BRIEFLY: PHEV Lies, EU Small Class, IONIQ 5 & more | 20 Feb 2026

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Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

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🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Friday 20 February 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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FRAUNHOFER FINDS PHEVS BURN TRIPLE CLAIMED FUEL https://evne.ws/40kSeFr

EU SMALL-EV CLASS REVIVES VW GROUP PLANS https://evne.ws/46eAv6e

IONIQ 5 PROTOTYPE DITCHES BUTTONS FOR BIG VERTICAL SCREEN https://evne.ws/4tLfE4v

TESLA CUTS CYBERTRUCK PRICES AS SALES SLUMP https://evne.ws/4c5QDKR

EVS SCORE FEWER SERIOUS FAULTS IN INSPECTIONS https://evne.ws/4s6r7do

STAGECOACH PLOTS 110 ELECTRIC BUSES FOR DEVON https://evne.ws/4qOQfnN

AUCKLAND ELECTRIC-HYBRID FAST FERRY CLEARS SEA TRIALS https://evne.ws/46fBDq5

USED EV BATTERIES HOLD UP, DATA SHOWS https://evne.ws/4kJdmyx

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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. It's EV News briefly for Friday 20th of February.
1:03.3	Everything EV in less than five minutes. If you haven't got time for the full podcast, let's get you up to
1:07.6	speed a busy day of news. The largest ever, most comprehensive real world study into plug-in hybrids is out today.
1:16.5	Using telematics real-world data of one million plug-in hybrids.
1:21.4	The German Fraunhofer Institute says that the transmitted vehicle data shows the way people use plug-in hybrids is so much worse
1:29.1	than the official data tests, the official testing procedure, which is so lenient
1:35.7	because it presumes people plug them in every night and drive them on battery.
1:39.6	Not in the European Union, they say.
1:41.9	Some of the worst ones are the German plug-in hybrids.
1:43.9	They pointed out
1:44.8	to Porsche's ranking so much worse than the official data. And some of the better ones,
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