Transport Evolved News Episode 496 - A New EV Range Record, More Financials, and EV Sales!

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Today, a new EV Range Record, quarterlies from Lucid and Rivian, and much more!
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00:00 - Start
00:46 - Welcome!
00:53 - Quarterly Earnings from Rivian and Lucid
01:58 - July Sales data comes in for BYD and Ford
02:48 - Elon Musk’s recent actions puts German Pharmacy off buying Teslas for its fleet
03:37 - New data suggests that the world will double, rather than the planned tripling of its global wind output by 2030
04:24 - Tesla sues EVJect over its break-away charging adapters
05:05 - Mercedes-Benz gets green-light to start testing Level 4 autonomous capabilities in Shanghai
05:58 - MG confirms that it will be building a new R&D and production facility in Mexico
06:46 - Order Books open in Germany for Volkswagen ID.3 GTX and GTX Performance
07:36 - Dodge Charger Daytona EV priced for U.S. market
08:28 - Jeep Wagoneer S heads to Aotearoa New Zealand for final winter testing
10:17 - 2023 model-year Nissan Ariya recalled
10:35 - Rivian commits to keeping its physical gear shifter
10:52 - Tesla, Sunrun partner on new Tesla Utility product for Texas
11:09 - Waymo expands its service in San Francisco and Los Angeles
11:28 - 1/4 of all new cars sold in California were electric during Q2
11:40 - Germany’s Ev sales slump due to reduced incentives
12:00 - CATL makes a massive investment in AutoFlight
12:17 - U.S. Department of Energy announces $2.2 Billion in funding for U.S. Grid Resiliency
12:35 - Elon Musk kills unapproved deal with Costco in Taiwan for Tesla sales
12:51 - Chargepoint unveils its “Omni” product for inclusive charging
13:11 - Nio says it’s completed more than 50 million battery swaps
13:25 - Volvo EX30 get new entry-level variant in the UK
13:40 - Washington State opens new incentive program for low-income families
13:59 - Samsung unveils new EV-specific battery cell
14:18 - Edmunds reveals the cars that people are buying after trading in their Teslas
14:34 - Spiro expands its service into Nigeria
14:55 - Tesla confirms it will allow service centers to install, but not activate, light bar on Cybertrucks
15:17 - Chinese-made Mercedes-Benz EQE catches fire in South Korean garage
15:37 - Hyundai plans a new facility for Thailand
15:52 - First Tesla Cybertruck fatality is recorded, cause unsown
16:09 - BYD Atto 3 left in time-restricted charging bay for a week in Australia causes problems for other people
16:26 - Hundreds of Solar Evs find their final resting place in Arizona
16:45 - Lotus Elise EV unlikely to happen yet
17:00 - Portuguese company GALP repurposes BMW batteries for HPCs.
17:19 - Tesla testing 320+ kW charging for Cybertrucks
17:35 - Kamala Harris’ VP Pick Governor Walz is a fan of EVs
17:54 - Donald Trump changes his opinion on Evs because of Elon Musk.
18:18 - Tesla FSD 12.5 does weird things in bad weather
18:39 - Kia offers performance upgrade in new Kia EV9
18:58 - Fiat to offer optional built-in cables on its Grande Panda Ev
19:19 - Ola readies its next reveal: an all-electric motorcycle
19:36 - EU members fight with car companies about lifecycle emissions for battery packs.
19:52 - Gridserve opens up a new fast charging test facility
20:08 - New US Startup debuts Potassium battery
20:26 - Canadian government funds new charging in Nova Scotia
20:41 - Chevrolet slashes the price of the Silverado Ev
20:56 - Porsche unveils new second-life battery pack at its Leipzig facility
21:12 - Rivian follows Tesla, software-locks batteries.
21:31 - Gridserve launches its Iced Lolly tour in the UK
22:50 - ORNL sets new wireless fast charging record
23:44 - UK team set a new long-distance record for EVs
24:40 - Thanks, and Goodbye!
26:44 - Get your DISCOUNTED Everything Electric Tickets!

[therichardrichyrich]

Thank you TEN team for keeping us up-to-date with all things EV, green, and electric!

[Madonsteamrailways]

I’m the second person in my family to have gone electric. Equally, I would like to see the end of petrol and diesel vehicles.

[Hans-gbmv]

Efficient driving is, in the end, achievable for everyone. While I do applaud the 569 miles with a Mach-E, I don't think it will really change anything. I drive an Ioniq 6 myself. And these days, in this summer weather, with no A/C on, I can take my Ioniq 6 on a 550km journey without problem even though the WLTP testing says I should only get 429km out of the standard range battery pack. And back when I had a classic Ioniq 28kWh, with an NEDC range of around 240km if I remember correctly, something many people said was impossible to get, I did over 300km in the summer on a single charge.

How far you drive depends first and foremost on your right foot. The weather only comes second. Something so many people seem to forget over and over again.

[RichRodriguez]

Thanks for another great show!

Charge on!

