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BRIEFLY: Renault, Waymo, Deepal In UK & more | 28 Feb 2026

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Saturday 28 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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RENAULT 5 E-TECH WINS 2026 UK CAR OF YEAR https://evne.ws/3OAv77q

POLESTAR ADDS LIVE LANE GUIDANCE TO DRIVER DISPLAY https://evne.ws/4bcjzQm

WAYMO LAUNCHES ROBOTAXIS IN FOUR NEW US CITIES https://evne.ws/4cieaIK

EU “BUY EUROPEAN” DRAFT PUTS GERMAN EV AID AT RISK https://evne.ws/4aGfqEk

CHANGAN DEEPAL S05 UK SALES START MARCH 1 https://evne.ws/4l2iv55

ACCIONA TO BUILD 4MW EV HUB INSIDE M-30 https://evne.ws/4bdCJp1

SCANIA ENGINEER TAKES ELECTRIC TRUCK THROUGH 21 COUNTRIES https://evne.ws/4aG1DO7

FACTORIAL TAPS KOREAN PARTNER TO SCALE SOLID-STATE CELLS https://evne.ws/3N2jhCx


Transcript

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0:00.0

TV news briefly for Saturday 28th of February everything EV in less than five minutes if you haven't

0:05.1

got time for the full podcast. So let's get into it. Renno 5 is the car of the year here in the UK,

0:11.8

giving Renault the top price for the first time. And judges pointing out, not only do they love the

0:17.4

Renault 5, the retro modern styling, The price, which also now comes with the

0:21.4

full almost £4,000 or $5,000, off with our UK car grant, but pointing out that all the winners

0:28.3

were electric. Oh, that's rather inconvenient for the never-bevers who tell me that EVs won't

0:36.7

happen and they love their petrols and diesel. Hey, no one's

0:39.4

taking the mafia. They're just not very good cars.

0:42.4

Because the winners were the IKEA EV4, the Scoda Elrock,

0:45.5

the Alpine A290, Citroen,

0:47.6

EC3 Aircross, Hyundai, Arnick 9,

0:51.3

Audi A6 and more. All electric winners in our car of the year now.

0:57.2

Polestar is adding live lane guidance to the driver display.

1:02.5

Integrating Google Maps, live lane guidance, starting in the US and Sweden to kick it off.

1:08.5

It'll be rolling out in other countries.

1:10.3

And also, to be rolled out this

1:12.6

year, Gemini's Google, Google Gemini's AI system replacing just your standard voice. Now,

1:20.3

Waymo has launched its fully autonomous robo taxi service in four more cities. Dallas, Houston,

1:26.5

San Antonio and Orlando. You'll be seeing more of those

1:29.3

eyepaces and increasingly those Ionic fives with a much smaller sensor suite on top, no longer

1:36.4

comedically large. Of course, they run a variety of sensors, unlike others, such as Tesla,

1:41.6

which means they can run in all weather conditions, have multiple sources of data.

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