03 Dec 2024 | Briefly
EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs
Martyn Lee
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
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It's EV News Briefly for Tuesday 03 December 2024, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.
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| 0:00.0 | It's EV News briefly for Tuesday the 3rd of December. |
| 0:02.4 | Everything EV in less than 5 minutes. |
| 0:03.7 | If you haven't got time for the full podcast, you know, Patreon supporters get these shows ad-free, which saves even more time. |
| 0:09.6 | You can be part of the gang from $5 or $10 a month on an executive producer and get this show on the air. |
| 0:14.5 | MG Australia has reduced the price of the MG4X site by $10,000. That's a 64 kilowatt hour battery versus the smaller 51 kilowatt hour battery. |
| 0:23.6 | Incredible value on the MG4 down under. A new grant in Michigan, $4.7 million grant |
| 0:29.4 | given to universities and colleges to create new initiatives aimed funding programs that teach students |
| 0:34.7 | the skills needed for EV manufacturing. That's great news. |
| 0:37.9 | 87% of Americans who bought a new EV this year so far took advantage of the federal tax credit |
| 0:42.6 | of up to $7,500, according to JD Power's new EVision Intelligence report. Tesla is introducing |
| 0:49.3 | their Apple Watch update for the holiday season. You can now use your watch as a key allowing users to unlock the vehicle, |
| 0:55.8 | open the front trunk and adjust climate directly from your wrist. Other improvements include |
| 1:01.0 | the update offering iPhone users, the ability to view and share video footage from the mobile |
| 1:05.7 | app and even schedule a light show. The Biden administration in the US is not done just yet. They are proposing a |
| 1:13.2 | $7.5 billion loan to Star Plus Energy. That is basically Samsung and Stalantis to build two |
| 1:19.5 | lithium ion battery cell and module factories in Kokomo, Indiana. Obviously this is a loan and has to be |
| 1:25.6 | paid back with interest as well to the American people. |
| 1:29.5 | But this is a very clear sign of intent, again, investing in homegrown US talent and manufacturing. |
| 1:37.4 | Let's hope that all gets put through before January 20th when we think there'll be a change of direction over the next four years in the US |
| 1:45.6 | in terms of electric vehicle and supply chain investment. In October, so not last month, |
| 1:50.7 | but we're looking at October data in Europe. Two hundred and fifty two thousand plug-in vehicles |
| 1:55.5 | were sold. That's a two percent increase compared to the same month previous year and month on month |
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