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Welcome back to EV News Daily.

Coming up today, Lucid confirms a $50,000 EV.

Mercedes-Benz C-Class electric and PowerCos

unified cells from VW.

Plus, stay tuned.

Later in the show, I'll tell you how many more miles

you can travel on battery power alone in the new Vauxhall Astra.

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And today's Patreon exclusive podcast is a deep dive

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Now let's kick off with news of Lucid confirming

it will launch a third mid-size electric vehicle

based on the Gravity X concept

with a starting price near $50,000.

The Gravity X concept adds off-road features,

lifted suspension, all-terrain tires, tow hooks,

and a widened stance plus a roof rack system

with built-in LED lighting.

The interior includes leather seats

and a micro suede steering wheel.

Production of the mid-size SUV could begin early 2027

with a mid-size sedan following shortly afterwards.

Lucid said it had secured funding

to support operations through the second half of next year

and plans first to ramp up production

of the standard mid-size SUV

before deploying the full platform.

The company's also considering offering

the mid-size platform for fleet use,

including its Gravity RoboTaxes

for a partnership with Uber.

The mid-size SUV is part of Lucid's effort

to lower costs and make its EVs more accessible.

Yeah, it has to, doesn't it?

It's obviously starting with the Air, sedan,

and Gravity, both gorgeous vehicles.

Oh, highly recommended, by the way,

if you're watching some YouTube content over the weekend,

I check out my friend Kyle Connor from Out of Spec.

He recently took a Lucid Air Sapphire edition

onto the unrestricted German Autobahns

and did 200 miles an hour.

I'll tell you what was fun about watching that video.

It's Kyle, who's an amazing driver, by the way.

He drives on tracks and he's incredibly safe

and you'll watch the video.

He's not hooning it around and being ridiculous.

It was a very safe part of the road.

But he's also doing triple-digit speeds

and being like, wow, look at the German countryside.

It's so beautiful here.

My knuckles would be white.

No one talk to me!

One of the brilliant videos

that he and the team have put out

from the IAAA show while he's over here in Europe.

Now, Mercedes-Benz is launching the electric C-Class next year,

expanding its EV lineup,

with the model built exclusively as a saloon

on the MBEA platform 800-volt architecture C-Class EQ

or C-Class with EQ technology, whatever they call it,

will sit above the combustion model in size,

aligning more with the GLC

in terms of drivetrain technology.

Starting off, rear-wheel drive,

330 brake horsepower,

dual motor, nearly 500 horsepower.

Battery size, 94.5 kilowatt hour,

NMC technology,

and it's knocking on 500 miles.

So, obviously the BMW iX3

took all the headlines last week

for 500 miles of WLTP range.

This one, oh man,

wouldn't you try and eke out three more miles

and get the headline?

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class

obviously a more slippery vehicle

than the iX3, 497 miles.

Now, we're just sort of gonna fall out over three miles.

I don't think so.

This is incredible headline-making.

We knew the Mercedes-Benz CLA was a bit special.

This C-Class EQ looks every bit as special.

Fast charging, 400 kilowatts.

That outperforms the GLC

that I told you about earlier in the week, by the way.

I wonder why.

The distinctive iconic grille is there though,

sets the exterior apart,

estate variants and not planned for now.

An E-Class EQ

will follow in 2027.

That year, the AMG C-Class

will come powered by Yasa's Axial Flux Motors,

expected to exceed the 680 brake horsepower benchmark

set by today's C63 SE performance plug-in hybrid.

Next generation makes a clear case

for premium electric mobility,

but is also highly efficient.

Man, am I excited to see the German car makers

BMW last week, Mercedes-Benz this week,

releasing 500-mile WLTP EVs.

And yeah, I've seen some people saying,

oh, well, you know, real world,

it's probably 400 in the middle of winter.

It's probably 300 if you're towing.

Okay, all right, give me a 300-mile EV.

I'll take it.

Okay, let's move on.

Volkswagen Group and their battery bit called PowerCo

have introduced their new unified cell at Munich's IAA.

That will first power the electric urban family car

from Volkswagen, Skoda, and Coupre

that I told you about earlier in the week.

Production begins at the Saltsgitter factory

by the end of the year,

with additional plants in Valencia and St. Thomas to follow.

Cathode materials are all being sourced from within Europe.

The unified cell delivers an energy density

of 660 watt-hours per litre.

In context, what does it mean?

About 10% better than what they were using

in their vehicles.

They'll combine it with cell-to-pack integration.

The battery supports ranges of up to 450 kilometres in those

kind of vehicles with 25-minute recharge times.

Lower production costs,

further strengthen its appeal for mass-market EVs,

designed to be a flexible platform.

They say the unified cell will be in 80%

of Volkswagen Group's global EV models.

