DAILY: Kia Cuts Prices, BYD Makes A Tesla Roadster and Oil Shocks Speed Up EV Adoption | 27 Apr 2026
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Martyn Lee
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🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Chevy and this is my NHS story. Over a couple of days I was getting quite intense pain on the left side of my stomach. So I called my doctors and then was referred to the Eltham CDC. It was literally a seamless, stress-free day. There was no anxiety or worry. |
| 0:16.9 | The government is opening new community diagnostic centres, with many already available 12 hours |
| 0:21.4 | a day, seven days a week, so the NHS can be there for all of us when we need it. |
| 0:25.1 | Find your closest one at gov.uk slash NHS Fit for the Future, available Englandwide. |
| 0:31.1 | My name is Chevy, and this is my NHS story. |
| 0:34.4 | Over a couple of days, I was getting quite intense pain on the left side of my stomach. |
| 0:38.1 | So I called my doctors and then was referred to the Eltham CDC. It was literally a seamless, stress-free day. There was no anxiety or worry. |
| 0:47.1 | The government is opening new community diagnostic centres, with many already available 12 hours a day, seven days a week. |
| 0:52.6 | So the NHS can be there for all of us |
| 0:54.4 | when we need it. Find your closest one at gov.uk slash NHS fit for the future, available England |
| 0:59.6 | wide. Welcome back to EV News Daily. Today, Kia cuts prices. VYD makes a Tesla roadster and |
| 1:07.1 | oil shocks speed up EV adoption. Plus stay tuned. Later in the show, I'll tell you how much your EV battery loses in range, according to the latest data. |
| 1:16.1 | Over on our sister podcast, EV News China, which is still in the same feed as this one, if you haven't seen it yet. |
| 1:22.6 | Today, we're talking about April EVs, likely to be 61% of China's market. Wow, the Porsche Cayenne gets its own China |
| 1:31.3 | spec, and BYD's top of the shop, Great Tang, has started strong. Let's get into it. Keir's |
| 1:38.3 | CEO signalled a deliberate price-cutting plan in Europe as the company tries to narrow the gap |
| 1:43.8 | with Chinese rivals, |
| 1:45.1 | led by the likes of BYD. |
| 1:47.1 | The CEO, Song Hosung, announced the plan at Kia's Investor Day. |
| 1:52.2 | The price gap between Kia and Chinese models has narrowed from 20 to 25% to 15.20%. |
| 2:00.4 | Europe has become a central battleground between the established carmakers |
| 2:03.7 | and the incoming Chinese brands. Chinese manufacturers are pushing harder overseas as demand has |
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