Can you help me fight the fossils? Help spread the word far and wide about EVs? Click ? EVne.ws/patreon   Read today’s show notes on https://www.evnewsdaily.com   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 25th October 2018. It’s Martyn Lee here and I’ve been through EV story today 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.   A quick note on when you're downloading this, Tesla are due to release their Q3 earnings any minute down as the market has closed but nothing so far, all those details will be on tomorrow's show.   EXXON SUED BY N.Y. FOR DECEIVING INVESTORS ON CLIMATE "A few months ago lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. stood before a judge and told New York’s attorney general to "put up or shut up" after investigating the company’s public disclosures about climate change, saying it should sue the company or move on. Today, New York chose the former." reports Bloomberg in an excellent article today which explains how significant this story is to Big Oil: "The state’s Attorney General Barbara Underwood sued the energy giant in state court in Manhattan, accusing it of misleading investors about how future regulations could impact the company’s finances. The suit culminated an almost three-year-long investigation that reached the highest levels of Exxon’s leadership." Their statement reads: ""Exxon built a facade to deceive investors into believing that the company was managing the risks of climate change regulation to its business when, in fact, it was intentionally and systematically underestimating or ignoring them, contrary to its public representations".   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-24/exxon-sued-by-n-y-for-misleading-investors-over-climate-change   PRICES GO UP, DOWN, AND SORT OF UPPY DOWNY Three stories about EV prices now. The Nissan LEAF could rise by 10% after the UK leaves the EU, the car which is made in Sunderland faces tariffs. The World Trade Organisations general rules on tariffs would mean a 10% surcharge on all cars traded both in and out of the UK. Every day 1,100 EU trucks cross the Channel to deliver to car and engine plants in the United Kingdom alone, for example. After Brexit, even short hold-ups at customs will cause massive logistical problems, disrupting the production process and generating significant costs. Meanwhile in Italy, the little Peugeot iOn gets a price cut, down to 18.900 Euros, which is a lot of money for the amount of car you get. Whilst we wait for the city cars which are the Citroen C1, Peugeot 108 and Toyota Aygo full BEVs, for now we have the Peugeot iOn and Citroen C-Zero. It's a 14.5kWh battery so whilst you go far, it doesn't cost much to fill! And finally yesterday I said Tesla just needs a bit of stability in terms of the design studio, and what you get. They are currently Apple Steve Jobs era, but they're in danger of becoming Apple Tim Cook era - too many products and options at a confusing array of price points. I'm glad they listened! Ha. Just days after launching the Mid Range Model 3, now they've added $1000 to the price. So that $45,000 becomes $46,000. Plus they've reduced the Long Range Model 3 but only the one with the Dual Motor powertrain by $1,000, so that goes from $54,000 to $53,000. This is clearly just adjusting their business to market demand which is smart, even if it leaves me confused. And also really stressed about the price changing weekly, like if I ordered my Model 3 today would it then get cheaper, leaving me taken advantage of?   NISSAN LEAF BECOMES FIRST CAR APPROVED TO FEED ELECTRICITY BACK INTO THE GRID "Nissan's Leaf became the first electric vehicle (EV) to secure regulatory approval as an energy backstop for Germany's elect