{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"BRIEFLY: EU Sales, Tesla, Ford & more | 25 Nov 2025","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/briefly-eu-sales-tesla-ford-more-25-nov-2025","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8810666.mp3?modified=1764085073&sid=5051980&source=rss","description":"It's EV News Briefly for Tuesday 25 November 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\nEVS GAIN GROUND AS PETROL AND DIESEL SPUTTER IN THE EU https://evne.ws/44qA9bp\n\n\nCHINESE ELECTRIC-CAR MAKERS DOUBLE SHARE OF EUROPE MARKET https://evne.ws/4iomQhC\n\n\nTESLA VS. 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