Briefly | 10 Sep 2025

I didn't even realize I was wasting $415 a month

until I downloaded Rocky Money.

I thought I had my finances under control

until the app laid out all my spending and categorized it for me.

Takeout, shopping, and unused subscriptions

were quietly draining my account.

And as a result, my savings took a backseat.

But Rocky Money doesn't just tell you

what you're wasting money on.

It takes action to save you money.

First, the app looks at your income and monthly expenses

and calculates how much you can safely spend each day

to stay on your budget.

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and even negotiates better rates on your bills

so you have more money in your pocket.

On average, Rocky Money members

can save up to $740 a year

when using all the app's premium features.

Users love the app with over 186,000 five-star ratings.

It's time to simplify your finances

and take control of your money.

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I didn't even realize I was wasting $415 a month

until I downloaded Rocky Money.

I thought I had my finances under control

until the app laid out all my spending

and categorized it for me.

Takeout, shopping, and unused subscriptions

were quietly draining my account.

And as a result, my savings took a back seat.

But Rocky Money doesn't just tell you

what you're wasting money on.

It takes action to save you money.

First, the app looks at your income

and monthly expenses and calculates

how much you can safely spend each day to stay under budget.

Rocky Money also finds and cancels

unwanted subscriptions for you

and even negotiates better rates on your bills

so you have more money in your pocket.

On average, Rocky Money members

can save up to $740 a year

when using all the app's premium features.

Users love the app with over 186,000 five-star ratings.

It's time to simplify your finances

and take control of your money.

Go to rockitmoney.com slash cancel to get started.

That's rockitmoney.com slash cancel.

Rockitmoney.com slash cancel.

If you're an HVAC technician and a call comes in,

Granger knows that you need a partner

that helps you find the right product, fast and hassle-free.

And you know that when the first problem of the day

is a clanking blower motor,

there's no need to break a sweat.

With Grangers easy to use website and product details,

you're confident you'll soon have

everything humming right along.

Call 1-800-GRANGER, click Granger.com

or just stop by.

Granger, for the ones who get it done.

It's EV News briefly for Wednesday, September 10th,

everything EV in less than five minutes.

If I've got time for the full podcast,

I'll get you updated as quickly as I possibly can.

Polestar's debuting the Polestar 5

and I double A in Munich.

This is 100,000 euro plus vehicle,

112 kilowatt hour gross battery,

three seconds, 0 to 60.

Properly high performance.

This Polestar's new flagship.

No risk green again.

Those high-def cameras, honestly, they're fine

on the, was it the Polestar 4?

They're on Leap Motors B05.

The electric hatchback going right up against vehicles

like the ID3, the new electric Golf that'll come.

What's it gonna cost though?

Well, we don't know, but the latest car,

the B5 from the Leap Motors Stellantis partnership

is coming in 2026.

Skoda have shown off their new estate concept.

It's not coming for a couple of years.

I owned a Skoda Octavia back in the day

before I got into EVs.

I love estate cars.

I'd rather one than over an SUV.

This is 800 volts SSP platform from Volkswagen Group

using the Skoda styling.

They call it modern, solid,

but with all of the estate or wagon benefits.

And this thing looks fantastic as well.

Rimats is debuting their new solid state battery.

That's a really big deal.

And their new E-Axel,

they got orders in the book from 2026 on these.

Rimats technology, obviously very well known

for high tech and high performance hypercars.

But there's so much more to Rimats these days.

Lucid, a couple of stories from them.

The gravity made its European debut at the IAA show

starting at 117,000 euros,

but the gravity is obviously three row

and a fantastic vehicle.

And also Lucid saying they will expand

into eight more markets in Europe.

So 12 in total.

Earlier in the year,

they talked about being in the big five.

So UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,

plus more, the likes of Switzerland,

Norway, Belgium, Denmark as well.

CATL is going to bring two new battery packs to European customers.

A new battery pack rated for 12 years.

And a lithium ion phosphate pack,

which will charge,

they didn't give a C-rate for it that I could find at least,

but they gave a miles per minute number.

