0:00 / 0:00

DAILY: Hyundai Lowers N Price, California Backs Off Incentives and Tesla Robotaxi Crashes | 23 Sep 2025

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs Sep 23, 2025 22 min

0:00

About this episode

Hyundai has made the Arnick 5N more accessible by introducing an essential trim that reduces the price by $1,500 while retaining key performance features. Meanwhile, California has decided against replacing the federal EV tax credit, redirecting funds to charging infrastructure instead. Tesla's RoboTaxi pilot faces scrutiny after multiple crashes shortly after launch, raising questions about safety oversight. Additionally, Porsche is adjusting its EV rollout timeline, delaying some models while continuing to produce combustion vehicles. The episode also covers updates from Lucid, Rivian, and BYD's record-setting hypercar.

Topics: hyundai pricing strategy california ev incentives tesla robotaxi crashes porsche ev timeline lucid gravity inventory rivian charging network byd hypercar record

Cars: Jeep Gladiator Jeep Grand Cherokee Jeep Wrangler Kia EV4 Lucid Gravity Nio ES8 Porsche Boxster Porsche Cayenne Porsche Cayman Porsche Taycan Volvo EX90 Yangwang U9

Technical Too Afraid to Ask

Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Nio ES8

"...today, we're talking about BYD in Spain, the NIO ES8 Demand Surges and Zika 001 with its 12C charge r..."

Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Porsche Boxster

"rather than being all electric. The 718 Boxster and the Cayman will also remain combustion power..."

Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Porsche Cayman

"...than being all electric. The 718 Boxster and the Cayman will also remain combustion powered"

Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Porsche Taycan

"They're absolutely not. The Taycan is a fabulous vehicle. The McCann is a fabulous ..."

Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Porsche Cayenne

"The McCann is a fabulous vehicle. The upcoming Cayenne will blow your socks off because I know people t..."

Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)

Car

Lucid Gravity

"... take a break, we'll come back, we'll talk Lucid Gravity Inventory, a Gladiator plug-in hybrid and a very..."

Noah Wulf (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Car

Jeep Gladiator

"we'll talk Lucid Gravity Inventory, a Gladiator plug-in hybrid and a very, very fast BYD. Stick ..."

Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Jeep Wrangler

"...g-in hybrid was gonna come this year joining the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee that have offered plug-in hyb..."

Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Jeep Grand Cherokee

"...as gonna come this year joining the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee that have offered plug-in hybrids for many years..."

Raszbeary (CC BY 4.0)

Car

Kia EV4

"... arrive to support work at the plant. Now, Kia's EV4 is in production. They've started assembling the..."

Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Volvo EX90

"using three electric vehicles in one crash. They used the EX-90. They could have used two and given me one."

Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Car

Yangwang Yang Wang U9

"...sh off with BYD's performance premium brand, the Yang Wang U9 Extreme. It's a Chinese all-electric hypercar fr..."

12 cars

Scroll for more

12 cars featured

Request an Explanation

Heard something you'd like explained? We'll add it to this episode.

Want to learn more?

Browse our glossary for plain-English explanations of automotive terms, jargon, and concepts.

Explore Terms

Help improve this episode

See something that's not quite right? Our annotations are AI-generated and can sometimes miss the mark. Click the flag icon on any annotation to suggest a correction.

Report incorrect info

Suggest better explanations

Flag missing cars