https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/04dd5e9d-3943-4fac-92d2-3043879642ab On this week's episode of TEN — Transport Evolved News! The U.S. wants to tax EV owners while setting a new $4 billion record for oil and gas lease sales; Xiaomi's YU7 GT breaks the Nürburgring SUV record; and 55% of Canadians say they'd buy a Chinese EV. Show notes, links and script at: https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/05/23/ten-583-us-ev-tax-oil-lease-sales-xiaomi-yu7-record-what-canadians-want/ 👥 Today's Sponsors 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org 🎁 Win an EV with CCAN Action Fund! - https://bit.ly/transportevolvedEVraffle (Vehicle manufacturers are not participants in or sponsors of this raffle. See Official Rules. 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Polo GTI revealed 08:29 - Škoda Epiq revealed 09:52 - Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 4-Door Coupé revealed 11:14 - Xiaomi YU7 GT breaks Nürburgring SUV record; YU7 Standard launched 12:29 - Sponsor: CCAN Action Fund 13:43 - VW halves production lines at Zwickau and Emden 14:10 - Volvo confirms affordable US EV to replace EX30 14:22 - BYD completes 2,700-mile trip on new flash charging 14:35 - Mexico unveils Olinia EV ahead of World Cup 14:49 - Honda & LG Energy partner on e-scooter battery swapping in Vietnam 15:01 - Stellantis & Dongfeng expand partnership; form European JV 15:19 - Gotion gets €92M for battery projects in Spain 15:31 - Xiaomi forms new motor & battery subsidiary 15:46 - Nidec exits e-axle business 15:59 - California launches $1B electric truck rebate program 16:11 - Audi teases A2 e-tron 16:23 - Toyota prices Hilux EV for UK 16:34 - Go-Ahead London gets 13 Enviro 100 EVs for route 322 16:48 - Germany opens new EV subsidy applications 17:00 - Equinox EV gets Bose audio & NACS for 2027 17:13 - Polestar 6 development paused 17:28 - Volvo EX60 order books open in North America 17:40 - ChargePoint & OBE Power tackle multi-family EV charging 17:53 - Kia PV5 WAV side entry launched 18:12 - Subaru postpones 2028 EV plans 18:24 - Stellantis to build €15K city EVs in Italy from 2028 18:36 - Volvo Penta & Aus Ships to build Australian electric ferries 18:46 - XPeng begins robotaxi series production 18:57 - Chery forecasts 1M overseas EV sales amid oil crisis 19:12 - BMW & MINI get 20% off IONNA charging through September 19:26 - Stellantis unveils €60B FaSTLane 2030 plan & STLA One architecture 19:44 - Two in three Nordic new cars are now electric 19:55 - Kia planning EV1 entry-level microcar from 2028 20:07 - Bosch wins major drivetrain order from Mercedes-Benz 20:18 - Rivian R2 configurator goes live 20:28 - Amazon deploys electric cargo bikes in DC 20:38 - BYD delays Datang SUV launch due to demand surge 20:50 - BMW electric 1 Series reportedly in development 21:03 - IONNA offering 48% discount over Memorial Day weekend 21:17 - Green SM to deploy 18,500 VinFast EVs in the Philippines 21:29 - Pod Point acquires EO Charging 21:39 - Einride & EASE Logistics deploy autonomous electric trucks in Ohio 21:49 - SBRS launches 500 kW truck charging for Europe 21:59 - Xiaomi reportedly planning Sky Nomad EREV sub-brand 22:11 - SVolt to mass-produce semi-solid-state batteries from September 22:25 - Peugeot e408 orders open in UK 22:35 - Fraunhofer: vehicle solar panels can make cars 55% self-powered 22:48 - Aptera details Greenlight production validation platform 23:02 - Texas Cybertruck owner jailed after testing Musk's boat claims 24:42 - EV consideration up, but range expectations still unrealistic 25:48 - 55%+ of Canadians would buy a Chinese EV, survey finds 27:08 - Closing sponsors 28:17 - Thank you & goodbye 🎙️ Credits: Host, Script, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Camera, Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation: Erin Carlie Music: via Artlist.io © Transport Evolved LLC, 2026 Sun, 24 May 2026 00:02:48 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.tv https://peertube.tv/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/04dd5e9d-3943-4fac-92d2-3043879642ab All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.