06 Dec 2024 | Briefly

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 7 December 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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It's EV News Briefly for Friday 06 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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TESLA WON’T BRING CYBERTRUCK TO CHINA https://evne.ws/3ZCUzwb

TESLA HALTS CYBERTRUCK PRODUCTION – LOW SALES COULD BE A REASON https://evne.ws/3OCSJVt

NISSAN ARIYA TO USE TESLA SUPERCHARGERS STARTING DEC 10 https://evne.ws/3BplD8z

MERCEDES-BENZ INTRODUCES 2025 ELECTRIC POPEMOBILE https://evne.ws/3Zkpa05

MERCEDES REPLACES EQC WITH UPDATED GLC ELECTRIC CROSSOVER https://evne.ws/4il5oKx

JEEP UK SLASHES AVENGER ELECTRIC PRICES BY £5,000 https://evne.ws/4ilTyQm

GERMANY'S CAR PRODUCTION SLIGHTLY INCREASES IN NOVEMBER https://evne.ws/49oHLfT

FRENCH EV MARKET SEES SALES DECLINE IN NOVEMBER https://evne.ws/3BoGPLW

ELECTROGENIC LAUNCHES ELECTRIC CONVERSION FOR MAZDA MX-5 https://evne.ws/41n1j2y

VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES NEW TRANSPORTER PRICES IN UK https://evne.ws/4g0kXWs

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0:00.0	It's EV News briefly for Friday 6th of December.
0:02.8	Everything EV in less than five minutes if you haven't got the 20 minutes needed for today's full podcast.
0:09.1	So let's get you up to speed.
0:10.4	Tesla won't bring the cyber truck to China.
0:12.5	Tesla had previously taken the cyber truck for a demonstration tour in China,
0:16.6	but saying on social media that they have cancelled any plans to bring that vehicle to China.
0:21.9	I mean, one of the reasons has got to be that in China, pickup trucks are actually considered
0:25.8	light trucks. They can only do 65 or 62 miles an hour on the highway. They have to be
0:32.0	retired after a certain time period, compulsory. So Tesla tried for a period of time to call the cyber truck a crossover,
0:39.1	crossover SUV in China. Not sure the authorities are fully buying that. And so they're saying
0:44.3	that they're not going to change the novel design and material use of the cyber truck to meet
0:48.3	Chinese regulations. It's a vehicle that they won't sell there. And I would presume in Europe
0:52.8	as well for the same reasons.
0:56.3	Well, Tesla is halting cyber truck production.
1:01.3	Many people assume this is because of a collapse in sales of the cyber truck.
1:02.3	Well, it could be anything, actually.
1:03.4	It's a three-day shutdown.
1:05.3	Workers were surprised at the last minute.
1:07.5	This is a memo obtained by Business Insider.
1:11.7	To stay at home on December 3rd, 4th, 5th, earlier this week on full pay.
1:15.4	Many people, of course, jumping to the conclusion that, well, nobody wants one anymore,
1:17.0	and they're shutting the line down, etc., etc.
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