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Today, EV owners see the cost to drive electric soar thanks to President Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill;" some automakers pull back on EV plans as a result; and Chinese automaker BYD shows its latest affordable offering aimed at taking on legacy automakers in Europe.
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00:00 – Intro + Sponsor Call Outs
00:30 – Welcome!
:00:37 BlueOval SK rumored to be about to start producing cells for Nissan as Ford demand slows
01:42 – Honda lowers its EV investment significantly
02:48 – BMW CEO criticizes EV mandates
04:09 – Stellantis dramatically revises EV lineup in the US
05:17 – Lexus details more about its new electric ES variants
06:13 – BYD Dolphin Surf launches in Europe
07:12 – Xiaomi comes out and reveals the YU7
08:22 – Nissan Micra debuts
09:14 – The U.S. Government sends a sledgehammer through EVs
11:00 – The U.S. Government polices and sternly warns about grid resiliency
11:57 – Sponsor Segment: Energy Sage
13:07 – F150 Lightning tops electric truck sales
13:29 – Toyota confirms the BZ4X Tourer for Europe
13:49 – BYD chooses Budapest for its European headquarters
14:07 – Stagecoach celebrates its first all-electric bus depot and fleet in Stockton-on-Tees
14:25 – Oakland Airport welcomes its first electric shuttle busses
14:43 – Royal Mail welcomes its 7,000th electric delivery vehicle
14:58 – Mitsubishi pulls out of investing in Ampere
15:17 – BC pauses its ‘Go Electric:’ program
15:32 – Berlin’s Federal Institute for Materials Research develops a solid-state battery
15:53 – Lion Electric may get a last-minute saviour
16:10 – BYD to build a charging network in Pakistan
16:28 – Tata opens its new Mega Chargers in India
16:48 – BYD unveils the e7 in China
17:08 – Gotion starts pilot solid-state battery production
17:27 – CATL unveils a new battery swapping standard for electric trucks
17:49 – UL opens a new testing facility in Germany
18:07 – Genesis G80 gets tweaked for 2026
18:25 – Nikola Stock is being auctioned off
18:42 – Tesla owners are trading in for Cadillac EVs
19:02 – Waffle House, BP Pulse, signs DC charger deal
19:19 – FirdBust introduces its first converted bus
19:38 – CATL opens its latest battery factory
19:54 – Fiat Professional unveils an electric 3-wheeled Ape equivalent
20:13 – Renault unveils a 4×4 Renault 4 concept
20:29 – Volvo trucks celebrate Australian expansion
20:44 – Hyundai announces a new factory
21:02 – BMW testing solid-state batteries in its i7
21:22 – Volvo adding Google Gemini AI to its EVs
21:43 – Volkswagen to drop ID from its EV names
22:01 – Volkswagen promises an FWD Golf GTi EV
22:23 – Wisk Aero, NASA, working on autonomous flight regulations
22:41 – Hi-Phi returns
22:59 – A Hyundai worker dies at a battery factory
23:16 – Halifax, NS, adds electric buses to its fleet
23:34 – Autonomous battery mining trucks enter service in Mongolia
23:51 – Fortum launches a new “battery Box” to aid safe recycling
24:09 – Blink lays off more staff
24:26 – The Trump Administration green lights an offshore wind project it previously paused
24:44 – Volvo Trucks confirms FH Aero
25:01 – VW has made progress with CO² goals
25:18 – YASA opens its first UK axial-flux motor super factory
25:35 – CATL makes its IPO, raising a lot of money
26:02 – Support The Channel!
27:29 – Chevrolet kills the Silverado EV RST, adds a Trail Boss variant
28:27 – New robotic charging systems could make EVs more accessible
29:43 – Thanks, and goodbye!
