{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"BRIEFLY: EV Sales Data For Germany, Sweden, UK & more | 16 Feb 2026","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/briefly-ev-sales-data-for-germany-sweden-uk-more-16-feb-2026","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8865493.mp3?modified=1771960854&sid=5051980&source=rss","description":"\nIt's EV News Briefly for Monday 16 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/EVNewsDailyGERMAN PLUG-IN SHARE HITS 30% IN 2025 https://evne.ws/4aXFlr1\nSWEDEN PLUGINS RISE AS THE MARKET SHRINKS https://evne.ws/4tKdDoW\nUK PLUG-IN SHARE HITS 34.6% IN 2025 https://evne.ws/4cAHw4Y\nTESLA’S EUROPEAN JANUARY SALES HALVE IN TWO YEARS https://evne.ws/46bCUP4\nGENESIS ENTERS FRANCE WITH EV-ONLY RANGE https://evne.ws/4rSJyC0\nAMAZON’S RIVIAN VAN FLEET TOPS 30,000 https://evne.ws/3ZKmo4L\nDHL OPENS EV LOGISTICS HUB IN SLOVAKIA https://evne.ws/4tJTzmQ\nRIVIAN SETS R2 PRODUCTION FOR Q2 2026 https://evne.ws/3MyDO1q\nSTELLANTIS BRINGS DIESEL BACK ACROSS EUROPE https://evne.ws/4qMloIx\nSUZUKI LOCKS IN E VITARA SPECS FOR AUSTRALIA https://evne.ws/4riLIei\nVOLKSWAGEN ORDERED TO FACE FRENCH CRIMINAL TRIAL https://evne.ws/4kRHRCz\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":213.64,"endTime":215.7,"type":"term","title":"EV","url":"/glossary/ev","quote":"Everything EV in less than five minutes. 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