The Aura five is a new car model from GWM that has started being sold in Australia. The podcast mentions it because new arrivals can give buyers more options. It’s part of the discussion about how more people are adopting new vehicles.
In Australia, “drive away” means the price is set up so you can drive the car home right away. It usually includes the extra fees that get added on top of the base price.
The Dodge Charger is a sporty car from Dodge. It’s known for looking aggressive and having strong performance options. The podcast mentions it because it was shown as an interesting car to look at.
Here, “free” means the charger isn’t charging you money to use it. Sometimes that’s a promotion, so it’s worth checking the details like time limits or which chargers qualify.
A drivetrain is how the car sends power from the electric motor to the wheels. It’s what determines things like whether the car drives one axle or all four wheels.
In car talk, “underpinnings” means the main built-in structure of the vehicle. It’s basically the parts and layout that everything else is built on, including how the powertrain is arranged.
The Land Rover Freelander is an SUV that’s meant for rougher roads than a typical car. The podcast describes it as more off-road oriented. It’s mentioned because it’s coming soon and fits a certain driving style.
The Suzuki Jimny is a small SUV that’s designed to handle off-road driving. The podcast mentions it because they’re comparing whether another car will compete for the same kind of buyers. It’s used as a reference point for a compact, rugged SUV.
The Toyota Land Cruiser is a big SUV designed for tough driving, including off-road. It’s often chosen by people who want a vehicle that can handle long trips and rough conditions. The podcast brings it up to describe the type of SUV being compared.
The Prado is a Toyota SUV that’s built for tougher driving and long trips. In the podcast, it’s used as a reference for the type of SUV someone might want. “Meru” is mentioned alongside it as part of that comparison.
The Denza B5 is a car model mentioned as a comparison to an SUV like the Land Cruiser Prado. The podcast is using it to describe what kind of vehicle it is and who it might suit. It’s included to help listeners place it in the market.
The Xpeng G6 is an electric car (an EV) from the brand Xpeng. In this clip, they’re talking about the newer refreshed version and how the inside looks and feels more premium than before.
“Black Edition” is a special trim that mainly changes the look—usually darker colors and styling details. In this case, it’s tied to black wheels and a black-themed interior.
A “refresh model” usually means the same car got updated partway through its life. It often includes changes to the look and the inside, not a totally new car from scratch.
Term
AT&V architecture
This “architecture” is basically the car’s underlying design. It affects how the electric system is built, which can change things like how fast the car charges.
451 kilowatts is how much power the car can take from a fast charger at its best. More power usually means you can charge faster, but the actual speed can vary depending on the battery and the charger.
This is where the host drove the car in Australia. The route and conditions can change how the car feels day-to-day, especially for an electric vehicle.
This is the Tesla Model Y Performance, a faster version of the Model Y. They mention it because it’s priced way higher, so the Xpeng’s rumored price would look like better value by comparison.
A “Touring chip” is a computer inside the car that helps run advanced features. They’re saying the Australia version won’t include that particular computer, so it may have fewer high-tech features than other versions.
FSD stands for “Full Self-Driving.” It’s a software feature that tries to handle more of the driving automatically, but it may not be available everywhere at the same time.
Rear-wheel drive means the car powers only the back wheels. The hosts mention it because the cheaper trim uses rear-wheel drive instead of all-wheel drive.
The Zeekr 7X is a specific car model. The podcast says you can’t get it (at least through the options being discussed), so people may need to look at other Zeekr models instead. It’s mentioned because availability matters for what buyers can choose.
The Sealion 7 is a car model. The podcast says you can’t get a certain version, so they suggest looking at the C-line 7 instead. It’s mentioned because what’s available to buy affects what people can choose.
They’re talking about Xpeng, an electric-car company. The host is saying the cars they’ve shown in China are a preview of what could come to other countries.
The XPeng P7 is an electric car model. The podcast says it’s already available in Europe and that people often mix up the P7 and P7 Plus names. It’s mentioned because it helps explain how EV models move between markets.