[OasisAmps]

It's amazing how she can rapid fire this many topics at this length of time. You never see this on live broadcasts.

[photogravity]

As someone who has recently relocated from the Mid-Atlantic to the Maritimes, I am glad to hear that Nova Scotia is getting additional charging infrastructure installed. Level 2 is a good step forward, though they really need to add more DC Fast Charging into the mix, which brings me to a charging story.

In September 2022 when my wife and I were on a cross continental trip, we stopped at the charging station in Monastery NS. There was a couple in a Tesla Model 3 getting a charge at the L2 charger and a Kia Niro (or was it a Hyundai Kona ?) plugged in at the DC fast charger. The driver of the Kia had gotten in another car with a friend and left the charging station right after he started the charging session. I was the first to arrive after the gentleman in the Kia departed. Meanwhile, after I arrived and got in queue there were at least 3 more EVs that stacked up behind me. The Kia was well above 80% SOC and was barely pulling a charge. Meanwhile the folks in the queue were starting to get pretty angry about the situation, needless to say. Finally after, waiting for more than an hour at the charger, the gentleman who owned the Kia arrived. Upon seeing the queue, I believe he thought it best to remain silent as he got into his car and quickly drove away. Meanwhile, there was a collective (and huge) sigh of relief as I pulled my Bolt EV into the station and started charging, ever so mindful to get just the bare minimum charge to reach my next charging stop... Oh what fun.

[peterwright]

Any chance you could do a story on the interminable delays Kia EV6 owners are suffering waiting to have their ICCU’s replaced. Mine has been in the shop for 6 weeks now, and all they can tell me is the part is on back order. They’ve known about this problem for over a year and officially launched a recall in April. It’s ridiculous they’re not prioritizing delivery of the parts needed to get their customers back on the road, while hey don’t seem to have any trouble delivering brand new EV6’s.

[GaryJohnWalker]

That EQE that burned in Korea - would you cover any investigation results? 3 days parked and not charging, seems very odd event.

Great work btw!

[patreekotime]

Glad to see new cheaper chemistry. Sodium-Ion and now Potassium-Iron! In the long run, we definitely need to see a Cafe racer using KFe cells!

[Madonsteamrailways]

I’m looking for a tiny vehicle that was, once upon a time, driveable on a moped license. It was called the Cursor. It was like a spotty microcar to look at, and a hoot to drive. It was produced on the Yamaha FS-1E moped, but would be better with a little electric motor instead.

[Goni]

They really have to get rid of the cables at the charging stations already and just adopt a standard cable that people can plug in that they keep in their car. Too much opportunity for sabotage that can keep a charging station down for days or weeks.

[trevorberridge]

Regarding EV long distance records: Within the last 10 years people have converted ICE cars to electric and have managed to achieve 1100km+ (684 miles). One team in fact achieved 1200km (746 miles). And these were cars driving normally in normal settings. Getting these distances out of EVs is actually not that hard. It just hasn't been done commercially on a large scale.

As for the efficiency: over the last three weeks I've been monitoring my humble 2015 24kwh Nissan Leaf as I drive it around London, England. It has been achieving between 5.0 and 6.3 miles per kwh. It actually peaked at 6.7mpk, but a hill brought the efficiency back down to 6.3mpk on that day.

Jonathan Porterfield formerly of Eco Cars just drove a Kia e-Niro 240 miles in poor conditions and had 50 miles range left in it. When I hired an e-Niro it also showed that it would get very close to 300 miles on a charge. That was normal driving in normal conditions across England and back.

The fact is that there is no reason why EVs can't all be achieving this "record level" performance. But car companies are reluctant to make ICE components totally redundant while there's still money to be made from existing stock. If they went whole-heartedly towards EVs it would be common to get 500+ miles per charge in small, cheap vehicles and 800+ miles in big, expensive vehicles. EVs don't need to be so big because most people don't drive a fraction as far as the bigger batteries allow. They now make EV batteries for motorbikes that have the same capacity as an original Renault Zoe (22kwh) but a fraction of the size. You could make cars around these motorbike batteries and make proper small vehicles. You could make original size Minis on mass instead of the odd specialist classic conversion. You could make medium size cars with way more internal space because the batteries have shrunk and improved and will continue to do so.

[michaelsmithers]

Aotearoa is the North Island of New Zealand. I believe the winter testing is done on the south island where snow is more reliable 👍

[Roddy]

As always, a good EV news compilation.

[davidtooker]

Are you aware of PGE's VPP? I have been participating for a while mostly helping out on hot days when power demand is highest.

[bazoo]

10:40 - Finally someone admits what is the source of that faux "high tech" HMIs through touchscreens - penny pinching.

[bigboxofstuff]

Another great episode! Keep up the great work!

[robfelts]

Great job as always! Thanks so much for compiling so much information.

[keeperMLT]

When a manufacturer "software locks" battery capacity, do they cap the charge per cell or do they disconnect some cells? The former is probably better for battery life, but the latter would let you switch which cells run as some deteriorate.

[OasisAmps]

Always look forward to this show, always informative 😊