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For Tuesday, September 9th, everything EV in less than five minutes.

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click on a link to find out more loads of news this week

because of the IAAA show in Munich.

First of all, a car launch from Mercedes-Benz, the new GLC.

This is going to be, hopefully, a big seller for them

in terms of being a mid-size SUV.

But five inches longer, that's 13 centimeters

than the combustion GLC.

And a big wheelbase extension as well

to put a bigger battery in and more room inside.

There'll be a dual motor version, single motor version as well

up against vehicles like the BMW iX3 and Audi Q6 e-tron.

94 kilowatt-hour battery pack, 800-volt architecture,

peak speeds of 330.

Aiming for 435 miles WLTP on this EPA, maybe 360 to 380, possibly.

A big hyperscreen inside.

And this will be somewhere between a smaller EQC replacement

when it arrives and the EQE SUV at a higher end.

Next, Volkswagen unveiling their Cross ID Cross concept.

It looks pretty production ready to me, though,

showing off its new direction for electric vehicles.

MEB Plus platform being used for this.

Faster charging at 200 kilowatts, fixing a load of the problems

like all the haptic stuff inside has gone.

Buttons on the steering wheel.

Good, VW had one of the best steering wheels

before they went with the silly, shiny haptic buttons.

Going back to that.

It's a small vehicle, the Cross concept,

looking pretty ready, though.

And there are vehicles announced from VW Group

this week at IAA, like the Skoda Epic.

That's their small city car on the MEB entry platform.

That's the Skoda Epic.

So maybe 260 miles on these vehicles, low 20s, they'll cost.

The Coupre Reval also unfailed.

It's going to be Coupre styling, but a version of that car.

So a bit more aggressive, sculpted, big copper accents.

And there's also the VW Polo as well,

which we've seen in camouflage, that trio of small vehicles.

All essentially the same,

depending on what you want from the brand that you buy.

German automakers are there in force.

But some of the Chinese, by the way,

Leap Motor, Cherry, Polestar, X-Pung, BYD,

and more all at the show this week.

Oh, Mercedes is also talking about a third generation Mercedes Benz GLE

comes next year.

An entry level crossover, sorry, GLA.

I mean, entry level crossover to get into the brand.

And they also talked about that recent record run

they did with their AMG GT XX,

you know, the one that broke tons of records last week or so,

where it drove the furthest in 24 hours of any EV.

They did it by very fast charging stops.

And they have now revealed they work with Alpetronic,

the charger maker.

And they were charging that AMG GT XX

at a sustained rate of 1,041 kilowatts.

In your face, Chinese EVs.

In your face, said Mercedes Benz.

They didn't, but you know.

They meant it.

Two and a half minutes of sustained charging

around 17 kilowatt hours per minute.

17 kilowatt hours a minute.

That's just the end of combustion, right?

It has to be.

Mercedes Benz say this technology will end up in their road cars.

Woo, holy moly.

They also launched their bi-directional charging service,

which is difficult because you've got to work with the

charger on the wall of your house and your grid operator.

But they say the hardware comes from the Mobility House

and they'll be working with the grid operators in Germany,

France and the UK to do proper vehicle to grid next year.

There's been so many promises around this, though.

Let's hope they do.

Major ID for redesign confirmed.

Almost going to be a whole brand new vehicle.

Might even be called the Tiguan Electric.

And Rivian adding smart home charging to their vehicles.

The app will look at your usage when it's cheapest to charge,

working with weave grid there.

With Rivian's, that's briefly.

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Audi Q6

Bmw Ix3

Skoda Epic

Raval Coupre Reval

Dodge Charger

Volkswagen Tiguan

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