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Welcome back to EV News Daily.
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Coming up today, Mercedes-Benz GLC EV debuts,
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the VW ID Cross and the Shkoda Epic.
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Later in the show, I got some good news
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around those almost 500 South Korean nationals
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detained during an immigration raid
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at Hyundai's big battery factory in Georgia.
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We'll start with news of Mercedes-Benz
03:43
officially unveiling the GLC with EQ technology,
03:46
a model that blends familiar styling
03:48
with big advancements under the skin.
03:50
At first glance, it looks much like
03:52
the combustion-powered GLC,
03:54
but this all-electric version is about five inches
03:58
or 13 centimeters longer,
04:00
with a wheelbase stretched by 3.3 inches or 8.4 centimeters.
04:04
The added dimensions not only improve cabin space
04:07
but allow for a larger battery integration,
04:09
as well as they say a smoother ride.
04:11
The GLC EV will launch first as the GLC 400 Formatic,
04:16
so dual electric motors, 483 horsepower,
04:21
4.4 seconds 0-60, rear-drive GLC 300 will follow,
04:28
about six seconds 0-60 time.
04:30
This positions the lineup directly against
04:32
that brand new BMW iX3 that I told you about last week
04:36
and it's big 500 mile headline range.
04:39
Audi's Q6 e-tron, even a model-wide performance,
04:43
balancing Mercedes luxury and genuine sporting intent.
04:47
At the heart of this vehicle,
04:48
94 kilowatt hour, an MC pack, 800 volt architecture,
04:53
charging at 330 kilowatts.
04:56
That eclipses much of the competition.
04:59
Q6 e-tron tops out at around 270, not shabby.
05:03
And Tesla's limit, well, it's around 250 kilowatts.
05:06
BMW really did steal a march, didn't they,
05:09
by unveiling the iX3 a few days before everything else
05:12
because inevitably we're gonna go,
05:14
wow, GLC from Mercedes-Benz.
05:16
Well, it's not 500 miles like the BMW,
05:19
but it's not 400 kilowatt charging like the BMW.
05:22
Probably frustrating, I imagine, for Mercedes-Benz,
05:25
because this is a good EV.
05:27
They say 10 to 80 in 24 minutes.
05:29
That's gonna be one of the fastest charging premium SUVs
05:32
available, bi-directional charging to power devices
05:37
On the range, again, 435 miles WLTP
05:42
is nothing to be sniffed at, inevitably.
05:44
You're gonna go, oh, it's less than the 400 miles on the iX3.
05:48
That's gonna be frustrating
05:49
because 435 miles on any other day is a big headline grabber.
05:54
All right, so that's not US EPA estimates,
05:57
probably maybe 360 to 380.
05:59
It's still gonna out-distance its rivals
06:02
to further improve efficiency.
06:04
The front motor will disconnect
06:06
and the rear motor has a dual-speed transmission.
06:10
Four-wheel steering's available,
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reducing turning radius in tight urban environments.
06:15
Inside, big tech approach,
06:17
I told you about recently,
06:18
that 40-inch hyperscreen wouldn't be for me.
06:21
I don't think luxury is a big screen personally.
06:25
This is the entire width of the dashboard.
06:27
The standard setup includes
06:28
a more conventional dual-digital display.
06:32
I'd go for that one.
06:33
As with its latest EVs,
06:34
the GLC has over-the-air updates
06:37
and advanced navigation,
06:40
battery preconditioning en route,
06:41
all of the good stuff you would expect at the top end.
06:45
In terms of market positioning,
06:46
the GLC EV will be a bridge
06:48
between the smaller EQC replacements
06:51
and the larger EQE SUV.
06:54
So a mid-size option that doesn't compromise on luxury
06:57
and if priced carefully,
07:00
that could be a really big seller.
07:03
both in Europe and the United States.
07:06
The new GLC with EQ will arrive in 2026
07:09
as a 2027 model year.
07:12
Production will come from Mercedes'
07:13
established German facilities.
07:16
They could, I guess,
07:17
use the Tuscaloosa Alabama plant for its US models.
07:22
Well, depends on tariffs, doesn't it?
07:24
And how that all shakes out.
07:25
All right, more Mercedes-Benz news,
07:27
there's a lot coming out from Mercedes-Benz
07:30
But first of all, another new car launch,
07:33
this time, Volkswagen,
07:35
revealed the ID Cross concept.
07:39
I wouldn't read too much into it
07:40
being called a concept because
07:42
it looks pretty dumb to me.
07:44
They showed it off at the IAAA show,
07:46
showing its new direction for its EVs,
07:48
built on the updated MEV Plus platform.
