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This episode covers the latest electric vehicle news including the launch of the ID. Polo GTI and updates on BMW's Vehicle-to-Home plans.
It's EV News Briefly for Monday 18 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 VOLKSWAGEN PUTS GTI ON AN EV Volkswagen has unveiled the ID. Polo GTI, the first-ever electric vehicle to carry the iconic GTI badge — a near-50-year-first — sitting above the standard ID. Polo with a 223hp front-mounted motor, 0–62mph in 6.8 seconds, and a 263-mile WLTP range from its 52 kWh battery. It goes on sale in Germany from autumn 2026, priced from €39,000, competing with the Alpine A290 and Peugeot E-208 GTi, but will not be sold in North America. BMW AND SOLARWATT PUSH V2H PLANS BMW and SOLARWATT are expanding their partnership to bring Vehicle-to-Home bidirectional charging to BMW's Neue Klasse line-up, starting with the iX3 and i3, following Germany's first commercial Vehicle-to-Grid launch in March 2026. The integrated system will use SOLARWATT's energy management platform, the BMW Wallbox Professional, and both brands' apps to…
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Host: Martyn Lee
Topics covered
- electric vehicles
- automotive news
- technology advancements
- business updates
- sustainability
Keywords
- Volkswagen
- BMW
- Chevrolet Bolt
- electric vehicles
- ID. Polo GTI
- Vehicle-to-Home
- sustainability
- automotive news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Volkswagen, BMW, SOLARWATT, GM
Products: ID. Polo GTI, iX3, i3, Chevrolet Bolt EV
Places: Germany, Austria, Netherlands
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