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Want to split £100? If you move to Octopus Energy and use my referral code you can help keep the lights on for me AND get yourself a great welcome bonus. Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452 It's EV News Briefly for Friday 29 November 2024, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show. I'll be back later but Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they're ready AND ad free. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDaily VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES "ENTER ELECTRIC!" CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE EVS https://evne.ws/3Bg6rum VOLKSWAGEN SPEEDS UP MODEL DEVELOPMENT https://evne.ws/418etA0 VOLKSWAGEN PUSHES BACK PROJECT TRINITY TO PRIORITIZE GOLF EV https://evne.ws/3B6fIVY TESLA STARTS LEASE BUYOUTS  https://evne.ws/3CQfdzX ELECTRIC VEHICLES UNDERMINE CAR BRAND LOYALTY https://evne.ws/3B4jjUn CHINA'S EV PRICE WAR PRESSURES SUPPLIERS https://evne.ws/3ZrOvGz APTERA TO LAUNCH SOLAR-POWERED EV AT CES 2025 https://evne.ws/4iarAH6 MILENCE LAUNCHES FIRST ZARAGOZA CHARGING HUB https://evne.ws/4ePqyNP DENZA N9 SUV LAUNCHES GLOBALLY WITH ADVANCED FEATURES https://evne.ws/3Zenh4K FORD UK URGES MORE SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES https://evne.ws/417MpwG

Welcome back to EV News Daily, and a bonus podcast about the rising tide of anti-climate rhetoric coming from certain carmakers, which I’ve noticed is having a drip feed through to the general reporting of EVs, and a potentially dangerous misperception. I’ve held of talking about this for a long time because this podcast doesn’t need to get clicks based on wild headlines. I prefer taking a pragmatic approach and not knee-jerking to every dire warning from a failing auto maker, because for each one of those, there are many more EV success stories. But this has been a rough week in the headlines. So go on, I’ll bite! WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING? Phrases like “low demand for EVs” and “slowdown of EV sales” have been more common in general reporting of the industry, often being parroted from press releases issued by lobbyists. But here’s the fact: In September 2024, the UK witnessed a record-breaking month for EV sales. BEV registrations reached an all-time high of 56,387 units, accounting for 20.5% of the overall market, up from 16.6% in the same month of the previous year. That’s the highest number of BEV registrations ever. The overall market share for electric vehicles in the UK has been steadily increasing, with BEVs commanding an 18.1% share of the market in October 2024. The mean monthly sales figure over the first 10 months of the year was around 30,000 units. But the auto industry recently has been sounding the alarm over EVs. They blame the lack of infrastructure, they blame the Chinese competition, they blame the regulators for  introducing clean-air policies. It's everyone's fault but theirs.  And that is a little frustrating. Let me highlight those three cases today.

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Want to split £100? If you move to Octopus Energy and use my referral code you can help keep the lights on for me AND get yourself a great welcome bonus. Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452 It's EV News Briefly for Thursday 28 November 2024, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show. I'll be back later but Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they're ready AND ad free. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDaily FIRST ID BUZZ OWNER TAKES DELIVER IN U.S. https://evne.ws/3CYIND6 KIA EV3 WINS DENMARK’S 2025 TOP CAR AWARD https://evne.ws/3ZsvbsU CUPRA LAUNCHES TERRAMAR SUV IN THE UK https://evne.ws/3ZqjQcM BYD’S SHARK 6 UTE RECEIVES 4,000 ORDERS IN AUSTRALIA https://evne.ws/4ePdNmx VAUXHALL CUTS ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRICES ACROSS RANGE https://evne.ws/4i7vW1I RANGE ROVER ELECTRIC EXCELS IN EXTREME TESTS https://evne.ws/3Vd10mY EPA ACHIEVES RECORD FUEL ECONOMY AND EMISSION CUTS https://evne.ws/3CFDmZJ VOLKSWAGEN ADJUSTS EUROPEAN DIRECT SALES APPROACH https://evne.ws/3Zq8Z2t VOLKSWAGEN EVALUATES MANUAL FEATURES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES https://evne.ws/3Zq98D3 EUROPE LAUNCHES FIRST V2G CAR-SHARING IN UTRECHT https://evne.ws/3COQFqY NISSAN SEEKS MAJOR INVESTMENT AMID WORKFORCE CUTS https://evne.ws/4ga5ylW