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DAILY: IONIQ 3 Revealed, Euro EV Sales Surge Again and U.S. Used EVs Smash New Record | 21 Apr 2026

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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HYUNDAI REVEALS IONIQ 3 DETAILS https://evne.ws/4cUKnWi

HYUNDAI REVEALS PLEOS OS FOR FUTURE EVS https://evne.ws/3QASEpz

EU EV SALES SURGE IN MARCH https://evne.ws/4n14llT

U.S. USED EV SALES HIT RECORD IN MARCH https://evne.ws/3OCIq7E

AFEELA SCALES BACK AS SONY AND HONDA RETREAT https://evne.ws/41OaYOx

UK RAISES EV LUXURY TAX THRESHOLD https://evne.ws/4u0TJWj

FORD CUTS EXPLORER AND CAPRI PRICES https://evne.ws/4tAkalC

GERMANY EYES 8 MILLION BEVS BY 2030 https://evne.ws/4tlaBab

EV RANGE NOW OUTRUNS MOST DRIVERS https://evne.ws/48U40ez

DUTCH SCRAPPAGE SCHEME SHIFTS TO USED EVS https://evne.ws/3OAxyXK

NISSAN STACKS 23 SOLID-STATE CELL LAYERS https://evne.ws/4tulWF2

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to EV News Daily.

0:02.1

Today, the Ionic 3 is revealed.

0:04.8

Euro EV sales surge again, and US used EVs smash a new record.

0:11.5

Plus, they tuned because later in the show, I'll tell you when Nissan say their solid-state battery technology will be ready for prime time.

0:20.1

Over on EV News China today. We're talking about Ford

0:23.2

chasing the Chinese. BYD's C-Lion 05 is launched and VWIs an oil shock China sale. Let's get into it.

0:34.8

Always love a podcast where we can start with a new car reveal, and we can do that today.

0:39.3

Hyundai unveiled the Ionic 3 at Milan Design Week, adding its first compact electric hatchback to the Ionic series.

0:48.0

The car sits below the Arnick 5 as a smaller, more affordable sibling.

0:52.8

Arnick 3 using a new silhouette they call AeroHatch. Hyundai says the shape

0:57.6

improves efficiency and interior space. In fact, this car is the most efficient, the slipperiest in its class.

1:05.9

It also says the Arnick 3 aims to beat the Kia EV2 on aerodynamics and efficiency, but giving up none of

1:13.4

the practicality. The design uses a very low front end, like a very low Tesla front end, if you like.

1:20.2

But then the roofline is quite high for this segment of vehicle to help cabin space. And then,

1:26.7

after the rear passenger's headroom is covered off, then the roof line slopes down

1:33.8

quite quickly, I would say.

1:35.3

Hyundai say they've applied their Art of Steel design language.

1:40.4

The pixel lighting certainly looks very good.

1:43.2

Under the skin, the Arnick 3 uses the 400-volt version of EGMP.

1:47.7

Two battery sizes, 42 or 61 kilowatt hours.

1:52.0

The 42-kilwod version does 213 miles, WLTP, that's 344 kilometres.

1:59.0

The big battery, and is not the biggest pack that Hyundai will sell you, by the way,

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