{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"BRIEFLY: Germany, Ford, Hyundai & more | 28 Nov 2025","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/briefly-germany-ford-hyundai-more-28-nov-2025","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8812588.mp3?modified=1764382483&sid=5051980&source=rss","description":"It's EV News Briefly for Friday 28 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\nGERMANY SETS UP FIGHT OVER EU 2035 ENGINE BAN https://evne.ws/4p7rG5B\n\n\nVOLKSWAGEN STRUGGLES TO HIT JOB-CUT TARGET AS EV COSTS BITE https://evne.ws/3MqpGXk\n\n\nFORD RANGER PHEV TURNS INTO A TECH‑HEAVY WORKHORSE https://evne.ws/4pADVqS\n\n\nFRANCE EXTENDS EV BONUS SCHEME INTO 2026 https://evne.ws/43XP253\n\n\nHYUNDAI TURNS EVS INTO GRID‑READY POWER SOURCES https://evne.ws/48lOwiF\n\n\nLEAPMOTOR GOES HARD ON GLOBAL GROWTH https://evne.ws/483Bl72\n\n\nRENAULT LAUNCHES V2G GRID SERVICE FOR DUTCH EV DRIVERS https://evne.ws/43SnZbo\n\n\nTESLA GIGA BERLIN BOOSTS OUTPUT AS NORWAY SALES HIT RECORD https://evne.ws/48ohVc4\n\n\nTESLA SALES SLUMP AS EUROPE RIVALS SURGE https://evne.ws/4px1AbJ\n\n\nAESC OPENS SUNDERLAND GIGAFACTORY FOR NEW NISSAN LEAF https://evne.ws/4p2JlLr\n\n\nFIAT CUTS UK ENTRY PRICE FOR GRANDE PANDA EV https://evne.ws/3M1rZ3b\n\n\nKGM TORRES EVX: LONG-RANGE MID-SIZE EV TARGETS MAINSTREAM BUYERS https://evne.ws/3M3dkEC\n\n\nRUSSIA SHIFTS FROM IMPORTING CHINESE EVS TO BUILDING THEM AT HOME https://evne.ws/48DURHn\n\n\nFIRST BUS UNVEILS ESSEX’S FIRST ALL‑ELECTRIC BUS DEPOT https://evne.ws/4inEPVk\n\n\nRIVIAN R1T FLEET HEADS TO AUSTRALIAN AUCTION https://evne.ws/4pG9mQW\n\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":202.0,"endTime":207.0,"type":"concept","title":"plug-in hybrids","url":"/glossary/plug-in-hybrid","quote":"Germany will now argue for allowing plug-in hybrids, combustion engine range extenders and more efficient conventional engines even after 2035.","canonicalId":"concept:plug-in-hybrid","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"Plug-in hybrids are vehicles that can be charged from an external power source and also have a combustion engine. 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