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19 Feb 2025 | Tesla Showroom Showdowns, Chinese EVs All-In On DeepSeek AI and UK Expands Electric Bus Adoption

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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NATIONWIDE PROTESTS ERUPT AT TESLA SHOWROOMS https://evne.ws/4hN5pX6

CHINESE EV COMPANIES EMBRACE DEEPSEEK AI FOR ADVANCED FEATURES https://evne.ws/3EL2CyO

UK LEADS EUROPE IN ELECTRIC BUS ADOPTION https://evne.ws/3ECnQyL

FORD RANGER INTRODUCES FIRST PLUG-IN HYBRID MODEL https://evne.ws/417BIZk

BYD'S SHARK 6 HYBRID PICKUP TRUCK SURGES IN AUSTRALIA https://evne.ws/4hIsZ70

EUROPEAN LUXURY BRANDS FALL, DOMESTIC BRANDS RISE IN CHINA https://evne.ws/41jAcVk

AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES: BUYING USED CAN SAVE YOU BIG https://evne.ws/3X6bju3

NASCAR TEAMS UP FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING AT DAYTONA HQ https://evne.ws/4hXZ4YZ

NEW YORK'S MTA BOOSTS FLEET WITH 265 ELECTRIC BUSES https://evne.ws/4hFWI0p

AUDI EMBROILED IN NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SCANDAL https://evne.ws/4i5Wq30

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0:00.0

Welcome back to EVE News Daily. Coming up today, Tesla's showroom showdowns. Chinese EVs are all in on Deep CKI and the UK's electric bus adoption. Plus, stay tuned because later in the show, I'll tell you about the odd and illegal place that an Audi race car was recently found. Well, good morning, good afternoon or good evening, wherever you are in the world. Welcome to Eie News Daily, your trusted source of EFI information for Wednesday, 19th of February.

0:23.7

I'm Martin Lee, and I go through every Evie story so you don't have to. Patreon supporters get the

0:28.0

shows ad free. Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes. Well, last week I told you,

0:32.9

I think Friday on Saturday show actually, that there were some protests planned against Tesla showrooms.

0:39.1

And while now the weekend seems to have passed off peacefully, but we do have some updates on that.

0:44.7

Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk's actions in his role with the US government are having repercussions at Tesla showrooms,

0:50.7

inspired by a small demonstration against Musk and the Doge, DOGE in Maine,

0:57.0

Joan Donovan put together a digital flyer for a protest at a Tesla showroom in Boston.

1:02.0

Well, this initiative quickly expanded, leading to over three dozen similar protests against Tesla in the US.

1:07.9

The protests are response to the CEO's controversial actions with the government,

1:12.6

the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, although it's not actually a government department.

1:18.3

Musk has been criticized for granting his team complete access to things like confidential

1:24.4

taxpayer information and classified data leading to significant consequences,

1:28.9

such as the halt of crucial U.S. agency for international development programs that provided

1:34.8

medical aid. Additionally, Musk's efforts are undermining the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,

1:41.7

which could have regulated his new plans to provide payment services.

1:46.0

Well, a website named Tesla Takedown was then created to facilitate the organization of

1:52.1

local protests and encourages Tesla stock and car owners to divest from the company.

1:58.9

But if you own a Tesla, would you?

2:03.1

Are you bothered about what the CEO does?

2:08.1

Do you just judge it for being a pretty good car or a very good car depending on how you view your car?

2:15.1

Or do you view it as something else? You know, this isn't, you know, something small like the kind of sandwich that you buy at lunchtime.

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