This means how good the car is to have day-to-day after you buy it. The host is saying Xpeng needs to make service and support work well, not just launch cars.
A dealership network is the company’s network of places where you can buy and get help for your car. The host is saying Xpeng needs enough of the right locations and support to make ownership easier.
This is about whether there’s real support for maintenance and repairs. The host is saying Xpeng has to make sure service is actually available so owners aren’t stuck.
They’re saying Xpeng approaches car-making like a software/tech business. The point is that the driving-assist features feel designed from the ground up, not just bolted on.
“After sales experience” means how the company treats you after you’ve bought the car. That includes things like getting service done, fixing problems, and how easy it is to get help.
Term
testimonials
“Testimonials” are quotes from real customers. The hosts are saying that hearing from actual owners is more convincing than brand claims.
Term
X-Pane
“X-Pane” sounds like the car’s main screen/tech interface inside. The host is saying some people will love it, but others may find it too futuristic or distracting.
They’re using “iPhone on wheels” to mean the car feels very techy and futuristic, like using a smartphone. If you don’t like that style, the car may feel too weird or too different for you.
BYD is a company that makes electric cars and batteries. Here, the host is saying BYD became really well-known in Australia, even among people who don’t follow EVs closely.
Term
shark
The “Shark” is a BYD vehicle name the host is talking about. They’re saying it helped make BYD more visible in Australia, including for work and commercial use.
The BYD Shark 6 is a car model from BYD. The podcast says it helped raise the brand’s profile. It’s mentioned because a popular or noticeable model can make more people pay attention to EVs.
A “canopy” is a cover that goes over the back cargo area of a utility-style vehicle. The host is pointing out that these EVs are being set up like real work trucks.
A “tray” is the flat cargo bed at the back of a ute. The host is saying these EVs are being used for work the same way people use traditional utility trucks.
Apple CarPlay is a feature that connects your iPhone to your car. It shows certain phone apps on the car’s screen so you can use navigation, music, and calls more easily. It can change when the car gets software updates.
Android Auto is a feature that connects an Android phone to your car. It brings certain apps onto the car’s screen so you can use navigation and music more safely. In this case, the update seems to have broken it and then removed it.
They’re referencing the Melbourne Motor Show, which is a big car event in Australia where new models get announced. They’re using it to say the car was shown earlier and deliveries should be coming soon.
The Galaxy EX5 is a car model connected to Geely. The podcast says it has been updated in China with new features. It’s mentioned because updates can make the car more attractive to buyers.
A powertrain is the car’s “go” system—on an electric car, it includes the battery and electric motor that make the car move. Saying it’s tuned for rural driving means it’s set up to handle that kind of use better.
Kilowatts (kW) measure how much power the electric motor can produce. “245 kilowatts” is the car’s stated power level, which is one way to judge how strong it is.
Suspension is what helps the wheels stay in contact with the road and smooths out bumps. The host is hoping the updated car’s suspension has been improved.
This is a safety feature that tries to figure out if you’re paying attention while driving. It watches your behavior (often with a camera) and can beep or warn you if it thinks you’re distracted. The host says it can be annoying because it may warn even when they feel focused.
ADAS means “driver-assistance features.” These are systems in the car that help you drive, like keeping you in the lane or helping with speed. The point they’re making is that if you turn it off, you lose the benefit of those helpers.
The Alpina B10 is a performance-focused luxury sedan. The podcast mentions it to describe a range of cars from more normal “limo” style to higher-performance versions. It’s included because it represents a more powerful, tuned take on a comfort-oriented car.
Some cars use cameras to watch the driver’s face and detect signs of drowsiness, like yawning. When it notices you yawn, it alerts you to stay focused and take a break if needed.
Lane monitoring refers to camera- or sensor-based systems that track lane markings and your position within the lane. When it’s poorly calibrated or misreads the road, it can issue incorrect warnings or steering prompts.
The Porsche Macan is a luxury SUV that’s smaller than some other Porsche SUVs. It’s meant to feel sporty while still being practical for everyday driving. The podcast mentions it because it’s part of the discussion about Porsche SUV options.