07:50
The ID Cross previews their new generation models,
07:54
like the electric Tiguan and the electric Golf.
07:58
MEV Plus brings faster charging of 200 kilowatts,
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better efficiency, new software
08:02
and better driving dynamics.
08:04
The design keeps the classic proportions of the cars
08:08
like the Tiguan, classic combustion styling, really.
08:12
Real buttons inside, no haptic sliders.
08:16
They've added a frunk as well.
08:17
The concept is front wheel drive.
08:19
They said this one was 208 horsepower,
08:21
WLTP'd at around 215 miles or 420 kilometers,
08:26
which should be less than leaders like the Kona
08:29
or the cute little Volvo EX30.
08:31
But this will be a more affordable mass market vehicle.
08:35
And when it arrives, of course, not called the ID Cross.
08:39
Skoda unveiled the Epic, its smallest electric car.
08:42
So of course, Skoda has the ENIAC and the LROC,
08:46
now showing off the Epic, built on MEV Entry,
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264 miles or 425 kilometers of range.
08:54
There'll be a performance focused Epic VRS,
08:57
trading range for power, battery options.
08:59
There's two, 38 or 56 kilowatt hours.
09:03
So that is absolutely matching the Coupre Reval
09:06
and the VW ID Polo.
09:09
Skoda targets 10 to 80 in 20 minutes.
09:12
The Epic's design following Skoda's modern solid T-shaped
09:17
LED lights, what they call the tech deck face,
09:20
with the sensors inside.
09:23
Mobile first design, they say,
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gives a simple but functional layout,
09:26
wireless phone charging, smart storage,
09:28
physical buttons, still got some haptic scroll wheels
09:32
inside and a big boot.
09:34
Skoda do some really nice touches actually on,
09:36
in terms of making their cars a little bit different,
09:40
usability, things like that.
09:42
Pricing, yes, small car, 25,000 euros.
09:45
Production starts before the end of the year.
09:46
Talking of Coupre, Reval is their new model,
09:49
the small electric version of the car
09:52
we just talked about.
09:54
The Reval will be made in Spain on MEV Entry,
09:57
front wheel drive, sportier than the other cars
10:00
in Volkswagen Group's Locker.
10:03
Again, 22 to 25,000 pounds,
10:05
you're right in the heart of Renault 5 territory now,
10:09
Which is a brilliant segment to be looking at cars in
10:13
right now, low 20s in the next couple of years
10:15
or even right now, to be honest with you,
10:17
oh wow, there's so many brilliant EVs,
10:20
at least here in Europe, I should say.
10:22
The design is close to the concept version,
10:24
sharp front end, it's Coupre styling.
10:27
So sharp, aggressive, sculpted,
10:29
big copper accents and coloured wheels as well.
10:33
The headlights are all new,
10:34
debuting the fresh triangular look from the brand.
10:37
Coupre aims to offer a high performance VZ version,
10:41
following the pattern said by the Coupre-born
10:45
Again, same as what I just talked about,
10:47
the Skoda Epic and the ID Polo,
10:49
38 and 56 are the two battery options.
10:52
So 270 miles of range on the big battery,
10:55
you would think on that.
10:58
These new little vehicles from the same kind of family,
11:01
all that really, really interesting.
11:02
260, 270 miles, small vehicle, good price.
11:07
We are entering a golden era of smaller EVs.
11:10
Again, like I say, big caveat over here in Europe.
11:14
I know my US listeners, some of you guys,
11:17
might love some of these cars that we're talking about.
11:20
Now, we've got some more Mercedes-Benz news to get to,
11:24
but first of all, just a general look at the IAA show
11:26
in Munich, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen,
11:29
the big German names are all unveiling new EVs
11:31
in Munich over the next week.
11:33
As they try and reassert German engineering
11:36
and respond to the Chinese,
11:38
who by the way are also at the show,
11:40
BMW showing off their IX3 from Neue Klasse,
11:44
their new program, spending 10 billion euros
11:46
on that investment, new software,
11:49
four big brains in terms of computers,
11:52
big mileage, big charging speed.
11:53
Mercedes-Benz, GLC, we've talked about already,
11:57
charging faster and giving more range
12:00
than its big competitors like the Tesla.
12:02
Volkswagen will focus on lower priced models,
12:05
the electric people's car
12:07
and the ID Cross that I've talked about.
12:09
Camouflage version of the ID Polo
12:11
has been getting loads of attention.
12:13
Again, less than 25,000 pounds.
12:16
It does go on sale next year.
12:17
Chinese automakers are using Munich
12:19
to press their European ambitions though.
12:21
Accounting for nearly 10% of EV sales in July
12:24
did the Chinese, reaching a record share as well.
