28 Apr 2025

Electric Cars that charge in 1. minutes and more

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 28 April 2025

There's been a lot of news in the EV space recently: over the weekend the government announced they are replacing grant for EV charging infrastructure with 0% loans instead.

New company Slate Auto have been showing of a transformer style car.

The world's biggest battery maker CATL has made a huge technological breakthrough

And Tesla sales continue to fall off a cliff. 

To get the low-down on that's happening in the space EVs & Beyond managing editor Richard Edwards joins us. He's in Shanghai, where he's been attending the 2025 auto show. 

13 March 2024, Brandenburg, Grünheide: Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. Following an attack on the electric car manufacturer Tesla's power supply, the factory is back online after a power outage lasting several days. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Gollnow / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Photo: AFP / DPA / Sebastian Gollnow