That “three and a half tons” number is about towing—how heavy of a trailer or load the car can pull. It’s a practical spec for people who want to tow things like boats.
“ICE” means cars that run on a normal engine using fuel like gasoline or diesel. The host is saying the EV’s speed is comparable to what you’d expect from fast gas-powered supercars.
Wireless charging means you charge the car without plugging in a cable. Instead, power is transferred through a charging pad, and the car may be set up so you can add the needed accessory later.
Wireless charging means you park over a pad and the car charges without plugging in a cable. The car shows how fast it’s charging while it’s connected to the pad.
11 kilowatts is how fast the charger is sending electricity to the car. It’s a fairly solid charging speed, but it’s not the same as the very fast “DC fast charging” you see at highway stations.
An underground garage is a parking structure below ground level, which can affect how EV charging equipment is installed and used. For wireless charging, the pad placement and power supply routing matter for whether the system works conveniently.
A base variant is the lowest-priced configuration of a model, usually with fewer standard features and sometimes a less powerful drivetrain. Pricing discussions often compare the base variant to higher trims to show how quickly costs rise.
The Tesla Cybertruck is an electric pickup truck. It’s designed to do truck tasks like hauling, and the podcast mentions towing to talk about how well it can handle real-world use. It’s part of the discussion about how EVs fit into everyday needs.
The Porsche Cayenne is Porsche’s SUV. It’s the kind of car people associate with Porsche performance, and here they’re talking about getting one to test and review.
Car
BMW iX5
BMW iX5 is an electric SUV from BMW. The big point in this clip is the battery size (about 140 kWh) and the claimed driving range (around 1,000 km).
“Range” means how far an EV can drive on one full charge. “1,000 Ks” here is just a way of saying roughly 1,000 kilometers.
Term
48 kilowatt battery
That “48 kilowatt” number is describing the battery’s size—how much energy it can store. A bigger stored-energy number usually means you can drive farther before recharging.
“Range” is the distance an EV can travel on a full charge under a specified test cycle. The host is quoting a claimed figure (680 km), which is useful for comparing efficiency, but real-world results can vary with speed, weather, and driving style.
A steering wheel is what you normally use to control direction in a car. The host is basically wondering if this car is meant to be driven like a normal car or more like an autonomous vehicle.
Concept
hasn't been designed or engineered to be driven
The host is saying the car might not be made for a person to drive it the usual way. If it’s mainly meant to drive itself, the design can be very different from a normal car.
A blind spot is a part of the road around the car that the driver can’t see. It’s usually why you check mirrors and sometimes why cars use cameras or sensors.
A front mounted motor means the electric motor is located at the front of the car. Where the motor sits can affect how the car is balanced and which wheels it can drive.
Kilowatts are a way to measure how much power the electric motor can produce. 163 kW is the power number they’re quoting, but how fast the car feels also depends on other factors.
The Tesla Model 3 is a popular electric car. In this segment, they’re using it as a comparison point to estimate how many parts a different Tesla could have.
They mention a “cybercar program,” meaning a Tesla project for a future vehicle. The point they’re making is that the design might use fewer parts than a Model 3.
They’re claiming the car could be built with about half as many separate components. That can make manufacturing simpler, but it depends on how the design is put together.
The Tesla Cybercab is a concept for a self-driving-style taxi or ride service. The podcast talks about it because it could change how people get around, not just what they drive. It’s included as part of the future of mobility discussion.
“From the ground up” means designing the car specifically for what it’s meant to do, rather than modifying an older design. The host’s point is that a driverless car can skip parts that are only needed for a human driver.
The Tesla Model S is an electric sedan from Tesla. The podcast mentions it because the speakers owned one before moving to the Model 3. It’s used to explain how EV choices can change over time.
Wiring is the bundle of electrical cables that connects the car’s systems. If a newer car uses less wiring, it can be lighter and simpler to build and maintain.
