DAILY: Renault Attacks ‘Fake PHEVs’, Norway EV Share Recovers and Electrics Becoming More Attainable | 03 Mar 2026

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

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RENAULT CHIEF ATTACKS “FAKE” PHEVS, EYES RANGE EXTENDERS https://evne.ws/47mn04F

NORWAY’S EV SHARE RECOVERS AND HITS 98% https://evne.ws/4bhtPqF

NORWAY PASSES ONE MILLION BATTERY-ELECTRIC VEHICLES https://evne.ws/4rcnKQV

EV UPTAKE SPREADS BEYOND WEALTHIER EARLY ADOPTERS https://evne.ws/4b7EfrP

QUANTUMSCAPE UNVEILS PRODUCTION LINE IN CALIFORNIA https://evne.ws/4clEcuA

KIA UK SETS EV2 FIRST DRIVE WEEKENDS https://evne.ws/3OL6JQE

BMW TEASES FOUR-MOTOR ELECTRIC M3 AT NÜRBURGRING https://evne.ws/4rbwFlM

ROYAL ENFIELD SETS 2026–2027 EV AND ICE PUSH https://evne.ws/4sm0ocC

NEXT POLESTAR WILL BE SPORTIER AND ON CHINESE PLATFORM https://evne.ws/4aWi213

ITALY LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL ELECTRIC PORSCHE CLUB https://evne.ws/4s6OEvb

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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, Renault attacks
1:04.2	fake hybrids. Norway's EV share recovers and electrics becoming more affordable. Plus, they tuned.
1:11.5	Later in the show, I'll tell you why Italy now hosts the world's first official Porsche
1:15.5	Club only for electric cars.
1:17.8	On EV News China today, our spin-off podcast, we talk about price cuts at Ex-Punk, Goshen,
1:22.5	completing their solid state line and Neo's seven-year financing.
1:27.0	Let's get into it. The Renault CEO,
1:29.5	still reasonably new in the post, Francois Provost, has taken aim at short-range plug-in hybrids,
1:35.8	calling them fake-febves pH-EVs. Fake-Fevs fail to push drivers to charge overnight
1:42.0	and weaken the adoption of EVVs. He blamed short-range
1:45.9	pH-EVs from German and Chinese competitors for eroding consumer confidence in electrification.
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