DAILY: Sony Honda Scraps Afeela, MG Teases Solid State For Europe and EV Cars Become Vans | 25 Mar 2026

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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AFEELA EV PROGRAMME SCRAPPED https://evne.ws/47PAQgg

MG TEASES SOLIDCORE BATTERY https://evne.ws/40OT3Xw

EV CAR/VAN CONVERSIONS FROM RENAULT AND VOLVO https://evne.ws/4t5SG6X

AUSTRALIAN FUEL SHORTAGES SPREAD WITHOUT SUPPLY LOSS https://evne.ws/4uQBVOI

VAUXHALL ASTRA FACELIFT STARTS AT £29,995 https://evne.ws/3Pyu0pa

UK PLEDGES £1 BILLION FOR FLEET ELECTRIFICATION https://evne.ws/47Sm8oI

SK SIGNET STARTS TEXAS BUILD OF 400-KW CHARGER https://evne.ws/4uQBqUQ

ROLLS-ROYCE OPENS ELECTRIC COACHBUILD PROGRAMME https://evne.ws/4t4DXZT

FERRARI TUNES LUCE FOR FEEL, NOT FIGURES https://evne.ws/4bxsmNg

XPENG AUSTRALIA DISTRIBUTOR ENTERS ADMINISTRATION https://evne.ws/4c2I5nw

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0:00.0	Dating apps? Easy. Online shopping? Simple. Banking app? Sorted. Life admin? Ugh. That's what a digital ID could change.
0:14.3	And the government is opening a conversation to make it work for you. Your voice will shape the final product.
0:21.8	So search Digital ID consultation to have your say.
0:25.9	Digital ID, making it work for you.
0:30.0	Dating apps? Easy.
0:33.0	Online shopping? Simple.
0:35.6	Banking app? Sorted.
0:44.0	Life admin? Ugh. That's what a digital ID could change.
0:51.1	And the government is opening a conversation to make it work for you. Your voice will shape the final product.
0:58.0	So search digital ID consultation to have your say. Digital ID, making it work for you. Welcome back to EV News Daily. Today, Sony Honda scraps Ophelia. M.G. teases solid state
1:06.6	for Europe and EV cars becoming vans. Plus stay tuned later in the show, I'll tell you why EV owners and China's worst nightmare might be
1:15.5	unfolding in Australia.
1:18.1	On EV News, China today, our spin-off podcast, which is turning out to be more popular
1:23.1	than I thought it might be.
1:24.3	Lots of people are really interested in what's happening in the East, and I try and decode that for the global EV industry for you.
1:29.9	Today we talked about petrol prices versus charging.
1:32.5	Xiaomi defying the general profit squeeze in China and BAIC's sodium ion battery moves forward.
1:40.9	We'll start with this news from Sony Honda, scrapping their EV program, the Aphelia
1:45.7	cars after Honda's retreat left the joint venture with no viable route to market. In the initial
1:52.2	aftermath of Honda pulling out of EVs, Sony said, we knew nothing about it. We're waiting to be
1:58.1	told. Now Sony, Honda, confirm the project is scrapped. The partnership
2:02.8	with Honda's engineering and Sony's software and entertainment will cease aphelia development now.
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