  We study the evidence for dark energy (DE) evolution at low redshift, using
baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs) from the DESI Early Data Release,
Pantheon+ Type Ia supernovae (SNe-Ia), and redshift space distortions (RSDs) to
constrain cosmological parameters. Furthermore, we make use of the angular
acoustic scale to analyse the effect of introducing condensed CMB information
on the cosmological parameters informing DE evolution. The analysis is divided
into cases based on the variability of priors inferred from early-time physics.
Using a quadratic parametrisation, $X(z)$, for DE density, we find evidence for
DE evolution in all cases, both with and without the angular acoustic scale. We
reconstruct $X(z)$ using best fit parameters and find that DE density starts to
exhibit dynamical behaviour at $z \sim 0.5 $, assuming negative values beyond
$z\sim 1.5$. The data show no significant preference for $X(z)$CDM over a
$\Lambda$CDM, with both models performing equally well according to our chosen
metrics of reduced $\chi^2$ and the Durbin-Watson statistic.
