4.8 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome back to EV News Daily coming up today. The new VW ID cars will get a traditional design. GM sell their battery stake and used EV markets are thriving. |
0:12.9 | Plus stay tuned because later in the show, I'll tell you why in November was another record-breaking month for these Chinese EV makers. |
0:18.5 | Well, good morning, good afternoon or good evening wherever you're listening around the world. Welcome to EV News Daily, your trusted source of EV information. |
0:24.6 | For the start of a brand new week, Monday 2nd of December, I'm Martin Lee, and I go through every |
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0:50.0 | with the billing and stuff like that's now. We'll begin with the headline story of Volkswagen confirming that they will refresh their |
0:59.2 | ID3 and ID4 vehicles with new designs, new interiors and improvements to the vehicles. |
1:07.0 | These models were among the first EVs from the VW group, at least of the modern era, |
1:11.7 | but their sales didn't meet expectations, and some say it was down to their design. |
1:16.3 | The new redesign is inspired by the upcoming ID2 concept, which we've seen already. |
1:22.2 | In an interview with Auto Express magazine, Volkswagen's development head, Kai Grunitz, |
1:26.8 | confirmed that both the ID3 and the |
1:28.8 | ID4 will get new exteriors based on, well, the brand's existing design language for their |
1:34.1 | combustion stuff. Kai Grunits saying, and I quote, we will bring a re-skin for the ID3 and |
1:40.0 | ID4 with completely new design language going back to where we originally came from from a |
1:45.2 | design perspective and return to what Volkswagen is known for, end quote. |
1:49.9 | That's no bad thing. |
1:51.1 | If you have a look at the latest Volkswagen Golf or any of the combustion designs, which |
1:57.2 | are a little less friendly, perhaps, but more of my taste. |
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