hybrids and e-refs if
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