BRIEFLY: Norway, Tesla Canada, Factorial & More | 05 May 2026

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This episode covers the latest EV news including Norway's record BEV share, Tesla's price cuts in Canada, and Factorial Energy's solid-state battery advancements.

It's EV News Briefly for Tuesday 05 May 2026, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show. Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the EV News Daily Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDaily NORWAY BEV SHARE HITS 99% IN APRIL Norway set a new monthly record in April 2026, with battery electric vehicles taking 98.6% of new passenger car registrations, up from the previous record of 98.4% in March. Of 11,103 new cars registered, 10,952 were fully electric, with diesel managing just 87 units and petrol a mere 31 units — making combustion-engine sales little more than a rounding error. TESLA CUTS MODEL 3 PRICES IN CANADA Tesla has slashed prices across its Canadian Model 3 line-up, introducing a new entry Premium RWD trim starting at C$39,490 — about 31% cheaper than the equivalent US price — after shifting production from its Fremont plant to its Shanghai factory to take advantage of Canada's new 6.1% Chinese-EV import tariff. The line-up now has just two trims after removing the Long Range mid-range, though Shanghai-built cars do…

People in this episode

Host: Martyn Lee

Topics covered

• EV news
• battery electric vehicles
• Tesla pricing
• solid-state batteries
• automotive industry
• Norway EV market

Keywords

• Norway
• Tesla
• Model 3
• Factorial Energy
• solid-state batteries
• electric vehicles
• automotive news
• Canada
• battery technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tesla, Factorial Energy, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Hyundai/Kia

Places: Norway, Canada

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