Hot off the Press and just off the plane, @DaveHumphreys 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 quick.
– 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 people
– 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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