Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 109: Chery’s UK production plans, EV sales… and Toyota electrifies the Hilux

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Every week, the Electrifying.com meet online to discuss all the important matters at hand. Such as the weather, what we’re all having for our tea and who dumped who in last night’s Love Island. Between these heavyweight subjects, we also talk about electric cars. A lot. Probably an unhealthy amount to be honest.

And when we do discuss cars, we find out a lot. From industry gossip to the more mundane practicalities of electric car ownership, it’s the place where we dish the dirt on the cars we’ve been driving and deliver our own verdicts on the latest electric car news. We also like to have a good laugh at the daftest bits of anti-electric news that we’ve seen in the press.

We can’t promise that you’ll learn much. You probably won’t. But if you fancy 30 minutes of idle chat and gossip about the world of electric cars, we’re here for you. If you like it / hate it / think it’s too long or too short, let us know.

👉 Chapters are below so you can jump straight to the topic you’re most interested in:
00:00 Welcome to Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 109
01:08 Chery could build cars in Nissan’s UK factory
04:20 Why Chinese car brands are winning over customers
08:56 UK EV sales hit 27.3% market share
10:20 The best EV lease deals right now
12:35 Batch gets car sick in the Alpine A390 GTS
15:47 Geely EX5, Leapmotor and SMMT drive impressions
16:55 Kia EV2 Norway range test preview
19:09 New videos: Polestar 5 road trip & Toyota Hilux EV
19:56 Are electric pickup trucks about to take off?
21:40 Bargain of the week: Volvo EX30 Performance
22:15 Bargain of the week: Mazda MX-30 for £9,000
25:15 Electric Virgin: Nigel’s switch to EVs
26:30 Listener garage: Toyota C-HR+ wins the test drive battle
27:43 Rear-wheel drive vs AWD for winter driving
30:15 Ferrari Luce backlash continues
33:31 Mercedes-AMG EV design controversy
35:57 The surprising tech behind Ferrari and AMG EVs
36:20 The Alpine A290’s missing cup holder debate
39:13 ID.7 Tourer Cornwall road trip report
41:02 That’s a wrap for Ep 109