Its compatibility with chemistries such as LFP,

Sodium-Ion, NMC, Solid-State Technology,

means it's entirely adaptable for different vehicles

and different markets.

I'm really looking forward to what they call

the Electric Urban Family Car.

Two models from the Volkswagen brand,

one model from Cooper, one from Scotta as well.

All of them scheduled for a market launch sometime in 2026

using the MEB Plus electric platform as well.

450 kilometres of range for a small car.

That sounds good.

Like I like this from VW.

Economies of scale being leveraged

at manufacturing as well.

Call it the VW Polo Electric or ID Polo.

The ID Cross concept that we saw.

GTI variants of it too.

You know, the Cooper one's gonna be styled a certain way.

The Scotta one will be styled slightly differently

but what a great segment to be in.

And Volkswagen say they wanna capture 20%

of that segment in the medium term.

I'm quietly confident that they can do that as well.

These look like really compelling vehicles

for a lot of family use.

And from a car that I might buy

to a car I almost certainly won't.

Ferrari has revealed a new plug-in hybrid.

Ferrari revealed the 849 Testerosa in Milan this week.

A modern tribute to, yes, the 1980s icon Testerosa.

But this one brought bang up to date 30 years later

with plug-in hybrid technology.

Do you want one?

Well, you can have a Coupe or a Spyder

both with four-wheel drive, four-litre turbo V8,

almost 1,000 horsepower from that

and three electric motors

combined for well over 1,000 horsepower.

205 miles an hour is the top speed

or 330 kilometers an hour.

Prices, well, like I say,

I probably won't be getting one of these next week.

460,000 euros is the entry price.

And that's before you turn up to Ferrari

and start to decide what you'd like yours to be like.

Deliveries beginning Europe next year,

staggered across the second and third quarters.

US arrivals, three months later.

Tariffs will affect the prices.

Alongside the launch, Ferrari's prepping

to preview their first fully electric car,

a staged three-phase rollout.

When you see three-phase, you think,

oh, that's electricity, but not in this case.

It's gonna lead to the global debut sometime next spring.

I think what they mean is they're gonna drip

feed us information until the vehicle finally arrives.

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My electricity provider is Octopus Electricity.

They're in America now too as well.

And Octopus Energy is introducing their EV product

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We have it in the UK.

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and they're taking that to the European mainland.

Octopus Energy serves more than 800,000 customers

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I think they're barreling towards 10 million customers

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I can't wait for vehicle-to-grid.

I mean, vehicle-to-home is one thing,

but vehicle-to-grid to be properly integrated

with the utility companies, the carmakers,

the hardware makers.

I do suspect it's gonna be a combination

of the biggest carmakers leading it

and the biggest utilities as well.

And probably it will be done first at scale

in places where, I'm not an expert

on the German grid, by the way, but certainly here,

we have one national grid and a bunch of companies

sit on top of it to resell the electricity effectively.

And I think that's probably where vehicle-to-grid,

because it's gonna be a simpler proposition

than thousands of US utility companies

all getting together to do a coordinated V2G attempt.

I just can't wait to see it, though.

BMW and EON, another big energy company,

have introduced Germany's first commercial

vehicle-to-grid system now, though.

They say it enables BMWs to supply power back

to the grid and draw from it.

The service uses BMW's wallbox professional unit

combined with their own management software

and their own EON tariff

that supports two-way energy exchanging.

By offering stored electricity back to the grid,

drivers can earn, they say, 720 euros annually.

EON notes the approach not only improves charging convenience

and provides obviously direct financial kickback

for you, but also lowers the cost of the entire system.

The first model will be BMW's IX3.

So a couple of companies, they're going for bragging rights

in terms of hooking EVs up to the grid,

because that BMW IX3, well, it's not actually out yet,

they say it's Germany's first commercially available system,

but good luck popping down your BMW dealer

and driving home with an IX3 today.

The rollout highlights how EVs can evolve

from being passive consumers to being part

of a more resilient and localized energy grid.

And I'm absolutely here for it, by the way.

A little bit of decentralization

and making things more robust,

more resilient for local areas.

You can get cheaper energy that way as well, it's so cool.

Now, the EU is moving to localize the EV industry.

The European president, Ursula von der Leyen,

said the future of electric vehicles must be in Europe.

She said the European Commission is gonna act

to provide a range of sectors from farmers

to startups and EV makers.

Okay, well, that's nice, but how are they gonna do it?

Well, the Commission says they'll protect EV makers

by making $2.1 billion or 1.8 billion euros

available to companies in the next two years

to invest in battery technology

as long as it offers a made in Europe for Europeans benefit.

Chinese car makers have been expanding aggressively

in Europe, tagging market share from domestic rivals

with relatively cheap and varied EV lineups.

