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Welcome back to the podcast. Today, a $20 million boost for Tello's tiny truck.
03:29
Evie and Ice Parity has reached an accurate ends the ZDX early. Plus, they tuned later in the show.
03:36
I'll tell you how far is too far when it comes to the distance of public charging from your front
03:42
door. On Evie News China, today we're talking about a million leaped motors, a Mercedes-CLA
03:47
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you know, comes my way to, you know, keep me in coffee that I'm looking at slowly getting
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cold. Let's get on with the podcast. I'll take a slurp at halftime. Tello Trucks announced a $20
04:48
million funding round, including Mark Tarpening. That name's familiar. Yep, he's one of the two
04:56
founders of Tesla. The company is developing the MT1. It's a really teeny weeny, tiny electric
05:01
pickup truck, no larger than a mini. But the point is, this is still a working truck. The
05:05
MT1's base price is $41,000. Not that it's on sale yet, but the company lists a standard
05:11
range of 260 miles, 420 kilometers, and variants offering up to 350 miles in the works.
05:19
Key features include a five foot bed. That's 1.52 meters. But I think the point is,
05:24
five foot is kind of a standard bed size that will extend to eight foot with a folding mid-partition.
05:29
When extended, the bed can carry plywood and stand a bit of plywood. I don't buy a lot of
05:33
standard bits of plywood myself personally. What would be being a softy podcaster? But
05:38
if you work with your hands and you want to get a bit of plywood, this truck will do it for you.
05:45
The vehicle will offer all-wheel drive as well. Before this round, Tele had raised $8 million
05:50
and used the funding to build two working pre-production prototypes. The $20 million
05:55
exceeds twice the amount Tele had previously raised. Tele says it'll use the new capital
06:00
to reach production readiness and pass federal requirements. This is not an easy task
06:07
building a vehicle and getting it on the road without the kind of backing of a major OEM or,
06:14
you know, for instance, Jeff Bezos, although not through Amazon, but I think through his
06:19
investment vehicle, investing in the Slate electric truck. I've heard he's got a couple
06:27
of quid in the bank. He might be doing all right. Now let's move on. Price parity between
06:32
electric vehicles and internal combustion engines has boosted EV sales where it exists,
06:37
because affordability matters. According to JD Power, the average transaction price for an EV fell
06:43
below that of a combustion powered vehicle in two months in both July and August as well. Last
06:48
month, the average new EV cost was $44,908. That's $600 less than the average gas price,
06:57
$45,521. By contrast, January 2023, so when you go about two and a half years before Tesla got into
07:05
some really aggressive price cuts and the market was different, in the United States, the average
07:09
EV was costing 62 and a half thousand pounds, which was 16,000 pounds more than a gas vehicle.
07:16
Of course, recent political changes mean that the $7,500 federal tax credit is going away,
07:22
but for now, at least for the next, checks my watch, five days, you can get a stellar deal on
07:29
electric vehicles. Of course, we're talking average prices here with the JD Power study,
07:32
and what we probably should do is if we're being really, really nitpicky, is compare the same model.
07:39
So for instance, over here, well, there's loads, but if I pick one, the Vauxhall Frontera, right,
07:44
so that is sold in both combustion form, EV form, in the same trim levels, price parity.
07:50
So over here, that vehicle is the same price or whatever you're going to do,
07:53
finance or leasing or whatever. So it's been hit in many places and when it does happen,
07:58
people go for the EV time after time. But Accura, next in the news today, say, well,
08:04
no one's buying electric vehicles, so we've got to stop production of the ZDX. Well,
08:08
an internal memo obtained by dealershipguy.com website says that all the allocated 2026
08:16
model year units have now been canceled. The memo says the move aligns the business with the needs
08:23
of our customers. Well, not the customers that want to buy ZDX. Not very aligned at all, actually.
08:28
Can we buy one of your cars? We're perfectly aligned with you. No, we don't make them anymore,
08:32
I'm afraid. They are, of course, making that with General Motors, their co-development partner.
08:37
The decision was led in part by slower than anticipated sales. This is the line that
08:42
all the car makers wheel out sometimes when they have to, I don't know, they've got some bad results
08:47
or they didn't sell as many things or like this, they're canceling a whole car. ZDX is a great
08:52
little car, by the way. And that's when nobody wants EVs. We asked everyone, do you want one?
