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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

BRIEFLY: Stellantis, Polestar, Megawatt Charging & more | 07 Feb 2026

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Saturday 07 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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STELLANTIS BOOKS €22BN EV U-TURN HIT https://evne.ws/4r4S5BO

POLESTAR ADDS TESLA SUPERCHARGERS AND PLUG & CHARGE https://evne.ws/4rAg4sk

WATTEV DOUBLES SAN BERNARDINO MEGAWATT TRUCK CHARGING https://evne.ws/4triQ52

NORWAY SELLS SEVEN PETROL CARS IN JANUARY https://evne.ws/4bMJuz5

JAECOO 7 HITS UK NO 2 SPOT https://evne.ws/4aI1QQB

GENESIS PLANS BESPOKE PLATFORM FOR EVS AND HYBRIDS https://evne.ws/4c6pdon

MASSACHUSETTS FUNDS BI-DIRECTIONAL EV CHARGING PILOT https://evne.ws/4ktqQOV

MERCEDES-AMG LINES UP ELECTRIC SUV COUPE FOR 2027 https://evne.ws/4cjXPTE

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the ultimate business trip, flying in Emirates first class.

0:04.5

With your own fully enclosed private suite, you can order from an extensive international menu along with premium drinks.

0:12.1

There's even a bar and an exclusive shower spa on the Emirates A380.

0:17.3

Along with chauffeur-driven airport transfers and the Emirates lounge, it's a better way to do business.

0:23.8

Book now on emirates.com.

0:26.0

It's EV News briefly for Saturday 7th of February.

0:29.6

Everything EV in less than five minutes if you're stuffed for time at the weekend, but don't want to miss the news.

0:33.9

Stalantus has booked a 22 billion euro EV hit on a U-turn to take more than 26 billion US dollars equivalent in charges tied to reversing course on its EV strategy.

0:47.1

Much of the write-down will cover the cost of canceling EVs and compensating supplier contracts as the new chief executive blames the old one for going all in on EVs.

0:58.6

Many customers of Stalantas, particularly in the US, actually, would also blame a product mix that wasn't right.

1:05.3

Quality that wasn't there.

1:07.1

We have some brands over here that are doing pretty good sales, actually, Vocal Opel,

1:13.8

Peugeot and more have had some sales success at that low to mid-end, but the kind of stuff that

1:19.5

Stalantus wanted to sell my American listeners wasn't really market competitive. They blame

1:26.2

operational mistakes and execution. So they're thinking again,

1:30.1

winding back its battery investments and leaning back into combustion, pollution, V8 engines to try

1:36.0

and help the RAM brand. How well that works out. We'll wait and see. Polestar has added Tesla

1:40.8

supercharges to its plug-and app as well. Plug and charge now offers

1:44.6

28,000 stations across Europe where you haven't got to leave the Polestar ecosystem. 20,000 new

1:50.3

Tesla superchargers at 1,500 locations now go into the app alongside many of the other platforms

1:56.3

and networks as well. Not one that I use it. As a Polestar driver, I've got it on the phone. I think

2:01.8

I've used it once to try it. I tend to use the Octopus app because it puts it on my home

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