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DAILY: German Subsidies Add Hybrids, Rivian Makes R2 and Mercedes-Benz EQ Cars Back In U.S. | 19 Jan 2026

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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GERMANY SUBSIDIES INCLUDE HYBRIDS AND CHINESE CARS https://evne.ws/4sKWc7g

RIVIAN R2 MOVES FROM PROTOTYPE TO FACTORY TEST https://evne.ws/3NBfr33

PORSCHE HITS SALES BRAKE AS EV BET STALLS https://evne.ws/49uOB5q

MERCEDES QUIETLY RESTARTS EQ EV SALES IN AMERICA https://evne.ws/3LMwGhg

GEELY’S £20K EX2 TAKES AIM AT EUROPE’S SMALL EVS https://evne.ws/4sIZIzj

BRITAIN PITCHES ELECTRIC CARS AS SIMPLE THRIFT https://evne.ws/49v6bX0

BYD’S TURKISH FACTORY STALLS, BUT ADVANTAGE HOLDS https://evne.ws/4r1bbbE

FASTNED SHIFTS FROM EXPANSION TO MAKING SITES WORK HARDER https://evne.ws/4qxpjto

KIA BETS ON A HALO EV TO AVOID BLANDNESS https://evne.ws/4t34g3E

ROLLS-ROYCE PLANS ELECTRIC CULLINAN SIBLING FOR 2027 https://evne.ws/4t2EpZE

SOLAREDGE BETS ON SMARTS OVER SPEED FOR NEW EV CHARGER https://evne.ws/49HCEYP

VOLVO BETS ON GEMINI TO DRIVE ITS NEXT EV https://evne.ws/3NzaUOE

Transcript

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because today is your day. When anything is possible, if you make it happen.

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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, German subsidies,

1:04.2

the Rivian R2 is being made in the factory. And Mercedes-Benz EQ cars are back on sale in the United States.

1:11.8

Plus, stay tuned because later in the show, I'll tell you which car is one of the first

1:16.1

to have Google's Gemini AI so you can talk to your car just like it's a human and pretend

1:22.4

you're in Knight Rider.

1:23.7

On EV News, China today, we're talking about BMW banking on China, Mercedes-Benz defying the market and Sunwoda being under the microscope.

1:33.0

Let's get into it. This is huge news. Germany will pay drivers to buy plug-in hybrids again.

1:38.9

This was a real surprise. Berlin widened their planned electric vehicle support. We knew the subsidies were back. And earlier today,

1:45.8

we now had confirmation of the finer details that I said we've been waiting for. And Germany will pay

1:52.3

its drivers to buy EVs and plug-in hybrids and EREVs. The scheme matters on three fronts. Social,

2:04.3

industrial and trade. Grants of up to 6,000 euros, that 7,000 US equivalent per new car purchase, targets low to middle income

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