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Episode 16: Auto Shanghai 2023 REVEALED - By Dave Humphries

Episode 16: Auto Shanghai 2023 REVEALED - By Dave Humphries

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Hot off the Press and just off the plane, Dave Humphries gives us all the news from Auto Shanghai 2023 - China storming into Europe and beyond with many new brands and models - A super insight into the not-to-distant future - Thanks as always, Dave!

  • China
  • How big and diverse
  • Battery Technology
  • Different brands
  • Eyes on Europe
  • Car shows wind down
  • Big car market
  • BMW, Porsche, Mercedes
  • Bad, NIO, Conglomerate
  • Market hungry for new products
  • Snobbery
  • Rapidly changed
  • Chinese car brands iterate so quickly
  • Not scared to make mistakes
  • Size of the car market
  • VW was the biggest seller in China
  • VW has just been eclipsed by BYD
  • Compare Ireland to China
  • Every VW sold in Ireland in 12 months - In China, they sold in 40 hours
  • Multiple brands
  • More than 1 billion people
  • Shanghai alone has 24 million
  • Beijing has 20 million people
  • Baoding (10 Million People)
  • Great Wall Motors
  • Hydrogen R&D centre
  • 1.2 million square metres
  • Built in 14 months from a green field site
  • Moves very fast
  • Reaching saturation
  • Expansion into Europe
  • Expertise with battery technology
  • Desire to grow
  • Eat a lot of people's lunches
  • BYD launched (Build your dreams)
  • MDL round since the 1950s
  • Couple hundred cars on the ground
  • Seal, Dolphin, and Seagull
  • Funky cat
  • Produce
  • Name is irrelevant
  • Brand relevance
  • Skoda
  • Twitter
  • Surprised
  • Not perfect Atto 3
  • Continental tyres
  • NIO
  • Battery swap
  • Hongqi
  • Wey
  • Habal
  • Tank
  • Jeep Wrangler
  • General Motors
  • VW Group
  • Stellantis
  • Geely
  • Cupra
  • Lucid
  • Electrification
  • Plethora of cars
  • MG
  • MG4
  • MG Cyberster
  • Watch this space

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