08:57
Do you want one? Do you want one? Nobody? Okay, fine. We'll just cancel it then. And so
09:02
the ZDX sold mainly with very heavy incentives in all seriousness, tongue out of cheek now.
09:07
Yeah, look, they were massively subsidizing this vehicle. It was like $5 more than a Honda CR-V hybrid,
09:14
which is, you know, not a ZDX. And so you'd go for the electric one, wouldn't you? But in order to
09:19
get those customers through the door, a bit like the Honda Prologue does really well in the sales,
09:24
but look what they're doing. Lease cash added to the deal, regional bonuses, dealer incentives,
09:29
federal incentives, and all of a sudden, $30,000 is taken off the vehicle.
09:34
That probably made the vehicles unprofitable to make and sell for Acura.
09:38
Okay, let's move on. What about silicon anodes? And why should we care? Well, we probably should.
09:45
Sila or sila technologies. Just started operations yesterday, a new factory in Washington. The
09:51
facility is capable of enough silicon anode material for up to 50,000 vehicles. It's the
09:56
first large-scale silicon anode factory in the West. And this is important because if you
10:01
want to wean yourself off of China, you've got to get involved in the supply chain.
10:06
Planned expansion could take that up to 2.5 million vehicles worth.
10:09
Silicon anodes increase the energy density of a lithium-ion battery by as much as 50%.
10:15
Sila has agreements to supply anode material to Panasonic, to Mercedes,
10:22
car makers, and their suppliers will be the factory's primary customers.
10:26
Sila located the factory in Washington because of cheap hydropower, the available land,
10:31
and a nearby supplier of a key raw ingredient. The first production runs at the Moses Lake Plant
10:36
will be used to demonstrate to customers that the material matches the samples they've been
10:40
providing. Now, let's talk a little bit about EV sales in Europe. Oh, they're good. Oh, they're
10:46
really good. Jato Dynamics retail sales data for the 28 European markets show 790,000 new
10:56
passenger cars were registered in August last month, 5% up and who was doing pretty well.
11:02
Germany was up in their car sales, Poland, Spain as well. And why were those countries
11:08
going up? Oh, you beat me to the punchline again. It's because of the demand for battery
11:12
electric vehicles. Bev retail registrations were 160,000 units in August, up 27% from the
11:20
same month last year. Bev's BEVs accounted for a record 20.2% of the new car market in the entire
11:31
European region. That's up 3.6% from the same time last year, and up from 16%, which is the
11:39
year to date total. So August was really, really good. So far in 2025, 1.54 million BEV
11:47
registrations, Volkswagen leading the way in August was 16 and a half thousand, 10% of the
11:52
total sales. Now, Ford is racing BlueCruise 1.4 for the F-150 Lightning rolling out the new
11:58
software update for the trucks that have built 2022 to 2025 F-150 Lightning's that have BlueCruise
12:05
depending on the model year. You might move from BlueCruise 1 to BlueCruise 1.4. Ford says
12:11
drivers will get more time in hands free mode, a more continuous experience on tight corners
12:16
improved as well. In internal testing, F-150 Lightning drivers could stay hands free on the
12:21
highway eight times longer than before this update cuts deviations from the centre of the lane
12:28
by 80% versus Edition 1. It also adds in-lane repositioning, which automatically shifts the
12:34
vehicle when alongside a large semi truck to give it a little bit more space. Yeah,
12:38
it's the only time when some of these self-driving systems perhaps scare me a little
12:44
bit. Sometimes when they drive too close to the curb, please don't curb my wheels. It's really
12:50
expensive fix and also when you're overtaking, I guess, but if you're going alongside a truck,
12:55
sometimes these ADAS systems are really, really close. We'll take over a little bit
12:59
steer further away. And so that is part of the new system as well. Now, Electrify America
13:05
launched pilot charging sites that let all types of vehicle charge regardless. So that would
13:10
be Tesla or non-Tesla vehicles charging at the same stall with no adapters. Really important because,
13:18
I mean, North America is going to be living in adapter hell for a period of time, but this
13:23
is great. So we knew they were coming. They're now going in the ground. Two pilot locations have
13:28
been in Orlando, Florida, and Waterford, Connecticut, with stalls that can charge
13:34
two vehicles at a time. And then on each side of that stall, the cables that you need. So either
13:41
CCS-1, if that's what your car came with, or J3400, if it's either a Tesla or one of the
13:48
newer cars coming with J3400. Drivers can start and pay for sessions through Electrify America's
13:54
app and contactless payments because, obviously, we'll take a break or come back, we'll talk
14:00
Ken Power and the IRS, why it's not working so well for dealers and the Audi each one as well.