But that doesn't depend on the car that it's in.

Anyway, they said 300 miles in 10 minutes.

Now 300 miles of range added in 10 minutes of charging.

Both batteries are going to be made at their new Hungarian plant,

the Debrecen facility the CATL is building.

Tesla showed off their new Mega Pack 3,

which takes the storage inside Mega Pack

from about four megawatt hours to five megawatt hours.

Also Mega Block is new.

Mega Block is something that they make in the factory.

They put four Mega Packs together

and add all the things like transformers and switch gear

all inside the factory, obviously under the roof in a condition

that's easier to work than on-site,

and then ship the whole thing that they say can add

in just 20 business days

a thousand megawatt hours of storage deployed to a site.

Tesla's US market is growing, had a really good August,

but as a share of the market has fallen below 40%.

For the first time, well, it tips the Model 3, really.

For the first time in eight years,

Tesla's market share in the United States is now below 40%.

Still, that's it.

It's still a big chunk of the market,

and it's not because no one's buying Tesla's.

They had a good month recently with the tax credits going.

It's because of the rising competition there,

much like the European market has been for a while now.

Mercedes-Benz is going to roll out

the new Alpetronic HYC 1000s

that's obviously 1,000 kilowatts on a piece of hardware.

Typically, you'd get maybe two or four cables

on one of these Alpetronics.

The Mercedes-Benz say each individual vehicle

could take up to 600 kilowatts of power.

That's good.

There's a whole range of really fast charging EVs coming,

both from the Germans and the Chinese.

Volkswagen Group CEO says one size no longer fits all.

You can't just have a global vehicle,

China, Europe, and the US all going EV

at their own speed.

And the Cybertruck wireless charging pad

has been popped in the skip.

They said that the truck sits too high

and it's too inefficient for wireless charging.

That's briefly.

Let's do the 60 Second Savings Challenge.

Step one, download rocket money.

Step two, link your accounts

and see every subscription you're paying for.

Tap one you don't use and cancel it.

That's money back every month.

Step three, create a financial goal.

$50 every paycheck, or let the app automatically

move small amounts of cash when you can afford it.

In a week, you'll forget you set it up.

In a month, you'll see real dollars piling up.

In a year, you'll be shocked at how much money you've saved.

Bonus challenge, upload an internet or phone bill

and let rocket money try to lower it.

You only pay if they find you savings.

On average, rocket money members

can save up to $740 a year

when using all of the app's premium features.

Users love the app with over 186,000 five-star ratings.

Make saving money the resolution you actually keep.

Start the 60 Second Savings Challenge

at rocketmoney.com slash cancel.

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or just stop by.

Granger for the ones who get it done.

If you're the purchasing manager at a manufacturing plant,

you know having a trusted partner makes all the difference.

That's why hands down,

you count on Granger for auto-reordering.

With on-time restocks,

your team will have the cut resistant gloves

they need at the start of their shift.

And you can end your day knowing they've got safety

well in hand.

Call 1-800-GRANGER, click Granger.com

or just stop by.

Granger for the ones who get it done.

If you're an HVAC technician and a call comes in,

Granger knows that you need a partner

that helps you find the right product,

fast and hassle free.

And you know that when the first problem of the day

is a clanking blower motor,

there's no need to break a sweat.

With Granger's easy to use website and product details,

you're confident you'll soon have everything humming right along.

Call 1-800-GRANGER, click Granger.com or just stop by.

Granger for the ones who get it done.

This is the story of the one.

As an HVAC technician,

he and his digital multimeter are in high demand.

So when a noisy office HVAC turns out

to be a failing blower motor,

he doesn't break a sweat.

With Granger's easy to use website

and product information,

he selects the product he needs

to keep everything humming right along.

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Briefly | 10 Sep 2025

Polestar 4

Volkswagen Golf

Volkswagen Id3

Skoda Octavia

Lucid Gravity

Tesla Model 3

Tesla Cybertruck

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