https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/f00051ad-81c3-4942-9563-29eb75e62bf9 Welcome to this week’s episode of TEN — Transport Evolved News! On today’s show: BYD overtakes Tesla as the world’s largest EV maker, Volkswagen reveals a retro-styled, skeuomorphic dashboard for the ID. Polo, and Verge shakes up the industry by making solid-state batteries standard on its TS Pro electric motorcycle this year. Find full show notes, links to covered stories, and script at: https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/01/10/ten-episode-565-byd-takes-the-ev-crown-vws-id-polo-gets-a-retro-dash-verge-goes-solid-state/ 👥 Today’s Sponsors 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org ⚡ EnergySage - https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262 — ✊ Get Involved 🗳️ https://indivisible.org/town-hall-resources ❤️ Support the Show 📰 https://www.transportevolved.com 🔥 https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved ☕ https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved 📺 https://www.youtube.com/transportevolved 👕 https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ 🛍️ https://amzn.to/40xOyjm ₿ 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH 💬 Join the Conversation 🐘 https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show 💬 https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn 🌀 https://bsky.app/profile/transportevolved.bsky.social 🔁 Subscribe to our 2nd channel - https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 ⏱️ Episode Timeline & Sources 00:00 - Introduction and sponsor shoutouts🎙️ 00:22 - Welcome to the show 👋 00:38 - Editorial Note 📝 00:53 - End of Year Sales: GM, Ford, Kia, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Honda, Lucid, Rivian, Volvo, XPeng, Xiaomi, Tesla, BYD📊 03:33 - Volkswagen shows off the cockpit of the ID. Polo✨ 04:20 - Kia EV 4 is on sale in Canada, but not the U.S.🍁 05:10 - Sony Alfeela announce new prototype, production 🌟 06:05 - Mercedes-Benz launches new driving assistant in the U.S. - and it’s powered by open-source AI.🤖 06:57 - CATL outperforms others in degradation🔋 07:46 - Dominion Energy suing Trump Admin. for wind farm policies, soon joined by Revolution Wind and Empire⚖️ 08:42 - U.S orders coal plant to stay open one day before it was due to close🏭 09:31 - U.S. Withdraws from 66 international groups, treaties and organizations🧨 10:44 - Sponsor Segment: Energy Sage!🌞 11:54 - Ford recalls Mustang Mach E for headlight issue💡 12:14 - Mercedes-Benz recalls EQB EV for battery fire risk🔥 12:27 - Volvo EX30 gets battery recall🧯 12:40 - Porsche Taycan involved in Porsche-wide recall for rear-view camera issues📷 12:54 - Seat Belt Retractor and child seat issues cause Audi e-tron recalls🧸 13:09 - New Flyer recalls many buses - including EVs for ABS and ESC warning light issues🚌 13:28 - Solar overtakes coal and gas in Germany ☀️ 13:42 - Geely plans the U.S. Auto Market entry within 2/3 years 🗺️ 13:55 - Congress introduces “SAFE” Exit Act’ for cars 🏛️ 14:09 - LUCID shares the vehicles that it had traded in for its cars last year🔄 14:19 - China turns on the world’s first 1 gigawatt offshore solar farm🌊 14:30 - Alphabet spends $4.75 billion on power for its data centers🧠 14:45 - Kiira motors finishes it tour across Africa🌍 14:58 - FAW invests 5% into LEAPMotor💰 15:10 - PostNL plans charging stations for mail trucks📬 15:22 - LGES Sells its US battery factory to Honda🏗️ 15:35 - CATL says it now has 1,000 battery swap station in operation🔁 15:48 - Xiaomi targets 550,000 EVs this year🎯 15:59 - Zeekr is private again🔒 16:08 - UK price cuts for Fiat and Fiat Abarth EVs💷 16:21 - Bosch showcases new e-Bike tracking, anti-theft products🚲 16:34 - BMW announces Alexa Plus for its vehicles 🗣️ 16:46 - SSMT shows EVs growing in the UK , with December sales reaching 1/3 of all new cars📈 16:57 - Alpitronic CEO says we need more EVs per charging station🔌 17:10 - Changan starts import into Europe of EVs made in Thailand 🚢 17:21 - Xiaomi already revises the SU7 ✏️ 17:35 - Hongqi unveils its first prototype SS battery🧪 17:49 - Volvo teases range of EX60👀 17:59 - Tesla hit by trademark lawsuit over Cybercab name™️ 18:13 - Ford promising the moon with its new electric pickup🌙 18:28 - Letenda announces new electric minibus built for Canada🧑‍🤝‍🧑 18:43 - Porsche closing its EV charging network in China ⛔ 18:53 - Sarla -Aviation starts testing its e-VTOL in Bengaluru, India🚁 19:06 - China tightens energy consumption rules for EVs 📏 19:21 - CATL says it’s going to focus on Sodium-ion batteries 🧂 19:37 - FactorialEnergy announces SPAC merger 📜 19:48 - Volkswagen pauses ID. Buzz for 2026 in the U.S. ⏸️ 20:05 - Sponsor Segment - You! 📣 21:55 - Verge Motorcycles goes solid state ⚡ 22:48 - EIA says that all net new generating capacity in 2026 might come from renewables ♻️ 23:55 - Thanks, and goodbye!👋 🎙️ Credits: Host, Script, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Camera, Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music: via Artlist.io © Transport Evolved LLC, 2026 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:42:43 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/f00051ad-81c3-4942-9563-29eb75e62bf9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.