The Audi A2 e-tron is a small electric car from Audi, based on a special platform made for electric cars. It's a new version of an older Audi model but powered by electricity.
The Volkswagen ID.3 is a small electric car made by Volkswagen. It runs only on electricity instead of gas, which makes it cleaner and quieter. People talk about it because it's one of the first new electric cars from Volkswagen and uses a special design made just for electric cars.
The MEB platform is a special design that Volkswagen uses to build many electric cars. It helps make electric cars that can have different battery sizes and driving styles.
A cab chassis is a type of vehicle that comes with just the front part where the driver sits and the frame behind it. People can add different back parts depending on what they need, like for work or carrying things.
The BYD Shark 6 is an electric car made by a Chinese company. It has good battery technology and can be used as a regular car or a work vehicle with a special back part.
The Leap Motor T03 is a small electric car from China made to be cheap and good for city driving. It runs on electricity and is easy to park and use in towns.
Electric vehicle chargers are places where electric cars can plug in to get more battery power. More chargers make it easier to drive electric cars.
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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.
Think of this a bit like Audi's version of the Volkswagen ID3.
Will it sit on the existing platform or the new MEB Plus platform?
Well, that's an interesting question because they'll use that for larger vehicles like the VW ID Tiguan and the ID Polo, ID Cross.
So it could do. That would make it front-wheel drive, as well as all-wheel drive being an Audi.
And that frees up more room. The front-wheel drive version in the cabin could offer battery pack sizes up to around 80 kilowatt hours.
BYD's Shark 6 now being offered as a cab chassis in Australia.
Well, at least the pricing just hit the industry price guide Redbook.
It's on sale in New Zealand already. $2,000 cheaper than the existing premium trim of the ute of the Shark 6.
For a lot less car by those really deep contented.
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
because that car really is competitive with something like the Dacia Spring Leap Motor T03
and it needs to come down in price. BYD Dolphin Surf.
Same mileage as that. Charged a little bit slower. Needs to bring the price down.
But that's with the UK government grant taking off it already. I'm sure we'll see that price dipped down.
There's a lot by the way around £15,000. If you're looking for a second car or a small urban car,
15K is a really sweet spot here right now.
General Motors is doubling down on their supply chain and saying they're not disconnecting from China.
Well, also they have to remember they sell about a million EVs with their joint ventures in China.
They can't be too aggressive towards China. They say they'll pick their supply chain on merit.
We'll be non-discriminatory. We won't pick our suppliers based on passport or flag.
And that of course comes with pressures in the United States where they're increasingly expected to.
Daimler buses are taking public charging to the Munich Central Bus Terminal
and in doing so turn themselves into a charge point operator.
They operate in Cologne as well. They haven't said where else they're expanding to, but they will.
And Daimler buses will be a charge point operator for bus infrastructure.
They're new chargers going in charge each bus at 600 kilowatts power each.
Honda's car business swung to an operating loss last quarter of 602 million.
They blamed EV write downs and impairments.
But actually new tariffs into the United States cost them 802 million.
EV write downs cost them 280. Sounds like tariffs are more of an issue.
But of course they don't want to poke the United States.
And if you look at the whole year over nine months, yeah they've written down 1.7 billion.
As Honda, like many of the established car makers have had some false starts in going EV.
Some investments that haven't necessarily paid off.
You could call the mistakes if you want to.
Canada is funding Green Freight, putting 5.7 million Canadian into a Green Freight program
to cut fuel costs and lower emissions across vehicle fleets.
Alongside what I told you about recently are the 8000 new chargers going in the ground.
Somewhat of a kind of talking out of both sides of their face thing going on here.
Like, well, we want to put EV charge in the ground.
We're going to spend some money on making combustion just that little bit better.
Well, sometimes maybe rip the bandaid off and just go all EV as quick as possible.
Stellantis awaying an exit from their Samsung joint venture, the US Battery Partnership.
Avalu, the battery health testing company, raised 30 million euros to expand into the United States.
And in some a set, our Gigafactory.
Just got its topping out ceremony now ready for fit out.
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About this episode
Highlights include Audi reviving the A2 name with an electric A2 e-tron potentially based on VW's MEB Plus platform, BYD's Shark 6 cab chassis launch in Australia, and Citroën's competitively priced E-C3 Urban. General Motors confirms continued China supply chain ties despite US pressures. Daimler buses become charge point operators in Munich and Cologne with 600kW chargers. Honda reports losses due to EV write-downs and US tariffs. Canada invests in green freight programs while Stellantis plans to exit its Samsung battery joint venture. Avalu raises funds to expand battery health testing in the US. The episode blends EV industry updates with market and supply chain insights.
It'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.
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