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EV Public Charging Bonanza, Tesla Model 3 Highland U.S. Launch and Renault’s V2G Plans

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Plus, stay tuned because later in the show I’ll tell you what BMW are saying about plans to close down their combustion car factories in favour of EVs.

I’m Martyn Lee and I go through hundreds of articles, feeds and stories a day, so you don’t have to. 

We’re live at 8am UK time, that’s 5am Eastern, to start a brand new day with all you need to know.  Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they’re ready AND ad free. You can be like them by clicking here.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to EV News Daily.

0:01.2

Coming up today, an EV public charging bonanza.

0:04.3

The Tesla Model 3, so-called Highland, launches in the US, finally, and Renault's V2G plans.

0:10.7

Plus, stay tuned because later in the show, I'll tell you what BMW are saying about their plans to close combustion car factories in favour of EVVs.

0:19.6

I'm Martin Lee, and I go through hundreds of articles, feeds and stories today, so you

0:23.8

don't have to.

0:25.5

We're live at 8am, UK, 5 a.m. Eastern to start your brand new day with all you need to know,

0:30.7

Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they're ready and add free.

0:34.4

Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes. Now we'll start with news of

0:39.4

Tesla's updated Model 3, previously available in Europe, China and Middle East, so-called

0:44.8

Highland. Not sure Tesla have ever said, that's the official code name for it. I think we just

0:49.6

all started using that after a Reuters report is now on sale in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

0:57.5

Interior enhancements include a new 8-inch rear display for infatainment and climate control,

1:03.8

ventilated seats, higher quality materials, acoustic glass and customizable ambient lighting.

1:10.6

Exterior modifications are things like the new integrated fog lights and indicators in the

1:16.0

main headlights, the front design optimized for better aerow and connected rear lights as

1:22.0

well.

1:22.6

Two new colour options with this, the ultra red and the stealth grey. Now the vehicle comes in two variants as it does

1:30.2

everywhere else. Rear wheel model three, which has an EPA of 272 miles and long range, all-wheel drive

1:39.4

model three with 341 miles. That's an increase, isn't it?

1:44.6

A slight increase on the old EPA of the long range?

1:47.0

Either way, Model 3 Highland is not eligible for the IRA tax credit

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