Gemini is Google’s AI assistant. The idea is that you can talk to it in the car to ask questions while you’re driving, like what you’re seeing around you.
Car
Cadillac Corvette
The Corvette is a well-known sports car from Cadillac. Here, they’re talking about adding Google Gemini—an AI assistant—so the car can use connected features while you drive.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car made by Chevrolet. It’s designed to be fast and fun to drive. The podcast brings it up because it’s connected to newer in-car technology and features.
Connected services are the car’s online features. They let the car pull in things like live maps and traffic, rather than relying only on offline navigation.
GROC is an earlier AI feature the hosts tried in a Tesla. They’re using it as a benchmark to see whether Gemini feels just as helpful for quick questions while you’re on the road.
This is Mini’s electric version of the Countryman. The big point is how far it can drive on a full charge, which is what EV shoppers usually want to know.
Car
LeapMoto C10
LeapMoto is an EV brand, and the C10 is one of its SUV models. The host is saying this updated model matters for Australia because the C10 is already sold there.
The Chevrolet C10 is a pickup truck model name. In the podcast, it’s mentioned alongside other similar model numbers, likely to talk about which vehicles are being offered. It’s included because it’s relevant to what people can buy and discuss.
“230 kilowatt” refers to the charging power level the EV can accept under fast-charging conditions. Higher kW generally means the car can charge faster, though real-world results still depend on battery temperature, state of charge, and charger capability.
CLTC is a testing standard that estimates how far an EV can go on a full charge. It’s used a lot in China, and the number can be higher than what you’ll see in everyday driving.
“3C” describes how fast the battery can charge relative to its size. Higher C-rates mean faster charging, though the car may slow down as the battery fills up.
200 kilowatts is how much power the charger can deliver to the car. More power usually means faster charging, but the car may charge more slowly near full.
“ER” usually means the extended-range version of an EV. It’s the one designed to go farther on a charge, and here it’s being discussed alongside fast-charging support.
ABRP is an EV trip-planning app. It helps you plan where to stop to charge so you’re less likely to run out of battery on the way.
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Hi everyone, I'm Tom and this is Joy next to me.
Hello.
And today is Wednesday the 17th of June, 2026.
Welcome to the EV show by Ludacris Feed Live.
Thanks for joining us this evening.
Big show as always.
Lots to talk about.
Lots of interesting topics as always.
I want to thank our channel sponsors, Carloop, data to empower Australia's EV revolution
tonight.
Speaking of Carloop, let's welcome our co-host for this evening.
Let's start with Riz.
Hi Riz, how are we?
Tom and Joy, everyone good to be on.
Sorry, I was stuck at the Bonza Lounge last week doing some major deals, which I'm sure
you'll hear about later on on the stream tonight.
So we'll find out.
But yeah, good to be on.
Good to have you on too.
And let's say hello to our other co-host for this evening.
Hello, Roland from Zap to YouTube channel.
Hello, how are we?
Oh, sorry.
Get a Tom, Joy, Riz and everyone.
Nothing better than talking about cars on a Wednesday or every day.
Exactly.
Doesn't matter what day of the week.
It's all good, especially if it's an electric car.
Well, gents and ladies here and on the chat as well.
Let's say hello to our regulars with John on us and early 65 years already.
One minute in.
Richard has joined us.
Nice and early.
Hello, Richard.
And you are early indeed, but now you're on time.
Hello, Brightside.
Nice to see you.
Hello, Gary from St. Kilda and hello, DWA.
Yes, 9.30 tonight.
Well, 9.15 now.
So thanks for being flexible, everyone.
And hello, Mother from what is supposed to be the snowy mountains.
I'm here.
There's not hearing.
There's not much snow yet up in the Alpine region.
So hopefully there'll be a big dump soon.
Hello, JJ Janetti and hello, Wavehead.
Yes, there is some sort of rugby league game on at the moment.
So I have to watch the highlights later on.
And hello, Camo as a new member too.
Welcome.
Thanks for being a member.
Thank you.
And thank you, Aaron, for joining us too.
