Show #768   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 4th May 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   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.   PRODUCTION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE TRACTION BATTERIES AT ŠKODA AUTO RESTARTS AS PLANNED https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/2020/04/Production_of_high-voltage_traction_batteries.html   CHEVROLET BOLT EUV SPIED AS CAMOUFLAGED PROTOTYPE https://insideevs.com/news/419760/chevrolet-bolt-euv-ev-spyshots/   BYD SETS OUT EUROPEAN EV EXPANSION STRATEGY https://www.bydeurope.com/article/319   AUDI E-TRON GT SPIED ON A RAINY DAY WITH PORSCHE TAYCAN WHEELS https://www.motor1.com/news/419900/audi-e-tron-gt-spied/   JAGUAR'S NEXT-GENERATION XJ WILL BE ELECTRIC, BUT IT WON'T BEND DESIGN RULES https://www.autoblog.com/2020/05/04/electric-jaguar-xj-design/   VOLKSWAGEN TAKES SEAT OFF SMALL ELECTRIC CAR PROJECT https://www.electrive.com/2020/05/04/volkswagen-reassigns-small-meb-project/   TESLA PHOTOS SHOW GIGAFACTORY 3 BATTERY FACTORY & MODEL Y ASSEMBLY PLANT https://cleantechnica.com/2020/05/04/tesla-photos-show-gigafactory-3-battery-factory-model-y-assembly-plant/   TESLA ORDERS BATTERY-MAKING MACHINES ON ROAD TO BUILDING ITS OWN CELLS https://electrek.co/2020/05/04/tesla-battery-making-machines-cells/   TESLA BATTERY RESEARCHERS OPEN PATH TO ALL-ELECTRIC RANGE EXTENDER CONCEPT https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-battery-researchers-all-electric-range-extender/   RUMOR: NISSAN TO PULL BACK FROM EUROPE https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rumor-nissan-pull-back-europe-174000924.html   SURVEY FINDS WEAK EV & AUTONOMY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE & AWARENESS https://cleantechnica.com/2020/05/03/were-concerned-for-automakers-says-jd-power-exec-survey-finds-weak-ev-autonomy-consumer-confidence-awareness/   AS MILAN EASES LOCKDOWN, MAYOR SAYS 'PEOPLE ARE READY' FOR GREEN CHANGE https://www.autoblog.com/2020/05/04/milan-italy-coronavirus-pollution-green-city/     QUESTION OF THE WEEK   …we take a break for a week and QotW is back on Sunday 10th May   I want to say a heartfelt thank you to the 233 patrons of this podcast whose generosity means I get to keep making this show, which aims to entertain and inform thousands of listeners every day about a brighter future. By no means do you have to check out Patreon but if it’s something you’ve been thinking about, by all means look at patreon.com/evnewsdaily   [mention for Premium Partners]   You can listen to all 766 previous episodes of this this for free, where you get your podcasts from, plus the blog https://www.evnewsdaily.com/ – remember to subscribe, which means you don’t have to think about downloading the show each day, plus you get it first and free and automatically.   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) AVID TECHNOLOGY (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRIGHTSMITHGROUP.COM – FOR CLEANTECH TALENT (PREMIUM PARTNER) NEW! PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) NEW! AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER)   DAVID ALLEN (PARTNER) OEM AUDIO OF NEW ZEALAND AND EVPOWER.CO.NZ (PARTNER) PAUL O’CONNOR (PARTNER) TRYEV.COM (PARTNER) GARETH HAMER eMOBILITY NORWAY HTTPS://WWW.EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/  (PARTNER) BOB BOOTHBY (PARTNER) EV-RESOURCE.COM MIA OPPELSTRUP (PARTNER)   ALAN ROBSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) ALAN SHEDD