REPOST Can YOU help me spread the word about how awesome electric cars are? Click ? EVne.ws/patreon   Read today’s show notes on https://www.evnewsdaily.com   Well good morning, good afternoon and good evening, wherever you are in the world, hello and welcome to the Friday 28th September edition of EV News Daily. It’s Martyn Lee here with the news you need to know about electric cars and the move towards sustainable transport.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   A quick hello first to a podcast listener I met today, well technically his whole family! Hello to Tobe, Brenda, Samantha, and Sergio who were in London on holidays, sorry vacation, from San Diego. Tobe dropped me a note to say he knew I worked in London so I arranged a tour of the radio station and TV studios where I work. It was lovely to meet them!   This is show 249 so tomorrow we’ll be on Show 250. Every 50 shows I’ve changed things up so far, added new features or even the script at the start. If you have any comments, suggestions or feedback please email me hello@evnewsdaily.com   HIGH PERFORMANCE SKODA VISION RS PLUG-IN TEASED Paris Motor Show is next week with Press Day from 2nd. At the show I'm looking forward to The Audi e-tron, the new BMW 3 Series which could come with a couple of PLUG INS and perhaps details of a full electric. The DS3 Crossback, the Peugeot e-Legend Concept will also be present. The next generation of plug in hybrid seem to be coming with 20-25 miles of range from a small battery, perhaps 30 if you're lucky. At the other end of the scale is the Polestar 1 hybrid with a 34kWh battery aimed at getting nearer 100 miles of pure EV range if you don't want to fire up the fossil. But how about something quick and in between? Bring on the Skoda Vision RS PHEV with 44 miles (70km) or electric range. "Previewing a possible RS version of the Rapid successor, the Vision RS looks decisively sporty and aggressive thanks to the generous use of carbon fiber and the front spoiler lip accompanying a mean bumper with fairly large air intakes. " says Adrian Padeanu for Motor1.com: "Using a lithium-ion battery pack with a capacity of 13 kWh, the electrified hot hatch can travel for up to 44 miles (70 km) without sipping any gasoline. Once depleted, the battery can be fully recharged in two and a half hours from a charging station, but you can also hook it up to any household socket. In addition, the car features an energy recuperation mode that will charge the battery on the go. We will get to see the Skoda Vision RS in the metal beginning October 2 when the Paris Motor Show will open its doors to the press."   https://www.motor1.com/news/267541/skoda-vision-rs-specs-revealed/   NEW KIA SOUL EV BREAKS COVER...AGAIN We have many things to thank the Koreans for, like their current World Record for the World’s Tallest Lego Tower, or their fascination with technology so much they have robot teachers. But specifically recently, the Hyundai Kona Electric and the Kia e-Niro (nee Niro EV). And now the Kia Soul EV is getting an update. But will they update the name to e-Soul?! It has been seen again at the Nurburgring with much less camo than previously and fans of the Soul shape will be happy it's not changing too much. This time the spy photographers from AutoBlog got up close and personal: "It clearly shows that this car had 92 percent of its charge remaining, with an estimated range of 437 kilometers, or about 271 miles. That's a lot of range, and it's also in keeping with the European range estimate for the Hyundai Kona Electric, which was 292 miles. We don't expect quite that much range in the U.S., since the Kona is rated for 258 miles under EPA testing. But this makes us think the Soul could have roughly the Kona's U.S. range, which would be