Still trying to locate Hollywood Ruiz that we found him.
All good.
We're here.
We're here.
All right.
Let's start with our first story or first story.
A bit of video.
I want to show you guys actually, since it's a, it's World Cup favorite at the
moment around the world, we're all caught up in it.
And yeah, this check out this EV charger in Europe somewhere.
Sorry, I'll turn the volume down.
How good is that being able to show the World Cup scores as you're charging?
All right.
That's a phenomenal use of LED lights there.
Look, obviously it's topical World Cup, but you could put advertising or whatever
you want on those, on those charges could probably pay for itself over time.
Electron, I think this is somewhere in France, I assume given the words there.
So that's good.
Great to see.
Hopefully we'll see a good score in on Friday and Saturday morning when Australia
takes on the US.
That'll be good.
Right.
Moving on and check this out.
So the GWM aura five has landed in Australia.
That was from a few days ago.
So first shipments have arrived, which means that the reviews should hopefully be coming
and the aura five is looking good at 33 990 drive away for the Lux and 36 990 for the
ultra edition.
So that's a pretty good value vehicle.
Considering, let me just see what size car that is.
That's a compact SUV isn't it from memory?
Let's say four point meters.
So kind of out of three.
The three.
Yes, thank you.
MGS five.
Yep.
Correct.
Yep.
Cherry motor E five as well.
Maybe even Jku J five.
I think it's the shape of it that makes you think it's a smaller car.
Isn't it because it's it's kind of very cutesy and we kind of associate that cutesy look with
with the like the super compact SUVs, but it is actually a little bit bigger.
It is.
Yeah.
Rumor has it that Porsche Australia has quadrupled their advertising budget since hearing that
this thing has landed on the McCarney.
So, you know, you can probably buy five of these for one McCarney, but you know, Porsche
is adequately putting their advertising funding towards advertising for the McCarney and celebrating
their 100 or 150 years or whatever they've been around.
But yeah, this this should scare Porsche.
I thought you better say 150 orders is 150 years in Australia.
Yeah.
Look, it kind of almost reminds me of a BWB tool almost crossed with the Porsche.
I get that.
I get the similarity.
So I think this will do well.
The original aura did very well in Australia.
So I have good high hopes for this vehicle.
Can I say I like the fact that when a lot of these cars in the lower price to end at
the moment, advertising as driveway prices, I think it makes it so appealing because
you don't need to think about any taxes and charges.
And comparing cars like, you know, there are some other manufacturers, obviously they charge
a higher delivery fee and whatnot.
And, you know, it varies between states.
And this just makes it very easy for conversations.
No matter where you are, you look at the price.
That's it.
Yeah.
Well said, Roland.
I'm all for that as well.
MG do it.
JQ do it, obviously.
Yeah.
Hopefully it's a trend that continues.
Yep.
That way you know what you're getting straight away.
Yeah.
I like the fact that GWM have put pictures like this very real, right?
Like coming off the ship, Roro ship straight away.
And then like real pictures as opposed to just stock footage.
So this is this is really good, great stuff from GWM on the news press website.
And they've got some interesting colors.
Like obviously they've got that cyan blue type thing.
They've also got a really shocking pink.
Those two colors are in the Porsche catalog.
They actually are in the, I forgot what it's in those specialty colors.
Yep.
I think it's the highest form of flattering.
If you say the car looks like a Porsche, I'm all for that.
That's fine.
I feel like you could like buy them for like a gender reveal party.
Yeah.
That's a, that's a great idea.
Actually, I think you've just written a marketing script for them.
GWM has a spare tire.
So Steve Law apparently.
So that, that's good.
Have you guys seen the billboard ads for these?
Yes.
On the, on the highways.
On the highways.
It's pretty cool.
They've got a cool or cheesy.
It says live a little more.
Uh huh.
Yep.
I'm all for that.
Cheese.
He's good.
When you're a dad, dad jokes are the way to go.
But it sticks with you.
Right.
So it works.
Richard says the front does look like a 996.
Yeah.
