# ev.news Briefly: UK Record, Jeep, PHEV Lies & more | 04 Sep 2026

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Published: 2026-09-05T08:42:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8948931
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It's ev.news Briefly for Friday 04 September 2026, only todays headlines and nothing else, in just 4 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 Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/evnews BEVS BECOME UKS LEADING POWER SOURCE DESPITE INDUSTRY PUSHBACK Battery electric vehicles took 30% of the UK car market in August, up from 23% a year earlier, making BEVs the largest single powertrain category ahead of hybrids at 29%, petrol at 22% and PHEVs at 14%, with plug-ins combined reaching 44%. The performance is comfortably ahead of the effective 24.6% target New AutoMotive calculates for this year, yet the government has opened a consultation on relaxing its EV rules under carmaker pressure — a move that could backfire, given Chinese manufacturers now hold 28% of Europe's PHEV segment, up 60% year on year, with PHEVs making up 60% of BYD's European registrations. STELLANTIS SETS NOVEMBER JEEP, MID-APRIL RAM PRODUCTION A supplier memo reviewed by Automotive News schedules electrified Jeep Grand Wagoneer production for November, six months later than the planned May start, and Ram 1500 REV production for mid-April, a nine-month slip from mid-2026 for a pickup originally due in 2025 as the Ramcharger. Stellantis maintains both extended-range models are on track — Jeep this year, Ram in 2027 — with the Grand Wagoneer built in Warren, Michigan alongside its petrol version and the Ram at Sterling Heights, delays that two supplier executives attribute to ensuring smooth launches. PHEVS EMIT 4.6 TIMES OFFICIAL CO₂ VALUES Plug-in hybrids registered in 2023 emitted 4.6 times their official CO₂ values in real-world driving, up fro…

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