{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"BRIEFLY: Range Rover, U.S. Sales, Ford & more | 21 Jul 2026","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/briefly-range-rover-u-s-sales-ford-more-21-jul-2026","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8930932.mp3?modified=1784680403&sid=5051980&source=rss","description":"\nIt's EV News Briefly for Tuesday 21 July 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/EVNewsDailyRANGE ROVER SPORT ELECTRIC CONFIRMED FOR 2026 https://evne.ws/sw4pq\nU.S. EV REGISTRATIONS BEST IN MONTHS https://evne.ws/7855u\nTWO FORD EV PROTOTYPES SPOT TESLA CHARGER https://evne.ws/vy0v9\nHONDA ENDS PROLOGUE AFTER 2026 https://evne.ws/wlk7e\nVOLVO EYES SEDAN AND WAGON RETURN https://evne.ws/aq4lx\nVOLVO WINS UP TO €119M FOR GHENT https://evne.ws/f2d2h\nBMW I5 GAINS RANGE, NACS AND MORE POWER https://evne.ws/s9nqw\nFOXXCON DELAYS U.S. MODEL C LAUNCH https://evne.ws/rk23x\nGM TURNS TO STORAGE AS EV DEMAND SOFTENS https://evne.ws/2xc9m\nLUCID HIRES ALIXPARTNERS FOR TURNAROUND https://evne.ws/c3ryx\nSPAIN COURTS CHINESE CARMAKERS https://evne.ws/16ppz\n"},"annotations":[{"id":511297,"startTime":8.5,"endTime":32.5,"type":"car","title":"Range Rover Sport Electric","url":"/cars/land-rover/range-rover-sport","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/LAND_ROVER_RANGE_ROVER_SPORT_%28L494%29_China_%2810%29.jpg","quote":"Land Rover has confirmed the Range Rover Sport Electric as its second all EV due later this year following a debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed where prototypes are doing challenges, the electric powertrain promises more power and torque than the current ones plus a retuned chassis, a new electric sound, though pricing, specs and exact dates will follow.","canonicalId":"car:landrover:rangeroversportelectric","priority":0.75,"confidence":0.95,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Land Rover Range Rover Sport Electric is positioned as the brand’s second all-electric model, following the move toward fully electric SUVs. 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