12:27
BYD, X-Pung, Leap Motor, Cherry, Polestar,
12:32
and other GLE-backed brands
12:33
are all showing off new models.
12:35
We'll be talking about the Polestar 5
12:36
later in the week on this here podcast.
12:39
Now, back to a bit of Merck news then.
12:41
So the third generation Mercedes-GLA
12:44
has been confirmed this week at the show
12:46
to arrive next year as the entry-level crossover.
12:50
The chairman, Oleg Lenny, is talking about this,
12:52
part of Mercedes' MMA-based compact lineup.
12:56
Both electric and hybrid, early images
12:58
show a coupe-like shape, a new iconic grille
13:01
that's seen on the GLC that I just talked about.
13:03
The electric GLA will be on the 800-volt architecture
13:06
that the CLA is on.
13:09
Two battery sizes, either 58.5 or 85 kilowatt hours,
13:13
and big efficiency from this new platform.
13:16
So top-range, 484 miles.
13:21
Okay, so that might be WLTP'd.
13:23
You might wanna add some real world in on that.
13:26
Fast driving, middle of winter.
13:29
It's still gonna be very usable, right?
13:31
286 horsepower single motor,
13:34
or 350 horsepower on the dual motor.
13:37
The AMG versions are gonna use these Axial Flux motors
13:42
we've been talking so much about from Yasa.
13:44
They're really small, really powerful,
13:46
really lightweight, both the electric models
13:49
and the hybrids built alongside the CLA
13:52
in their factory in Germany.
13:53
Mercedes-Benz also testing a special CCS charger
13:59
So a couple of weeks ago, maybe last week,
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I told you about the AMG GTXX.
14:04
This vehicle that they just drove nonstop
14:06
for hours at a time, each driver taking their turn,
14:10
even the Formula One driver, George Russell,
14:13
doing a stint and just incredible, just amazing vehicle.
14:18
They would did the 20, they broke tons of records.
14:22
The farthest driven in 24 hours and all that kind of stuff
14:25
because the car charges ridiculously quickly.
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They developed a new charger,
14:30
they were saying with Alpetronic
14:31
and the AMG GTXX was able to plug in
14:36
and go straight to a megawatt,
14:38
which is a thousand kilowatts charge speed.
14:40
They said in the first second,
14:43
it ramped up to over a thousand,
14:45
actually peaked, sorry, it's actually sustained
14:48
at 1,041 kilowatts for the first two and a half minutes.
14:51
That's how they managed to break all these records,
14:53
like farthest distance in 24 hours
14:56
and all the ones that went with it
14:57
was because, well, they weren't stopping the vehicle
15:00
or they were pulling in to change the driver,
15:02
which takes a couple of minutes
15:03
and in that two and a half minutes,
15:05
they were adding what they needed.
15:07
17.3 kilowatt hours in a minute.
15:12
That's not bad, is it?
15:14
It's gonna cost you a bit
15:16
if you leave it plugged into the fast charger
15:17
a little bit too long.
15:18
So of course, this isn't a road vehicle,
15:20
but Mercedes-Benz talking about charging EVs
15:23
and megawatt or in this case, at 1,041 kilowatts
15:28
sustained for two and a half minutes.
15:30
The system uses an adapted megawatt charging standard
15:33
originally built for trucks,
15:35
but like I say, without Petronic,
15:37
with special cooling cables as well,
15:39
which can handle 1,176 amps.
15:43
The car's battery uses direct cooling,
15:45
next level advanced heat management.
15:48
Mercedes-Benz say that the tech will end up on the road
15:51
when they eventually make the AMG GTXX as a production car.
15:56
And finally on Merck,
15:57
Mercedes-Benz is introducing a bidirectional service
16:00
so that their EVs send electricity back into the home
16:03
or the grid starts next year, they say.
16:05
The all-electric GLC is the first one that comes with it,
16:08
rolling out in Germany, France and the UK.
16:10
Of course, vehicle to load, easy, solved problem.
16:14
Vehicle to home, a little bit more difficult,
16:17
largely sorted, vehicle to grid,
16:19
you have to work with electricity operators.
16:21
And in this country, we're a small island,
16:24
largely that's an easier task than working with,
16:28
well in the US, hundreds of operators.
16:31
So vehicle to grid, because you are sending energy
16:34
back into the grid, there's safety concerns,
16:36
obviously you don't want to send it back in
16:37
if someone's working on the grid,
16:39
if the grid is down and they're fixing a problem.
