{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"BRIEFLY: Audi A2, BYD Shark 6, Citroën E-C3 Urban & more | 12 Feb 2026","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/briefly-audi-a2-byd-shark-6-citroen-e-c3-urban-more-12-feb-2026","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8862720.mp3?modified=1771427704&sid=5051980&source=rss","description":"\nIt's EV News Briefly for Thursday 12 February 2026, 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/EVNewsDailyAUDI TESTS A2 E-TRON IN ARCTIC SWEDEN https://evne.ws/4amVsya\nBYD SHARK 6 CAB-CHASSIS HITS REDBOOK AT $55,900 https://evne.ws/4rOOw2w\nCITROËN E-C3 URBAN RANGE HITS £18,495 WITH GRANT https://evne.ws/46GPIgo\nGM DOUBLES DOWN ON CHINA SUPPLY CHAIN https://evne.ws/4qqOQn1\nDAIMLER BUSES TAKES PUBLIC CHARGING TO MUNICH ZOB https://evne.ws/46g1SNb\nHONDA CAR UNIT SWINGS TO 93.4 BILLION YEN LOSS https://evne.ws/4kuID8p\nCANADA FUNDS GREEN FREIGHT AND EV CHARGERS PUSH https://evne.ws/4tIhUJI\nSTELLANTIS WEIGHS EXIT FROM SAMSUNG SDI US JV https://evne.ws/4rhdgRi\nAVILOO RAISES €30M TO EXPAND BATTERY TESTING https://evne.ws/3MC29Dt\nAGRATAS TOPS OUT SOMERSET BATTERY GIGAFACTORY FRAME https://evne.ws/4tIi5ES "},"annotations":[{"startTime":201.0,"endTime":209.5,"type":"car","title":"Audi Etron","url":"/cars/audi/e-tron","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Audi_A6_Avant_e-tron_DSC_7425.jpg","quote":"Now, I'm still very much loved by certain enthusiasts of it in bits of the internet, but now they're going to bring the A2 name back with the A2 e-tron. 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It has good battery technology and can be used as a regular car or a work vehicle with a special back part.","imageAttribution":"iMoD Official (CC BY 3.0)"}},{"startTime":257.5,"endTime":264.5,"type":"car","title":"Citroën ë-C3","url":"/cars/citroen/e-c3","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Citroen_C3_Aircross_%282017%29_Facelift_1X7A7060.jpg","quote":"Citroen have got the EC3 here down to £18,495 list price. Citroen always do good deals, offers monthly prices, and so expect that to fall even further.","canonicalId":"car:citroen:e-c3","priority":0.5,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4.1-mini","data":{"explanation":"The Citroen EC3 is a small electric city car aimed at affordability and urban mobility, competing with other budget electric vehicles in Europe.","simplifiedExplanation":"The Citroen EC3 is a small electric car made to be cheap and easy to drive in cities. 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