TEN 586 | Olinia: Mexico's First National EV, Ford Ranchero EV Spotted & US Lies About Coal (VIDEO)
Editorial Note: We're sorry for the delay in this week's show! Just as we were uploading last night, a car accident resulted in a car rolling onto its side and taking out several power poles near the studio - cutting our power. While we were able to power things using our Ford F150 Lightning and the Home Integration System, our Internet (local rural long-range wifi) was down as other buildings used by the ISP didn't have backup power like we did. We hope everyone involved in the accident is safe. ----
On this week's episode of TEN - Transport Evolved News!
Mexico's Olinia debuts as the country's first nationally-designed EV — built by Mexicans, for Mexicans. Ford teases its long-awaited Ranchero EV with spy shots emerging from Southern California skunkworks testing. And the U.S. Government doubles down on coal investment — even as solar and stationary battery storage hit record highs.
These stories and more, on today's show!
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Episode Timeline & Sources
00:00 - Introduction and sponsor shoutouts
00:34 - Welcome to the show
00:48 - Correction on the lowliner from last week’s show
01:09 - Olinia - Mexico’s first national EV, launches
02:47 - U.S. EV sales rise on the back of fuel price hikes
04:17 - Donut Lab’s solid-state battery faces uphill struggle following massive expose
05:30 - BYD partners with Sinopec to expand its Flash Charging across China by year’s end and BYD’s Flash Charging is launched in the UK, and could be cheaper than most rivals and is also heading to Canada
06:46 - GM holds its Empower 2026 day
08:00 - Rivian R2 Deliveries start
09:17 - Ford begins on-road testing for $30k Electric Pickup, Teases Videos
10:42 - European politicians continue to spar on new rules for cars, company cars and some countries urge holding firm on EV push while Automakers in the UK call for a delay for the Brexit-caused EV tariffs
13:05 - New analysis says that Solar and storage added 91% of new capacity added to the U.S. grid in Q1 this yearwhile solar outperformed coal for the first time ever and US White House invests in Coal
Sponsor Segment: CCAN Action Fund
14:37 - Sponsor Segment - CCAN Action Fund
⚠️Recall Reminders!
15:53 - Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid given “Park Outside” warning recall and Braunability Converted Pacificas also recalled for airbag failures
📰News Shorts:
16:54 - Mitsubishi reveals the 2027 Eclipse Sportback - and it’s a Nissan LEAF
17:12 - BMW says it’s Highway Assistant has driven over 200 million kilometers so far
17:25 - Waymo buys apple’s abandoned self-driving car proving ground in Wittmann, Arizona
17:40 - Lucid adds hands-free driving to the Gravity SUV
17:53 - Ukrainian military adopts the Wolfstorm motorcycle as its preferred two-wheeled vehicle.
18:05 - BMW has already sold its 10,000th iX3
18:21 - Factorial, Stellantis, begin real-world solid state testing
18:36 - Europeans will soon be able to buy a Dodge Charge Daytona EV - if they really want one
18:49 - Cadillac Lyriq keeps android auto and apple car play for another year
19:00 - Amazon now has more than 50k electric delivery vehicles in its fleet
19:12 - Lucid looks to delay Austria and Spanish expansion until next year
19:24 - BYD pauses work on its Turkish facility to focus on additional funding
19:35 - DAF launches an interactive route simulator for electric big rigs
19:45 - Alaska Air, Hawaii Airlines electrifies most of their support fleet in Honolulu.
19:56 - All of China’s best-selling cars are electric or plug-in hybrid
20:06 - The ForBat@Bau research consortium launches
20:18 - As predicted last week, new GLC variants go on sale
20:31 - Stellantis confirms next-generation Opel Astra will be designed, engineered and made in Rüsselsheim
20:43 - Rosenbauer, MAN Truck & Bus announce new electric ladder fire truck
20:58 - China launches new rules for plug-in hybrids
21:08 - Škoda starts production of the Škoda Epiq in Spain
21:20 - The CUPRA Tindaya Show car will become a production model
21:33 - BMW secures Belgium’s largest fleet EV order to date
21:46 - Factorial reverse merger completes, as does Einride’s reverse merger
22:12 - Xpeng beings local production of its G6 in Malaysia
22:23 - Aito manufacture Seres launches a new Aiva Brand
22:34 - Milence opens its first Danish fast charging hub for electric trucks
22:47 - LiveWire launches its Mini Moto “S4 Honcho”
23:00 - Mercedes-Benz stars serial production of its axial flux motors
23:11 - EU green lights €1.5 billion investment into the European EV battery industry
23:24 - Stellantis, pony.ai, and Bolt launch autonomous mobility testing program in Luxembourg
23:38 - Vietnamese ride-sharing company Green SM enters into Indian market
23:49 - BYD launches the Dneza Z with 1,180 kW at the wheels
24:02 - Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government expands its EV subsidy program
24:15 - A recent ad from Tesla seems to lead into distracted drivers
24:32 - Nissan, University of Oxford and GeLion work on new solid-state research
24:42 - Stellantis begins Malaysian production of the Leapmotor C10.
24:57 - CleanMotion AB launches a three-wheeled, human-electric hearse
25:12 - Leapmotor launches B05 in the UK
25:26 - Kia EV4 models gain UK government grant full eligibility
25:40 - BMW’s prototype Long Wheelbase iX3 drives 800 km without a charge
25:56 - BYD threatens Trump over Pentagon Military List
Sponsor Segment: Energy sage, AND You
26:18 - Sponsor Segment - You
27:15 - (and Energy Sage!)
Final Two Stories:
27:55 - Switching to electric helped China prevent more than a quarter million deaths
29:02 - Waymo starts a “Premiere” package for its riders, offering priority pickups
30:28 - Closing Sponsor Acknowledgement
31:34 - Thank you - 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