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BRIEFLY: Mercedes CLA, Starbucks Charging, BMW Range Extenders and more | 26 Nov 2025

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Wednesday 26 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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MERCEDES CLA SHOOTING BRAKE EV TAKES ESTATE RANGE LONG https://evne.ws/4oiYuHi

MERCEDES CLA EV TARGETS LONG‑RANGE LUXURY BUYERS https://evne.ws/3MnWwYS

MERCEDES-BENZ AND STARBUCKS TURN I‑5 STOPS INTO FAST‑CHARGING HUBS https://evne.ws/48k8KZQ

TESLA EUROPE SALES SLIDE AS EV RIVALS GAIN GROUND https://evne.ws/4ioCrOg

EUROPE EV SALES: SKODA AND RENAULT OVERTAKE TESLA https://evne.ws/3KhX0iK

BMW EYES RANGE-EXTENDER X5 AND 7-SERIES FOR CHINA https://evne.ws/43TEhkh

MG PLANS SUB-£25K MG2 ELECTRIC HATCHBACK FOR 2027 https://evne.ws/4rhSsJL

PORSCHE EYES IONIQ 5 N AS HANDLING HERO FOR ELECTRIC 718 https://evne.ws/4itMVfq

STELLANTIS WARNS OF EU AUTO “IRREVERSIBLE DECLINE” https://evne.ws/4p4YaNR

UK EV VANS FREED FROM HGV RED TAPE https://evne.ws/3XQaeX1

E1 SETS 2026 GLOBAL CALENDAR AS ELECTRIC RACING GOES MAINSTREAM https://evne.ws/4pF9Qqt

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's TV news briefly for Wednesday, November 26th, everything you need to know but without listening to the 24 minutes on today's full podcast.

0:08.0

Mercedes-Benz have three stories at the beginning of the podcast today.

0:11.9

The first one is the CLA shooting break.

0:15.2

That's almost 500 miles on a charge in a state form or shooting break form.

0:20.2

But it starts at £47,000 here in the UK for an 85 kilowatt-hour battery, single motor on the cheaper version, still 268 horsepower and big range.

0:32.3

There's also a 350 version of that too, which is all-wheel drive.

0:35.7

And that's the same specs for the saloon version,

0:38.3

and the saloon version is now confirmed in terms of its EPA rating. So it's coming to North America,

0:44.9

its EPA at 374 miles. EPA is always a bit more realistic than WLTP. Still a very, very good number,

0:53.3

an 800-volt architecture, 320 kilowatt DC fast-charging.

0:57.0

And Mercedes-Benz teaming up with Starbucks.

0:59.4

If you pull off Interstate 5 in Red Bluff, California, you'll not only get a coffee stop,

1:04.3

but also in a 400-kilwatt caffeine boost equivalent for your car.

1:10.3

Mercedes-Benz high-power charging and Starbucks opening the first DC fast-charging hub there

1:14.8

with many, many more to come.

1:17.4

Tesla has hit a wall in Europe.

1:20.2

October's numbers halved on October last year, if you look at the year-on-year data,

1:25.6

and the market share of Tesla, which was 3% at one point.

1:29.6

That was a heyday.

1:30.5

Now we look back on it is 0.6%.

1:34.2

They sold only 6,964 cars across all of Europe in October, down from almost 14,000 for the same month last year.

1:43.6

So where are buyers going now? Well,

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