{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"ev.news Briefly: Jaguar, Tesla, Porsche & more | 07 Oct 2026","description":"It's ev.news Briefly for Wednesday 07 October 2026, only todays headlines and nothing else, in just 4 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.\n\nPatreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the ev.news Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/evnews\n\nJAGUAR TYPE 01 PUTS £120,000 PRICE ON ITS ELECTRIC REINVENTION\n\nJaguar’s Type 01 is a 5.2-metre electric GT built on a bespoke 850V architecture, with a 118 kWh usable battery, up to 350 kW charging, around 450 miles of WLTP range and UK pricing now confirmed from £130,000, rising well beyond £150,000 for highly specified cars. Production begins at Solihull in 2027, but Jaguar’s bigger gamble is whether selling only tens of thousands of dramatically more expensive EVs can sustain the brand when Aston Martin, Porsche and Rolls-Royce are all moving more cautiously on electrification.\n\nTESLA FINALLY TURNS MODEL 3 AND Y INTO HOME BATTERIES\n\nNew U.S. Model 3 and Model Y cars ordered from 1 October 2026 will gain Powershare Home Backup, allowing up to 11.52 kW of bidirectional power and enough stored energy to support an average home for roughly two days or more. The catch is that Tesla still requires a Powerwall 3 and compatible Wall Connector, meaning cars carrying perhaps 70–85 kWh of usable energy strengthen Tesla’s home-energy ecosystem rather than replacing its 13.5 kWh stationary battery.\n\nPORSCHE PLANS TO PROFIT FROM SELLING FEWER CARS\n\nPorsche wants to reduce its break-even point below 200,000 vehicles a year, versus 279,449 deliveries in 2025, through 9,000 job cuts, fewer managers and model variants, and lower development costs. Its strategy now accepts a slower EV transition, with a new combustion and PHEV SUV coming in 2028 and the electric K1 delayed indefinitely, as Porsche redesigns itself to remain profitable at substantially lower volumes.\n\nRENAULT REVIVES THE ESPACE WITHOUT PLANS TO BUILD IT\n\nRenault’s E-Space Concept reimagines the original Espace as a six-seat electric family car with a completely flat floor, flexible seating and a 1.13-metre panoramic display that will also appear in future upper-range Renault EVs. There is no production commitment, but the concept asks whether EV architecture should be used to maximise passenger space rather than simply recreating the SUV shapes that dominate today’s market.\n\nFREELANDER CONFIRMS UK LAUNCH — AFTER EUROPE\n\nFreelander will eventually launch in the UK after the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and mainland Europe, but the exported Freelander 8 is a different vehicle underneath from the headline-grabbing version already sold in China. The international model has a 34.1 kWh battery, 460 kW powertrain and 20–80% charging in up to 20 minutes, whereas China gets an 800V range-extender version with a 60.3 kWh battery, 610 kW and roughly 350 kW charging capable of the same charge in about 12 minutes.\n\nGERMANY SETS TERMS FOR TESLA FSD APPROVAL\n\nGermany is prepared to support Tesla’s European FSD approval if the system is renamed “Tesla Assisted Driving” and prevented from exceeding posted speed limits by more than 10%, potentially giving Tesla crucial support in an EU vote no earlier than December. Germany’s backing would still not guarantee approval because Tesla needs support from at least 15 member states representing 65% of the EU population, while Sweden, France and road-safety researchers continue to raise objections.\n\nEU MOVES TO CAP CHINESE HYBRID IMPORTS\n\nThe European Commission is considering a tariff-rate quota that would cap Chinese hybrid imports before additional levies apply, extending its trade defence beyond battery EVs as Chinese brands reach roughly a quarter of hybrid sales and a third of plug-in-hybrid sales. The proposal remains subject to negotiations with Beijing, with Brussels trying to restrain imports without triggering retaliation while China argues that voluntary export limits would breach WTO rules.\n\nEUROPE’S SUB-€25K EV CHOICE DOUBLES\n\nEurope is rapidly gaining more affordable electric cars, with Transport & Environment expecting 16 models below €25,000 by the end of 2026, including four below €20,000, as EU BEV sales rose 45% through August. T&E argues that tightening CO2 rules forced manufacturers to launch these cars, challenging claims that the regulations should be weakened just as they appear to be delivering the cheaper EVs consumers were waiting for.\n\nEUROPEAN EV WAITING LISTS OPEN DOOR TO CHINA\n\nEuropean demand for small EVs is now rising faster than manufacturers can supply them, with electric models reaching 21% of small-car sales in August while Volkswagen has more than 100,000 pre-orders across its new entry-level EV family and Renault struggles to meet Renault 5 demand. Long waiting lists could hand Chinese brands such as BYD, Geely, Chery and MG an opening, turning Europe’s small-EV problem from insufficient demand into a battle over who can actually deliver cars quickly enough.","author_name":"ev.news","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5051980-ev-news","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43872833/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}