Show #706   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 23rd February 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story to save you time.   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.   From Pete Glass: Shell is converting a whole petrol station at the bottom end of Fulham Road to an all-EV charge stn. - quite a big site from satellite view. It's not the Fulham Palace Rd one.   Welcome to a new PRODUCER BOB RIEDLINGER   From RAJ BADWAL - I hope you and your family are well ? especially your baby. Very happy for you. I'm lucky enough to be the father of 2 amazing boys, ROHAN (age 4) and Myran (age 1).   Welcome to new Patreon PRODUCER STEVE HARPER   ‘TESLA KILLERS’ AREN’T KILLING TESLA "In the United States, the market seems to belong almost entirely to Tesla. The California carmaker’s Model 3 midsize sedan far outstripped sales of any other competitor in 2019. The next best-selling model that year was the Chevrolet Bolt, which sold a mere 16,000." says CNBC: "A slew of new models are scheduled for release starting in early 2020, and many are starting to offer specs competitive with what buyers can find on Tesla models. For example, Ford’s Mach-E Mustang electric crossover promises 300 miles of range in one configuration, close to the 322 miles on the long range version of the Model 3 sedan."   https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/tesla-killers-arent-killing-tesla-at-all.html   Meanwhile from Electrek: "The Model 3 sold more than twice as many cars as all other manufacturers’ EVs combined. This made the Tesla Model 3 the third best-selling car overall in the state behind the Civic and Camry. This result is a move up from fifth place last year. With all three models combined, Tesla gained a whopping 72.8% of the all-electric vehicle market in California."   https://electrek.co/2020/02/23/tesla-model-3-outsold-other-evs-california-2019-combined/   MATTEL TESLA CYBERTRUCK "Mattel announced yesterday it will offer radio-controlled models of the Tesla Cybertruck — one in 1/10 scale and another in 1/64 scale. Today on its website it says the larger version, which retails for $400, is sold out." writes CleanTechnica: " Tesla worked closely with Mattel to make the models as accurate as possible. How realistic is the Mattel offering? Well, it comes with a reusable “cracked window” vinyl sticker for the side window that shattered during the reveal last November. The company says the body can be removed to show the “interior and access [the] internal battery and drivetrain system.”"   https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/22/mattel-tesla-cybertruck-model-comes-complete-with-broken-window-decal-sold-out-immediately   MUSK ADDRESSES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AS FOREST CLEARANCE FOR NEW GIGAFACTORY SITE RESUMES "Tesla's plans for a German Gigafactory are back on track following a court's decision to permit work to clear trees at the proposed site to continue." says ZDNet.com: "Planning permission is yet to be granted and so Tesla is clearing the site at its own financial risk.  Green League Brandenburg filed a complaint, raising concerns that felling the forest could impact water sources as well as local wildlife populations.  However, it seems that the German courts do not agree. As reported by Bloomberg, the appeals court has now ruled work can resume"   https://www.zdnet.com/article/elon-musk-attempts-to-calm-environmental-worries-over-new-german-gigafactory-site   AUDI E-TRON S SPORTBACK PROTOTYPE (2020) REVIEW: DAWN OF E-QUATTRO "Forty years since the debut of Quattro all-wheel drive, Audi is gearing both Quattro and its high-performance S brand up for the era of high-performance electrification. It’s doing so with a new twin e-motor system on the rear axle, and a s