https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/576bc48b-5e86-4aea-9c16-caad91691467 On this week's show! Ford names its new low-cost electric pickup the Ford Fathom EV - not the Ford Ranchero EV; President Donald Trump rants in a stump speech and calls EV owners "diseased", and Telo updates the MT-1 towing limit to 8,000 pounds - more than the entry-level F150! Show notes, links and script at: https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/08/08/ten-593-ford-fathom-ev-trumps-ev-drivers-diseased-mt-1-towing/ 👥 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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Buzz Cargo gets battery upgrade 18:26 - Oregon's EV rebates return, for a limited time 18:44 - IONIQ 6 N confirmed for US launch 18:58 - Survey: Musk hurts Tesla more than China hurts BYD 19:17 - CommunityEV launches via Beam Charging/Zipcar 19:31 - GreenSM debuts electric taxis in EU 19:44 - Lectric eBikes tops 750K sales, $1B+ revenue 19:57 - Volvo's next EV rumored under $50K 20:12 - BYD opens Z9S pre-orders, claims longest EV range 20:34 - EVgo to use Tesla Supercharger hardware 20:47 - Dongfeng joins 1.5MW charging club 20:59 - Kia EV3 production begins in Mexico 21:12 - EU opens €1.5B "Battery Booster" loan program 21:26 - MAN starts series production of MCS e-trucks 21:40 - Germany approves Momenta for Level 4 autonomy 21:54 - Gruber Logistics electrifies Alpitronic's logistics 22:08 - Revoy raises $27M for electric truck dolly 22:23 - Canada boosts EV education, infrastructure funding 22:39 - Zoox cleared for paying robotaxi riders 22:53 - Allego commits €100M to UK charging 23:08 - Omoda O4 EV to launch first in Indonesia 23:19 - XPeng expands into Australia, NZ 23:35 - Hyundai's new Neira EV lands in Indonesia 23:48 - BYD posts strong July sales 24:03 - China tightens EV battery-health accuracy rules 24:16 - Devon, Torbay plan 3,000 UK chargers 24:29 - DAF electrifies more rubbish trucks 24:48 - Rivian releases Q2 results 25:09 - Lucid delays next-gen EV platform launch 25:22 - NYC expands curbside EV charging 25:34 - Kempower launches UK charging finance program 25:49 - Hina, Tonly launch first sodium-ion dump truck 26:01 - GV60 Magma priced $10K above IONIQ 5 N 26:14 - GM to export China-built Buick EVs, starting with Electra E7 26:32 - Tesla sues Manitoba over EV incentive exclusion 26:47 - Energy Secretary accused of lying to Congress 27:10 - Sponsor Segment - EnergySage! 28:13 - Aptera orders parts for first 40 cars, no mass-production timeline yet 29:22 - Telo says MT-1 can out-tow a base F-150 30:35 - Closing sponsor acknowledgements 31:32 - Thank you & goodbye - Keep Evolving! 🎙️ Credits: Host, Script, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Camera, Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation: Erin Carlie Music: via Artlist.io © Transport Evolved LLC, 2026 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:19:46 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/576bc48b-5e86-4aea-9c16-caad91691467 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.