16:41
Again, that's a solved problem,
16:43
but you have to line up lots of bits and pieces
16:46
of the puzzle into the cars, the wall boxes,
16:48
the EVSEs, the home equipment, the grid provider
16:53
and all doable, but you've got all the different
16:57
car companies, all the different electricity providers,
16:59
all the different hardware makers for your wall box
17:02
and so doable, but Mercedes say they've sorted it.
17:06
They will use a new wall box
17:07
from a company called the Mobility House
17:10
and they will work with green energy tariffs,
17:12
like I say, initially Germany, France and the UK next year.
17:16
Charging will happen when the grid is cheap
17:18
and it'll send it back when you can make some money
17:20
out of it, lowering your house bill,
17:23
supporting as well the public grid.
17:26
We know that this is gonna be the nirvana
17:29
of when everyone drives an EV
17:31
and the grid is basically one giant distributed battery
17:35
with resilience, with much more local influence
17:39
and you making a bit of money out of it as well
17:42
and reducing your charging costs.
17:43
That's where we'll get to, just taking a little while,
17:47
but it's happening, trust me.
17:48
Now we're gonna talk about some more ID4 stuff,
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South Korea's EV sales and Rivian smart charging
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Now, Volkswagen's design chief, Andreas Mint,
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saying that the new ID4, the 2026 ID4,
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is having such a major redesign
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the mild, shabby hybrid, don't do that.
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The plug-in hybrid, you could do that.
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Or the full EV, it will look the same
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and that's what their customers Volkswagen say.
22:02
Volkswagen says the ID4's update is so extensive,
22:06
it's more a new generation of vehicle
22:09
than a simple facelift.
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The ID4 turns five years old soon.
22:13
Was Europe's second best-selling car
22:15
in the first half of the year?
22:16
We're still buying loads of them.
22:18
Know that the US factory in Chattanooga is pausing
22:21
because of supply and demand.
22:23
CEO Thomas Schaefer promises the new vehicle
22:26
will be completely different, a huge step inside
22:28
and out Volkswagen say that the refreshed ID4,
22:33
should we call it the Tiguan?
22:35
It might be, it might be the new Tiguan E,
22:38
electric Tiguan, ID Tiguan, I don't know.
22:41
But the car might, I think they're gonna rename that,
22:45
maintain their ID naming, but maybe ID Tiguan.
22:48
I mean, I'll just call it the Tiguan.
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Personally, you know me.
22:52
Just give it, just call it a Golf
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and whether the Golf has an engine or a battery,
22:56
it's just the Golf, right?
22:57
And so that's what I would do.
22:59
But anyway, electric vehicle sales in South Korea,
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more good news there, jumping to 142 and a half thousand
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units in the first eight months of the year.
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In context, is that good or bad?
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Well, it's up 50% from the same time last year.
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In South Korea, EVs are now 13% of new cars,
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New models like the Model Y from Tesla,
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which launched in May, doing really well.
23:22
Government subsidies and automaker promotions
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are helping as well.
23:25
Domestic brands delivering a 50% increase.
23:30
You won't be surprised to hear,
23:31
but any great Korean EVs
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and they like buying their homegrown cars as well.
23:36
Rivian's next in the news,
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rolling out smart charging for its vehicles soon,
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letting owners schedule charging
23:41
during off-peak hours to save money.
23:43
More than 80% of EV charging happens at home,
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but over 70% of those sessions
23:49
sometimes miss the cheapest times to charge.
23:51
Rivian's mobile app will soon
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analyze your utility plan
23:55
and suggest or automate charging windows
23:57
that benefit from lower rates.
23:59
The smart charging update builds
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on Rivian's partnership with Weave Grid.
24:04
Weave Grid's a company that helps drivers
24:06
join utility programs.
24:08
These programs offer direct financial perks
24:10
for charging at certain times of the day.
24:12
Rivian vehicles will soon help owners
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spend less money on electricity.
24:16
But like I'd say, depending on where that is,
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and obviously Rivian's a US-based
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and North American vehicles for now,
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it's a different kettle of fish than what we've got.
24:25
We've got one grid, we have the national grid.
24:27
It's a monopoly, but it's a regulated monopoly company,
24:30
and they look after making sure
24:31
that electricity comes to our houses
24:33
and our homes, and then lots of operators
24:36
sit on top of the grid and resell that energy.
24:40
It's not a perfect system.
24:42
There's lots of, here, we have lots of anomalies
24:46
because the price that you can pay
24:49
is often the same, certainly nationally.
24:51
So if I'm with, say I'm with octopus, right?
24:54
Well, actually a lot of wind generation,
24:57
maybe in the North of England,
24:59
is happening geographically very close
25:01
to those people there.
25:02
We've got a lot of wind turbines down here
25:04
on the South Coast too.
