---- On this week's episode of TEN - Transport Evolved News! Mexico's Olinia debuts as the country's first nationally-designed EV — built by Mexicans, for Mexicans. Ford teases its long-awaited Ranchero EV with spy shots emerging from Southern California skunkworks testing. And the U.S. Government doubles down on coal investment — even as solar and stationary battery storage hit record highs. Show notes, links and script at: https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/06/13/ten-586-olinia-mexicos-first-national-ev-ford-ranchero-ev-spotted-us-lies-about-coal/ *👥 Today's Sponsors* 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org 🎁 Win an EV with CCAN Action Fund! - https://bit.ly/transportevolvedEVraffle (Vehicle manufacturers are not participants in or sponsors of this raffle. See Official Rules. Void where prohibited) ⚡ EnergySage - https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262 ✊ Get Involved 🗳️ https://indivisible.org/town-hall-resources ❤️ Support the Show 📰 https://www.transportevolved.com 🔥 https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved ☕ https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved 📺 https://www.youtube.com/transportevolved 👕 https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ 🛍️ https://amzn.to/40xOyjm ₿ 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH 💬 Join the Conversation 🐘 https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show 💬 https://fluxer.gg/mcj8aehg 💬 https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn 🌀 https://bsky.app/profile/transportevolved.bsky.social 🔁 Subscribe to our 2nd channel - https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 *⏱️ Episode Timeline* 00:00 - Introduction and sponsor shoutouts 00:34 - Welcome to the show 00:48 - Correction: Mercedes eActros lowliner 01:09 - Olinia: Mexico's first national EV launches 02:47 - U.S. EV sales hit best month since tax credits ended 04:17 - Donut Lab solid-state battery expose 05:30 - BYD Flash Charging: China, UK & Canada 06:46 - GM Empower 2026: sodium-ion, V2G & Energy Pass 08:00 - Rivian R2 deliveries start 09:17 - Ford $30k Ranchero EV spotted, teases secret site 10:42 - EU auto package stalls; Brexit EV tariff delay called for 11:53 - US seeks ban on Chinese-nameplate vehicles 13:05 - Solar beats coal for first time; 91% of new US capacity; White House backs coal 14:37 - Sponsor: CCAN Action Fund EV Raffle 15:53 - Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid 16:35 - IC Bus CESB electric school bus recall 16:54 - Mitsubishi Eclipse Sportback = rebadged Nissan LEAF 17:12 - BMW Highway Assistant: 200M km hands-free 17:25 - Waymo buys Apple's AV proving ground, Wittmann AZ 17:40 - Lucid Gravity gets hands-free via OTA 17:53 - Ukraine adopts Wolfstorm electric motorcycle 18:05 - BMW iX3: 10,000 deliveries in first month 18:21 - Factorial & Stellantis begin solid-state road tests 18:36 - Dodge Charger Daytona coming to Europe 18:49 - Cadillac Lyriq keeps CarPlay & Android Auto 19:00 - Amazon tops 50,000 electric delivery vehicles 19:12 - Lucid delays Austria & Spain to 2027 19:24 - BYD Turkey plant on hold 19:35 - DAF launches electric truck route simulator 19:45 - Alaska Air & Hawaiian Airlines electrify Honolulu 19:56 - All of China's top 10 cars: EV or PHEV 20:06 - ForBat@Bau: EV construction research launches 20:18 - Mercedes-Benz adds GLC 250 & GLC 300 4MATIC 20:31 - Opel Astra stays in Rüsselsheim 20:43 - Rosenbauer & MAN make electric aerial ladder truck 20:58 - China updates EREV rules 21:08 - Skoda Epiq production starts in Spain 21:20 - CUPRA Tindaya enters production 21:33 - BMW secures Belgium's largest EV fleet order 21:46 - Factorial & Einride complete NASDAQ listings 21:58 - VW & Dresden unveil mobile charging robot 22:12 - Xpeng starts G6 production in Malaysia 22:23 - Seres launches Aiva brand 22:34 - Milence opens EV truck hub 22:47 - LiveWire S4 Honcho Mini Moto launches 23:00 - Mercedes-Benz axial flux motor production 23:11 - EU greenlights 1.5B euro battery investment 23:24 - Stellantis, Bolt & Pony.ai: Luxembourg AV program 23:38 - Green SM enters India 23:49 - Denza Z hypercar on sale 24:02 - Tokyo expands EV subsidies 24:15 - Tesla FSD ad, distracted driving 24:32 - Nissan, Oxford & GeLion: solid-state research 24:42 - Leapmotor C10 production starts in Malaysia 24:57 - Clean Motion AB: EVIG Memorial electric hearse 25:12 - Leapmotor B05 from 28,995 GBP in UK 25:26 - Kia EV4 gets maximum 3,750 GBP UK grant 25:40 - BMW iX3 LWB: 800km on a charge 25:56 - BYD threatens to sue over Pentagon military list 26:18 - Sponsor: You 27:15 - & EnergySage 27:55 - EVs prevented 262,000 deaths in China 29:02 - Waymo launches $30/month Premier subscription 30:28 - Closing sponsor acknowledgements 31:34 - Thank you & goodbye *🎙️ Credits:* Host, Script, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Camera, Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation: Erin Carlie Music: via Artlist.io © Transport Evolved LLC, 2026