14:04
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18:06
little bit about Kempower, the Finnish DC charging maker, and the UK infrastructure firm EO Charging,
18:13
installing, or they have installed now 342 electric bus charging points in the UK,
18:19
by the way, three year collaboration. The charges have been served 11 bus depots in
18:24
London and Scotland, mainly at least. In Scotland, the partners completed Kempower's
18:29
first commercial overhead pantograph project in the Northern Hemisphere. The pantograph system
18:34
delivers charging at 500 kilowatts, allowing buses to be charged in quick bursts. That's a great
18:41
bit of news for making public transport go electric. It's not all going so swimmingly in the US
18:46
right now. The federal tax credits go at the September 30th. We know that. We know that
18:51
the impending end of the credits is making a surge in EV purchases. And of course,
18:56
what you've got to do is get a signed order and put some money down. The vehicle doesn't have to be in
19:00
your driveway. EV sales in the US hit a record in August, according to Cox Automotive.
19:07
Since January last year, buyers could apply the credit at the point of sale rather than
19:11
doing it as part of your filing, your tax returns. In mid-September, the IRS altered
19:18
that process without any notice. Now, the IRS portal, I thought I'm an expert on
19:24
US tax affairs, but I'm trying to understand it. The IRS portal began requiring additional
19:29
documents for each vehicle's sale, including a photo showing the vehicle's proof of purchase
19:35
held up next to the vehicle identification number in the door jam. Dealers now report this week
19:41
that the IRS is starting to mark every single sale of an EV as pending. Dealers who previously
19:50
received near immediate approvals through the IRS portal and payments, sometimes within days,
19:57
as well. And now unsure when they'll be reimbursed for thousands of dollars that effectively they're
20:03
advancing to customers for each sale. Some dealers say that they fear they might not even get the
20:09
money for months. Some are worried or at all. And that's not okay because everyone's acting
20:15
in good faith and small businesses or even medium and large businesses as some dealer
20:19
groups are still aren't a free bank to the federal government. That's not okay. If they're
20:26
giving the money off the car and footing the bill, they need to be reimbursed because at the end of
20:31
the month, they've got to make payroll. That's not the way that you treat businesses. So come on,
20:36
IRS, get that sorted out. And then it'll all be over in a week's time. And you can
20:41
crack on with hating electric vehicles in that part of the kind of political sphere.
20:46
The rest of us know that this is a mere speed bump in the road. I'm convinced of it,
20:51
by the way. I don't see the US slowing down. There may be some catching up to do,
20:54
but if any country can do it near the US has the ability, the will, the talent at some point,
21:00
they go, well, we want to go EV a little bit quicker. I've no doubt the US is going to catch
21:04
up. And there's going to be in a way, if we look for silver linings, all right, let's look
21:07
for silver linings when the US perhaps goes through this political cycle of denying climate
21:13
change called today by the current incumbent of the White House, the biggest con job ever told.
21:21
All right. So respectfully, many people would disagree. Those would be clever scientists type
21:29
people. However, when all political cycles work their way through, there might be a more friendly
21:36
environment. But even then, you can't stop individuals making the individual choices they
21:41
want to make. And if they want to stick with diesel and petrol, that's absolutely fine.
21:44
And for those that want to go EV, well, let's not demonize those people just because
21:49
currently think different to current set politics. And so I think this is at the very best,
21:56
a short to maybe medium term hiccup. But I mean, the world's going EV, we know that we're
22:01
all going to drive around on electrons one day, and we'll all do it at our own speed.
22:07
Let's talk about the Audi e-tron batteries playing a role in a new hybrid energy park.
22:12
Ian B. Vey has commissioned a 58 megawatt solar park in Gundelsheim. I'm so sorry to my German
22:20
listeners made up of about 110,000 modules over 136 acres. It's the second largest solar site
22:27
in the state in the first phase of a hybrid project adding wind turbines and battery storage.