25:06
And so you might be generating a lot of cheap electricity
25:08
in your region of the country,
25:10
but everyone's paying the same thing.
25:13
And so yeah, we could do it probably better
25:16
and make the most of certain parts of the country
25:19
paying less because of the generating electricity.
25:23
Lots of people don't want wind turbines
25:25
out to sea, for instance.
25:27
There was a big plan to have it off the coast here
25:30
It was a brilliant idea.
25:31
You wouldn't have even seen it on the horizon.
25:35
Okay, because I come from East Anglia,
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Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, where I'm from.
25:39
There's tons of wind turbines there out to sea.
25:41
And you can see them if you look out to sea.
25:43
Do they look terrible?
25:45
And yet down here in, you know, sunny Dorset,
25:49
there was such a pushback on this.
25:51
And so they were, we're a tourist town
25:53
and nobody will visit Bournemouth anymore
25:55
if you can see wind turbines on the horizon.
25:57
And the whole thing got knocked on the head,
26:00
Well, what about though, if we paid a lot less for electricity?
26:04
So if you're generating it near you,
26:05
what about if, well, if you build them there,
26:08
you all get cheaper, leaky.
26:09
That might have changed things, I don't know.
26:11
So yeah, we need incentives,
26:14
but much simpler to do these kind of things here
26:16
than maybe in the US where, you know,
26:18
you're dealing with hundreds of individual smaller companies,
26:21
but Rivian trying to chip away at that.
26:24
With just three weeks until the federal tax credit goes
26:27
in the US, $7,500 off new vehicles,
26:30
Stellantis is already pulling back on their EV production
26:33
and restricting dealer orders.
26:35
The automaker confirmed production pauses
26:37
while directing customers to its websites
26:39
with messaging like get in EV incentives while you can
26:43
and your incentive is going fast.
26:46
The company's either stopped or restricted orders
26:48
on some of their key Vs like the Jeep Wagoneer S,
26:51
the Dodge Charger Daytona and hybrid Jeep Wranglers,
26:54
Grand Cherokees and Chrysler Pacificas.
26:56
Despite the availability of the tax credit,
26:59
the all-electric Charger Daytona and Wagoneer S
27:03
have actually had some weak sales recently.
27:05
However, the plug-in hybrid models are different,
27:08
Wrangler 4xE capturing a bigger part of the market
27:11
and the Grand Cherokee 4xE also doing pretty well.
27:15
This production adjustment comes as Stellantis abandons
27:18
their previous targets of going all-electric by 2030
27:21
with the company saying it's working to ensure production
27:25
aligns with consumer demands.
27:28
I mean, yeah, that's the story of everyone's life though,
27:31
And finally, a massive immigration raid
27:34
at what was supposed to be Georgia's largest
27:36
economic development project has created a diplomatic crisis
27:40
between the United States and South Korea.
27:43
Federal agents raided the factory
27:46
and detained 475 workers.
27:49
I told you about this last week
27:50
on Sunday's podcast maybe
27:52
and I said I'd update it when I could.
27:56
More than 300 of them we know are South Korean nationals
27:59
working in the US because they have specialized skills.
28:02
The operation, which happened on September 4th,
28:04
was the largest single-site enforcement action
28:08
of Donald Trump's presidency so far.
28:11
Video footage showed workers being shackled
28:14
around their hands, ankles and waist
28:17
with zip ties holding them, their hands together.
28:20
Hundreds of federal agents executed search warrants
28:23
at the sprawling facility in Georgia.
28:25
The plant is a joint venture between Hyundai and LG,
28:28
part of a $350 billion trade agreement
28:32
and set to produce batteries powering electric vehicles.
28:35
And despite it happening five days ago now,
28:37
none of the detained workers
28:40
have yet to be charged with a crime.
28:43
South Korean presidential chief of staff, Kang Hoong-sik,
28:48
announcing that negotiations
28:50
between the two governments concluded
28:52
with an agreement that a charter flight
28:55
would bring any South Korean workers home
28:58
following the admin, which is good news.
29:01
That is fantastic news that obviously
29:03
was a horrific experience for these South Korean nationals
29:07
who were brought in to do a specialized job.
29:11
Obviously working on US soil
29:13
and you want the paperwork to be absolutely right.
29:15
Very important that the US fights China
29:18
as being a battery manufacturing powerhouse.
29:22
But the incident has only prompted both nations
29:24
to review their visa systems and those people get to go home.
29:28
After what was probably a horrible experience,
29:32
certainly the Korean nationals are all being flown home
29:37
Resolution, which is a good thing on that story.
29:40
Glad I could update you.
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