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07 Dec 2024 | Polestar 3 Begins US Production, Lucid Gravity Customer Cars Being Made and Ford EV Sales Recover

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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POLESTAR STARTS US PRODUCTION OF THE ‘3’ https://evne.ws/3VsNknP

LUCID BEGINSD GRAVITY SUVV PRODUCTION https://evne.ws/4gjJLsa

FORD ACHIEVES RECORD U.S EV SALES IN NOVEMBER https://evne.ws/3Zgmz76

GM AND EVGO INSTALL 2,000 FAST CHARGERS IN US https://evne.ws/3VrapXU

NIO INTRODUCES MONTHLY BATTERY SWAP PLANS IN EUROPE https://evne.ws/4fhJoO5

ELECTRIC CARS MAKE UP A QUARTER OF UK SALES https://evne.ws/49obOV2

FORD BEGINS EDRIVE MANUFACTURING AT HALEWOOD https://evne.ws/3ZGA9SX

AMNESTY FLAGS EV MAKERS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES https://evne.ws/3ZGA9SX

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0:00.0

Welcome back to EV News Daily coming up today.

0:02.0

Pulse Star 3 begins US production, the lucid gravity customer cars are now being made and the Ford EV sales in recovery.

0:08.0

Hey, stay tuned, because later in the show, I'll tell you why all the doom and gloom around some car makers in the UK doesn't actually match the November EV sales data.

0:17.0

Well, good morning, good afternoon or good evening, wherever you are in the world. Welcome to Evie News Daily, your trusted source of EV information. For the weekend, it's

0:24.8

Saturday 7th of December. I'm Martin Lee, and I go through every EV story, so you don't have to.

0:30.9

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0:40.2

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0:43.3

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0:44.8

And then that pops open a menu which sends it to either Apple, Spotify, I use overcast on iOS.

0:52.1

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0:57.1

and it means you get a separate ad-free feed.

0:59.9

Let's begin by talking about Polestar, beginning manufacturing of the Polestar 3.

1:04.0

That's their SUV in the United States, and it is their top-end vehicle.

1:08.0

It doesn't go numerical.

1:09.2

It doesn't go 234.

1:10.3

It goes 243 in terms of working your way up through the prices. The long range single motor model

1:18.0

is now available. And that's a good thing because if ever I can get a car, I would have the single

1:23.4

motor version living in quite a mild climate here. don't need all wheel drive it now starts at

1:28.3

$67,500 with an EPA estimated range of 350 miles or 563 kilometers like the dual motor

1:37.3

version the new rear wheel drive variant will fast charge 10 to 80 in 30 minutes and peak at 250

1:43.1

kilowatts on the big old battery I'll get to that in a

1:45.8

minute poll star opened up customer orders for configuration on march 13th earlier this year and

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