22:32
The whole energy complex covers 158 acres and will generate enough electricity each year
22:38
for 30,000 households. The storage system is being installed while approvals for two wind turbines
22:45
are in progress. The storage combines repurposed batteries from old Audi e-tron vehicles and
22:52
also a sodium ion battery that's a megawatt hour. Ian B. Vey says that the sodium ion unit
22:56
is the largest currently installed in Europe. We love stuff like this, don't we? EVs supporting
23:03
the grid in the most interesting of ways. Now, obviously, we are in a brave new world of electric
23:08
vehicles and there is going to be some glitches. The company DCS Digital Charging Solutions
23:14
says that attackers, hackers, are gained access to consumer data through a third-party
23:20
service provider. DCS provides EV charging services and white label solutions for fleet
23:24
operators and OEM manufacturers as well. DCS said that there was anomalous activity,
23:31
opened up an investigation and reported that sensitive customer information was involved.
23:36
The precise extent of the compromise had not been disclosed. Early indications suggest
23:40
exposed data may include your personal details like email address, payment information. The
23:44
company says that no critical financial data has been exposed, that its core systems remain
23:50
secure. Okay, have they do the right thing? Let people know, change passwords, stuff like that.
23:55
I worked at a business 10 or 15 years ago where we were hacked. I wasn't in, you know,
24:02
I'm not a technical person, but it was an all-hands company meeting. You know, the directors
24:09
got everyone together and said, this is where we are. This is what we know. This is the
24:12
email we're sending to everybody on our database. It was a media organization. So we, you know,
24:17
had listeners and viewers and stuff that have registered for like our online kind of iPlayer
24:22
stuff. And like we're emailing everyone, this is what we know, complete transparency,
24:26
complete openness. It's great that companies don't try and, you know, there have been companies over
24:31
the years that have gone like, no, no, nothing to see here. I kind of denied it and then
24:35
stuff comes out. So that sounds like that company's doing the right thing as well
24:39
and being open about it and saying, it's not financial stuff, but your email might have
24:43
leaked through one of their third party partners. Now, a charger help study found that
24:49
routing software can mark a charger available based on uptime when it's out of order.
24:56
It's really interesting, isn't it? So there is a bit of a gap, a bit of an offset between
25:01
the charger being available on the mapping software and stuff and you turning up to
25:06
charge your EV and it's not working. The report shows uptime. I think this is a U.S. study
25:12
found that uptime is increasing. So the official uptime data that's published says that
25:18
charging uptime is getting better. Charger help analyzed more than 100,000 sessions on 2,500
25:25
chargers with partners like Plugin America and Parin. They excluded Tesla superchargers,
25:31
which is interesting. They identified some issues and software related issues between
25:36
them being marked on the maps, the apps, the stuff like that, you know, the
25:40
routings, the software as up and available and actually the charger not being able to deliver
25:46
a charge. They found that charger make and model weren't really significant, but the age
25:52
of the charger was. New stations had an 85% first time success rate and there's a 15 point
25:58
decline on hardware that was older than three years. Now, Hyundai is hiring for a battery
26:06
factory in Spain, South Korea's Hyundai Mobus, employing 450 workers, a new EV battery system
26:12
plant in the Navarra region, northern Spain. The industry chief there and the regional president
26:19
while visiting Korea confirmed that the hiring figure was confirmed to local media at least
26:25
and that they were hiring another 450 workers there to make batteries in Spain. They're
26:30
investing $230 million in the facility. Once operational, the site will have the capacity
26:35
to produce battery systems for up to 360,000 vehicles every year. The factory will supply
26:40
batteries to VW and automakers in southern Europe. Now, let's finish off with this study.
26:48
How far would you walk to charge your EV? Now, we do live, I least live in a country that's
26:55
pretty built up. A lot of our old cities are a bit of a nightmare if you live with no
27:00
driveway and things like that. This is the first house. We didn't buy our first house with a driveway
27:07
until we were 39, we might have just been 40. But we've always lived in houses where you either
27:13
parked on the street outside and when we lived in London, obviously there's no chance of that
27:17
because we were kind of southwest London, really old house, like 100 year old, 120 year old
27:22
houses and stuff. And like the streets are barely, you've got a park on the pavements.
27:27
I mean, you're meant to, the lines are painted on the pavements, but
27:29
you have to do that otherwise you'd never get down the middle of the road. These are
27:33
old London roads. And so, you know, I wasn't earning enough to have a driveway and a garage
27:38
when we were in London. And now a new survey looks at people who go EV that live in a somewhere
27:44
that don't have their own driveway or where are they going to charge their car? And if you
27:49
need to go put your car in charge and then go home, this survey found that fewer than a
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