{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"BRIEFLY: BMW iX3, Lucid Gravity, Porsche Cayenne & more | 19 Oct 2025","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/briefly-bmw-ix3-lucid-gravity-porsche-cayenne-more-19-oct-2025","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8793609.mp3?modified=1760953889&sid=5051980&source=rss","description":"It's EV News Briefly for Sunday 19 October 2025, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.\n\nPatreon 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\n\n\nBMW IX3: ADVANCED EV DRAWS STRONG DEMAND https://evne.ws/4hj9anm\n\n\nLUCID GRAVITY: 450-MILE CLAIM VS 345-MILE TEST https://evne.ws/4qiVVqV\n\n\nPORSCHE CAYENNE EV: 353-MILE 70-MPH RANGE https://evne.ws/3L0gcS4\n\n\nEREV WARNING OVER POLLUTION CONCERNS https://evne.ws/43hN7I4\n\n\nU.S. LEVEL 2 EV PORTS REACH 170,000 https://evne.ws/47xifG2\n\n\nLONDON EXCEEDS 25,500 PUBLIC EV CHARGERS https://evne.ws/48VWCR5\n\n\nAUSTRALIA'S EV FAST-CHARGER NETWORK GROWTH https://evne.ws/46XmaM8\n\n\nMODEL Y STANDARD BEGINS PRODUCTION AT GIGA TEXAS https://evne.ws/3JhxdGS\n\n\nCHARGEWAY ADDS REAL-TIME PRICING TO MAP https://evne.ws/3LjcZgp\n\n\nCANARY ISLANDS €1.875M EV SUBSIDY FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT https://evne.ws/4ncCNIo\n\n\nBE.EV CUTS PUBLIC CHARGING TO 39P/KWH https://evne.ws/47vfuoC\n\n\nBYD SHARK 6: 2.0L PHEV WITH 3500KG TOWING https://evne.ws/4nVpOfn\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":19.5,"endTime":20.84,"type":"car","title":"BMW Neue Klasse","url":"/cars/bmw/neue-klasse","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/BMW_Vision_Neue_Klasse%2C_IAA%2C_M%C3%BAnich%2C_Alemania%2C_2023-09-10%2C_DD_10.jpg","quote":"For instance, 500 miles of range  on that Neue Klasse vehicle.  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