Briefly | 13 Sep 2025
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Start with news of Magna, confirming they will build Chinese GACs in Austria.
And enough of the production.
Every knockdown kit, semi-knockdown kits,
just enough local production will happen to mean
that they're not officially counted as Chinese made
and will avoid the tariffs.
There's the Ion V or AION V.
That's going to be 323 miles on WLTP.
That's about 40,000 euro plus or minus car.
And then there's the UT, which is a compact car.
BYD have confirmed they will launch Denza in the UK.
That's their premium brand.
And Yang Wang in two years time,
which is their premium, premium brand, according to Stella Lee,
BYD's vice chairman and European chief.
VW's urban electric car powertrain has been,
the details have been divulged.
I saw this on insidivis.de, the German version of insidivis,
talking about how they have the new little cars,
so the ID, the Polo, the Epic from Skoda,
and the Rafale from Cupra will use the new APP290.
APP stands for the Parallel Axis Permanent Magnet Motor,
at 290 Newton meters of torque.
Pretty German way of calling a motor.
The APP290, in-house developed inverter,
silicon carbide semiconductors for more efficiency.
Volkswagen pushing back against the Chinese EVs
at the show yesterday in Munich, saying,
we will do all we can and protect our lead by all means.
VW also saying that those small vehicles,
those three small vehicles will be made in Spain.
Two plants, they have in Spain,
they've got the Marterelle plant, the Pamplona plant,
and between them they'll make the Polo, the Rafale,
the ID Cross, which we have mentioned a lot recently,
that was revealed, and the Skoda Epic.
The EU also talking about the Chinese cars,
a really interesting quote from the EU Commission,
President Slovon the Lion,
saying yesterday to the European Parliament,
I quote, millions of Europeans want to buy
affordable European cars.
We will not let China and others conquer the market.
And quote, wow, that's about as clear as it gets.
Europe is doing all it can to protect its small car market
from cheaper Chinese cars.
BYD will build the Dolphin Surf in Hungary,
confirming the new factory in Hungary.
We'll open in the coming months,
and that they are ahead of schedule
to make the Dolphin Surf, as it'll be called here.
It'll be the first vehicle manufactured
at the facility for Europe.
BYD also confirming that they're flash charging,
which is their megawatt charging,
thousand kilowatts, they call it flash charging,
coming to Europe.
Going to use the CCS2 connector,
and then only use one cable,
because in China you've got to plug the park
between two charging bays,
and the charging ports are above the rear wheels,
a bit like an old dual fuel tank,
jag or something,
and plug both in at the same time.
No, they'll use one cable over here,
thousand kilowatts,
thousand volt platform on the Tang and the Han, I think.
Lucid's Gravity is now in production for European buyers.
The first ones will be delivered early January,
I think, but they're rolling off the production line now,
and then they'll be stuck on the boats, I guess.
Going to sell those in Germany, Switzerland,
Norway, Netherlands.
Lucid is looking at making right-hand drive versions
of the Gravity, not confirmed,
according to the interim CEO Mark Winterhoff,
saying the UK is an interesting market for Lucid.
Of course, not just the UK,
it would be Australia and Japan and Singapore.
However, more likely would be their new 50,000
midsize model,
that would be more likely to be converted.
The investment it takes to make it right-hand drive,
Rivian is going to shut down the normal plant
for three weeks from Monday.
All the retooling is being done for the R2.
It's getting so real for us.
I mean, it's been real for Rivian forever,
but for the rest of us,
they're going to shut down the plant and retool it.
And BMW is using the MetaQuest 3 Augmented Reality
to learn how to fix batteries.
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About this episode
The latest episode of EV News Daily covers significant developments in the electric vehicle sector, including Magna's production plans for Chinese GACs in Austria to avoid tariffs. BYD is set to launch its premium Denza brand in the UK and build a new factory in Hungary. Volkswagen reveals details about its new urban electric car powertrain, while Lucid's Gravity model begins production for European markets. The episode also highlights Rivian's retooling efforts for the R2 and BMW's innovative use of augmented reality for battery repairs.
Original notes
It's EV News Briefly for Saturday 13 September 2025, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.
Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the EV News Daily Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDaily
GAC TO BUILD AION EVS IN AUSTRIA https://evne.ws/4n7hjxE
BYD TO LAUNCH DENZA IN THE UK, BRING YANGWANG IN 2027 https://evne.ws/4nnEvHu
VW URBAN ELECTRIC CAR POWERTRAIN AND BATTERY DETAILS DIVULGED https://evne.ws/4mjVBVV
VW PUSHES BACK AGAINST CHINESE EVS https://evne.ws/46303Ub
VW SMALL EVS TO BE BUILT IN SPAIN https://evne.ws/47Hb2DR
EU SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE SMALL-CAR INITIATIVE https://evne.ws/47FB5LO
BYD TO BUILD DOLPHIN SURF IN HUNGARY https://evne.ws/42mmXmY
BYD 1 MW "FLASH CHARGING" TO USE ONLY ONE CABLE IN EUROPE https://evne.ws/463zWwm
LUCID GRAVITY SUV ENTERS EUROPEAN PRODUCTION https://evne.ws/3VLPdf7
LUCID REOPENS RIGHT-HAND DRIVE GRAVITY PLANS https://evne.ws/4gFP077
RIVIAN PAUSES NORMAL PLANT FOR R2 PRODUCTION https://evne.ws/3JYrHcg
SEAT SEEKS EU TARIFF EXEMPTION FOR TAVASCAN https://evne.ws/3VKRyH4
BMW ADOPTS META QUEST 3 FOR BATTERY TRAINING https://evne.ws/4ntA3Hg
Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the EV News Daily Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDaily
GAC TO BUILD AION EVS IN AUSTRIA https://evne.ws/4n7hjxE
BYD TO LAUNCH DENZA IN THE UK, BRING YANGWANG IN 2027 https://evne.ws/4nnEvHu
VW URBAN ELECTRIC CAR POWERTRAIN AND BATTERY DETAILS DIVULGED https://evne.ws/4mjVBVV
VW PUSHES BACK AGAINST CHINESE EVS https://evne.ws/46303Ub
VW SMALL EVS TO BE BUILT IN SPAIN https://evne.ws/47Hb2DR
EU SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE SMALL-CAR INITIATIVE https://evne.ws/47FB5LO
BYD TO BUILD DOLPHIN SURF IN HUNGARY https://evne.ws/42mmXmY
BYD 1 MW "FLASH CHARGING" TO USE ONLY ONE CABLE IN EUROPE https://evne.ws/463zWwm
LUCID GRAVITY SUV ENTERS EUROPEAN PRODUCTION https://evne.ws/3VLPdf7
LUCID REOPENS RIGHT-HAND DRIVE GRAVITY PLANS https://evne.ws/4gFP077
RIVIAN PAUSES NORMAL PLANT FOR R2 PRODUCTION https://evne.ws/3JYrHcg
SEAT SEEKS EU TARIFF EXEMPTION FOR TAVASCAN https://evne.ws/3VKRyH4
BMW ADOPTS META QUEST 3 FOR BATTERY TRAINING https://evne.ws/4ntA3Hg
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