Von der Leyen noting that the European Union

gets 70% of its electricity from low carbon sources

and that Europe outperforms the US

in things like filing patents for new clean energy.

She said, and I quote,

we must stay the course on our climate

and environmental goals, end quote.

So that's good to hear, of course politicians

say a lot of words and it's always good

when they back them up with actions as well.

And it's good that they're making that money available.

I suspect that many of the Chinese car companies

have all got versions of a phrase

of in Europe for Europe, made in Europe,

made with Europe kind of thing.

And so, clearly they know which way

the political wind is blowing.

Yeah, call it protectionism, if you will.

The way the US has closed,

it's kind of closed its borders metaphorically speaking

and wants to make everything in house.

Europe's doing the same China, done it for a very long time.

And so, kind of shifting a little bit away

from globalization, but at the same time,

all car companies want to sell everything everywhere

to an extent.

And so, very interesting how that's all gonna shake out.

The Polestar CEO is next in the news.

The Polestar CEO, Michael Loschler,

has rejected calls from the Germans,

Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and even Stellantis

to delay the 2035 zero emission rule for new cars.

And you might say, well, of course he would.

He's the CEO of an all electric car company.

But the Polestar CEO argues that any postponement

actually really penalizes car makers

who've done the hard yards now by investing in EVs.

It puts the jobs at risk.

And I'd see his point of view as well,

because the rules were set out.

Here's where we're heading.

Here's the long-term vision over 15, 20 years.

And Volvo Polestar then said, right,

right, we'll cut our cloth accordingly

and make those investments.

And the companies that perhaps are starting

to look at 2035 seriously, still blows my mind.

We're 10 years away.

And going, oh, it's just looking a little bit sketchy.

And now saying, well, can you change the rules

to help us?

Polestar saying, but we've been playing by the rules

and so everybody else should do as well.

The Polestar CEO talked with industry experts

on phasing out combustion engines.

He said that Europe would lose momentum

if deadlines are pushed back,

stressing that no sector benefits

from slowing down the move to clean green transport.

On infrastructure, he dismissed the claims

of some of the other car makers

that the charging availability just isn't there yet.

He points out that Polestar drivers

have got access to a million charging points

across Europe, demonstrating our concerns

about charging shortages are being overstated

and he believes that raising doubts about infrastructure

to perhaps politicians that might not be as educated

or perhaps listen to some of the things

that are being said that they should perhaps focus

on what is being done to enable the transition

and not what hasn't been done.

You know, I agree.

It's easy to make a case is that

we need more charging stations.

Yeah, of course we do.

We always need more charging stations in the right places.

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Rivian CTO over here and battery swapping in Madrid.

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Now, the International Council on Clean Transportation,

ICCT, have been analyzing how European truckmakers

are tracking against some of the standards

for heavy-duty vehicles set for CO2 by the European Union.

And this is really interesting, actually.

They found that progress towards the requirement,

which is a 15% cut in the average CO2 emissions

from new trucks and buses,

versus 2019 figures has been driven.

But it's been driven by more efficient diesel engines

rather than what you may assume,

which is, oh, they're buying electric trucks.

The report says that the CO2 targets

of a new heavy-duty vehicles in Europe

using the latest official CO2 data

for internal combustion vehicles

is already being hit ahead of time.

According to the analysis,

Scania and Volvo trucks are gonna meet

the 2025 targets already.

Renault, DAF and MAN can meet the targets,

largely by using some of their credits

and compliance flexibilities.

Eviko and Daimler have not closed

their compliance gap yet,

but they think they will do within the next two years.

The report noting that manufacturers

are meeting their CO2 limits through a mix of measures,

but not necessarily because they're going EV.

Isn't that interesting?

Because you hear that things are being done

to reduce CO2, and you might assume,

oh, the electric trucks are being rolled out,

but at the minute,

and making the old technology just a little bit better.

Okay, come on, let's move to electric trucks

as quick as we can.

Usual plug that I do when I do a trucking story

for the Electro Trucker channel.

Check out his English language version of that.

I find it really fascinating to watch it.

It's a truck driver who's gone electric,

European mainland, and showing that the infrastructure

is just not a barrier anymore.

It's just his vlog, really,

and he tends to make it once a week,

and it's fascinating to watch.

Now, let's talk Rivian's CTO,

Waseem Benzade attending the IAAA show

in Germany this week,

where he's got kind of two hats on, really.

First of all, he's Rivian's CTO.

He's also the co-CEO of the joint venture

with Volkswagen,

and Volkswagen highlighted the partnership

with a dedicated showcase area.

There's big integration between the Volkswagen brands

and Rivian.

Benzade shared images of Audi's

electric two-seat Concept C sports car,

which Audi confirmed will be in production.

