DAILY: BEV Owner Satisfaction Hits New Highs, Polestar Adds Four Models and Scout Faces Reported Delays | 19 Feb 2026

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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BEV OWNER SATISFACTION HITS NEW HIGH IN US https://evne.ws/4aH9xFB

EV OWNER SATISFACTION HITS RECORD HIGH: JD POWER https://evne.ws/4tHQfZg

POLESTAR PLOTS FOUR-MODEL PUSH TO 2028 https://evne.ws/4r4tLiV

POLESTAR’S NEXT FOUR MODELS FACE US TARIFF SNARL https://evne.ws/4rZMtsG

POLESTAR RULES OUT HYBRIDS FOR GOOD https://evne.ws/3MjdJDt

POLESTAR PLANS MORE BUTTONS AND CABIN CHOICE https://evne.ws/4aryAh9

SCOUT RANGE-EXTENDER SHIFT PUSHES LAUNCH TO 2028 https://evne.ws/4kJU38c

SCOUT MOTORS FACES POSSIBLE ONE-YEAR SLIP https://evne.ws/4aA9MUh

DACIA UPDATES HYBRIDS, LPG AND SPRING BATTERY FOR 2026 https://evne.ws/46dT8Hj

EVS EMERGE AS GRID STORAGE IN RENEWABLE SHIFT https://evne.ws/46gObh3

NEXT ALPINE A110 TO SHARE APP WITH R5 TURBO 3E https://evne.ws/4qGzLOn

TESLA DROPS “AUTOPILOT” TO KEEP CALIFORNIA LICENCES https://evne.ws/4s5MRpL

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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. Welcome back to EV News Daily. Today, battery electric
1:03.9	vehicle owner satisfaction hits new highs. Polestar adds four models and Scout faces reported delays.
1:10.9	Plus stay tuned later in the show.
1:12.5	I'll tell you how Tesla has avoided a 30-day suspension of its operations in California.
1:18.7	Over on EV News China today, our spin-off podcast, we're talking about the New Year
1:23.8	trips that are going electric.
1:26.1	Gilles, Starshine 6 plug-in hybrid that starts a 10,000 US
1:30.6	equivalent for a big sedan car, and Neo setting more battery swap records. Okay, let's get into it.
1:39.3	EV owner satisfaction has never been higher, and the loss of the $7,500 federal tax credit has nothing to do with shaking it.
1:49.4	J.D. Powers, 26, United States, EV Experience Ownership Study. It's the sixth one they've done with
1:57.3	Plugshare across 5,741 owners of recent model year vehicles. So 25, 26 model year vehicles,
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