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It's EV News briefly for the weekend, Sunday, September 14th.
Everything EV in less than five minutes.
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Finnish company Ken Power introduced massive charging stations
for electric trucks in Denmark and Sweden.
They are new 1.2 megawatt chargers, both MCS and CCS supported.
Rivian's VW deal will get the attention of the world, says
RJ Scarridge, Rivian's CEO, telling the Morgan Stanley Conference
that their new network architecture, ECU layout,
and electrical systems for the ID1 and their entry-level VWs,
all the way up to Porsche and Audi,
will get the attention of everyone globally.
Honda just launched the N1E.
It's first all-electric K-Car for passengers.
Goes on sale in Japan this week, starting at 2.7 million yen.
That's about $18,000, well below the average price of new cars
in the US, 30 kilowatt-hour battery in that.
And of course, K-Cars are quite restricted on things like dimensions,
which make them fit into that category of vehicle.
Francois Provost is Renault's new CEO,
has been talking this week about how lawmakers in Europe
should help cut the cost of electric cars,
rather than boosting EV sales.
He said the following their recovery plan,
bringing back cars like the Renault 4 and Renault 5,
they've got a strong model lineup, but they need more help at Renault.
This week, Tesla quietly stopped selling
one of the versions of the Cybertruck,
the long-range rear wheel drive.
It was the cheapest version of the lineup,
but it was so stripped back.
Gave up the interior and leather, kind of their version of that.
Most of the speakers, the touchscreens in the rear,
the powered bed cover, the utility outlets,
it was so stripped down, well, nobody bought it.
And so they've taken that off sale.
Good news from Tesla.
The upgraded Model Y performance just started customer deliveries.
This week, after production kicked off at Giga Berlin.
BYD has pushed back on the claims of the Stellantis CEO,
Anthony Filossa, saying that LeapMotor outsold BYD in Germany.
A rare bit of friendly fire,
I think between the car companies,
because BYD were very quick to push back on that
and offer some correct figures and say,
I don't think so.
These are inaccurate claims.
Don't see that too often.
The Chinese are trying to play pretty nicely over here in Europe,
but they were quick to jump on that one.
European car makers sold more electric cars
in the first seven months of 2025
than the same time last year, up 38%.
And that puts most manufacturers actually
on course to meet the emissions targets.
Which go to 2027 already.
Many of the car companies and the CEOs will talk very loudly
about, oh, we're under real pressure
and we need lots of help to do this.
BMW, Renault, Stellantis, Volkswagen all on track to comply
with the 2027 fleet emissions targets.
They are doing so well,
but they'll always want a bit more, won't they?
Zooks just launched a public robot taxi ride in Las Vegas.
These are all electric vehicles.
Little pods with no pedals or steering wheel
for seats for people.
But they run all day long.
They're like the Duracell bunny of EVs.
They've got a 133 kilowatt hour battery.
Huge for a robot taxi.
They can even do 75 miles an hour.
But these little pods are capped
at a much lower speed and fully autonomous in Vegas.
And a new piece of development coming out of Exxon Mobile.
I'm always careful with oil companies
that it's not greenwashing and stuff like that.
They say that they have now successfully developed
a synthetic graphite material
that'll make EV battery lasts 30% longer.
He said that the innovation is now with several automakers
working on that technology.
That looks like the real deal there.
And finally yet another data point.
Another report saying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
must be charged in order for them to be
not even dirtier than combustion cars
and that people think they're cleaner than they are.
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About this episode
A quick roundup of the latest in electric vehicles, featuring significant developments like Ken Power's new charging stations in Denmark and Sweden, Rivian's strategic partnership with Volkswagen, and Honda's launch of the N1E K-Car in Japan. The episode also touches on Tesla's discontinuation of a stripped-down Cybertruck variant and Zooks' introduction of a public robot taxi in Las Vegas. Additionally, insights into the electric vehicle market's growth in Europe and advancements in battery technology from Exxon Mobile are discussed.
Original notes
It's EV News Briefly for Sunday 14 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
KEMPOWER INSTALLS MCS MEGAWATT CHARGERS IN DENMARK, SWEDEN https://evne.ws/4gkRwiJ
RIVIAN, VW DEAL AND R2 AUTONOMY ROADMAP https://evne.ws/4gs0laC
HONDA N-ONE E PRICE, RANGE, DETAILS https://evne.ws/41RZU3m
RENAULT CEO: CUT EV COSTS, REDUCE REGULATION https://evne.ws/46IuGxl
TESLA DROPS CYBERTRUCK LONG-RANGE RWD https://evne.ws/3K2pPzh
TESLA BEGINS DELIVERIES OF REFRESHED MODEL Y PERFORMANCE https://evne.ws/4nqLLSR
BYD CHALLENGES STELLANTIS SALES CLAIM https://evne.ws/4psfCMQ
EU CARMAKERS, EV TARGETS, IMPACT https://evne.ws/3IiKv5m
ZOOX BEGINS LAS VEGAS AUTONOMOUS TAXI SERVICE https://evne.ws/4poGgpB
EXXON MOBIL SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE FOR EVS https://evne.ws/46640HH
PHEV EMISSIONS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE OFFICIAL FIGURES https://evne.ws/4nrxpld
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
KEMPOWER INSTALLS MCS MEGAWATT CHARGERS IN DENMARK, SWEDEN https://evne.ws/4gkRwiJ
RIVIAN, VW DEAL AND R2 AUTONOMY ROADMAP https://evne.ws/4gs0laC
HONDA N-ONE E PRICE, RANGE, DETAILS https://evne.ws/41RZU3m
RENAULT CEO: CUT EV COSTS, REDUCE REGULATION https://evne.ws/46IuGxl
TESLA DROPS CYBERTRUCK LONG-RANGE RWD https://evne.ws/3K2pPzh
TESLA BEGINS DELIVERIES OF REFRESHED MODEL Y PERFORMANCE https://evne.ws/4nqLLSR
BYD CHALLENGES STELLANTIS SALES CLAIM https://evne.ws/4psfCMQ
EU CARMAKERS, EV TARGETS, IMPACT https://evne.ws/3IiKv5m
ZOOX BEGINS LAS VEGAS AUTONOMOUS TAXI SERVICE https://evne.ws/4poGgpB
EXXON MOBIL SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE FOR EVS https://evne.ws/46640HH
PHEV EMISSIONS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE OFFICIAL FIGURES https://evne.ws/4nrxpld
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