It's not the new TT.

It's not the new RS.

It's somewhere between,

and it will feature Rivian's software

when it launches in 2028.

He also went to the Scout Motors stand,

Volkswagen's pickup unit,

which is adopting Rivian's Zonal hardware architecture

and software stack as well.

Scout Motors wants to sell direct to the public

when they go on sale in the US,

currently battling that one through the legal system

in the US with the Dealers Association

saying, no, you're effectively Volkswagen.

You need to operate by the same rules

as we have the contract with VW.

Scouts saying, no, no, we're not VW.

You're very confused.

And then things like this happen at the IAAA show

where Scouts on the VW stand.

I imagine it's a nice extra evidence for the defense,

or the prosecution, I should say,

because the US Dealers Association will say,

you blatantly are just Volkswagen.

They're showing you off on their stand.

We'll see where that one shakes out in court.

Never underestimate the US Dealers Association

for protecting their pretty advantageous system

that they have over there.

Volkswagen committed $5.8 billion

to the partnership last year,

using Rivian's technologies for the next gen EVs.

The new Scouts, Audi's and Volkswagen ID.1

coming in 2027 is the first car

that'll be software-defined.

Now, in Spain, we've got a Madrid.

I'd love to.

It's got cold and wet here in the UK.

Repsol with Stellantis and Free to Move

has launched Madrid's first automated

battery-swapping service.

Cutting recharge times to five minutes.

There's three service stations already active

and two more to you soon.

Ample's modular swap stations

can be deployed in three days,

enabling drivers and models like the Fiat 500E.

Obviously, it's an adapted version.

This is not the one that you go and buy today,

but it's an adapted Fiat 500E.

Will change its battery pack,

Free to Move is equipping its car-sharing fleet

with these vehicles to reduce downtime.

Battery-swapping is seen as useful for taxis,

fleets and mobility vehicles

where vehicle availability uptime,

in other words, is crucial.

While the concept has been tested extensively in China,

it's new to Europe, making Madrid a big early adopter.

Repsol complements the initiative

with its existing network of 2,500 public charging points

at over 1,000 filling stations

by adding fast charging and battery-swapping.

They want to broaden their options.

Totally agree, but we've done some stories this week

from IAA about EVs,

that's from Chinese EVs over on EV News China

that are charging in six, eight, 10 minutes,

getting a decent chunk of charge, not 100%.

But actually, some of those vehicles that particularly have China,

that when you DC fast charge them,

they're still taking proper good speeds,

up at 85, 90, 95%, and not ramping down to a crawl.

Man, I mean, battery-swapping works without a doubt in China,

but you've got to build the infrastructure,

and NIO are doing that,

and it is costing them, they're not making money yet.

And I don't know.

I mean, it's working in China.

There's a lot of a lot of doubters over battery-swapping.

I'm not going to be one of those.

It's not an obvious easy path in Europe to do that.

Now, here in the UK, shoppers,

he went along to Sainsbury's on World EV Day.

We're test-driving EVs,

and charging, trying different demonstrators,

and even plugging cars in and trying out

how to charge an EV.

They were doing it at their hubs in Bamba Bridge,

Warren Heath, Corey's Mill, Richmond, and Foss Park.

Customers who charged at smart charge stations

during the event also had themselves

1,000 loyalty points called Nectar over here,

Sainsbury's loyalty card scheme.

Auto trader reporting a rise in interest in EVs

since the government's grant was introduced,

supporting models under 37,000 pounds

at almost 4,000 pounds off.

Sainsbury's launched their smart charging network last year.

Expansion's been really rapid.

The retailer has already installed

more than 650 ultra-rapids

at 75 Sainsbury stores across the UK.

And finally, the Vauxhall Astra, or Opel Astra,

as you may know it, is available in plug-in hybrid form,

and they just made it a lot better for the same money.

The hatchback is 39,000 pounds.

The estate version is 40,700.

New battery is 17.2 kilowatt hours,

and boy, did it need it,

because the outgoing version was a little tiddler,

12.4 kilowatt hours.

So the range is now up to 52 miles of all-electric range.

The entry-level Astra GS is now pushed into

the 9% company car tax bracket down from 13.

Higher trims are at 16%.

Performance also improves,

with output going to 192 hp from 178.

I'll get to 0 to 68 seconds, by the way.

The GSE versions now match the upgrade

with more electric-only driving,

and they'll even go up to 84 miles an hour in EV mode alone.

These changes boost efficiency, performance, range,

and I think they've left the pricing the same,

which is a very welcome upgrade,

if you're gonna buy that family hauler.

Love an estate car, the little sports Torah,

Vauxhall Astra, Opel Astra,

as you may know it, a very, very useful car.

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