Porsche theme continues.
Nice interior.
I think the original one was great.
Honestly.
Rear looks like an old Persia 308.
Let's have a look.
Is there a rear shot?
I think there was coming off the boat ramp.
There you go.
See a little glimpse of that.
Yeah.
Looks are growing on me.
This is a Necro.
It looks like a baby Porsche.
I can.
As Riz was saying,
bubble shape makes it look small.
There you go.
Joy.
Yep.
Small mid-sized SUV.
Yeah.
I'd say it's compact.
Compact SUV.
Oh, that's the original, original article we put up.
I'm impressed to see they have a good sign to show where the
chargers are.
They can be hard to find at times.
That's true.
Actually, I'll just pop that up again.
For those who joined us just then,
this is Richard referring to the,
this cool little charger that we've just shown.
Well lit.
So, yeah.
Sometimes they can be hard to find these DC chargers.
So, it's good.
Yeah.
And it's showing which ones are free.
That's true.
That's true.
I could actually read the French.
Oh, really?
Is that what it was?
I thought it was Go The Blues.
No, no.
The other bit that was saying like free.
Okay.
Cool.
All right.
That's push.
Oh, sorry.
Pretty short.
Oh, no.
Doesn't that mean free?
Oh, wait, wait.
Hang on.
Hang on.
Let's see.
Libra.
Doesn't that mean free?
For our French speakers, let us know.
I assume that was like station.
I could be like charging station.
I could be embarrassing myself.
Maybe it doesn't mean free and someone's going to correct me.
Oh, no.
Oh, there you go.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I was getting really worried.
I forgot.
I mean, Liberty, Libra.
I get the etymology.
Yeah.
Good.
Well done.
Had a little mild panic.
Yes.
Gary says yes.
Yes.
Libra means vacant.
I mean, I get it.
I get it.
For the purposes, it would be interesting to see how the cherry
Stockman, I saw that today.
Diesel hybrid goes up against the shark.
Another vehicle on the path to full electrification.
Did you guys get the notification from Suzuki as well?
Noticing that the Stockman was an old Suzuki.
Yeah.
Suzuki as well.
So playing games there, Suzuki.
That's not a, well, it's sort of a hybrid, isn't it?
So I don't want to talk about that too much, but yeah.
Let's cherry go for the Aussie name.
Stockman, Tasman.
I thought they had a competition for this.
Yes, they did.
There was a naming competition and that's where I think it came from.
But yeah, maybe it will stick.
We'll see.
Stockman.
It's very Aussie.
Better than, hopefully it looks better than the Tasman.
I think it does, right?
It's not too high.
Yeah.
Okay.
Let's move on.
And here's a brand that's been confirmed for Australia.
The Lapas L6 also from Cherry.
Let's have a look at some of these picks.
Let's have a look.
Here we go.
That's what it looks like.
Another mid-sized SUV, I assume.
It is.
I think the underpinnings are very close to the JQJ5 in terms of
drivetrain for this EV.
It does feel a little bit, I know these pictures don't do it justice,
but does feel a little bit more sporty when you're sitting in it.
I had a look at these with Cherry at the Beijing show and they are,
they're pretty reasonable mid-sized SUV, a little bit more on the sporty end
compared to the Cherry or the JQJ is more adventure sort of a brand.
So yeah, it'll be cool to see them on the road.
And they also come in some cool colors like that orange.
I'm just going to say this and the one who knows four or six people
will beat me to it.
That looks like a watered down D-107.
Let's have a look at D-pal.
So, good call.
Yeah, they're all starting to look really quite similar.
The interior, you know, the drink holders, the wireless chargers,
nice materials.
It's all good though.
I don't know about that.
The JQ's got that, doesn't it?
Yeah.
It's not portrait.
And the Polestar.
They are.
It wasn't.
Squircle.
Steering wheel.
Look at the whole car there.
That looks interesting.
The handle.
Hmm.
There's a few things going on there.
Interesting.
Let's have a look at some of the specs here.
So, 160 kilowatt, 275 Newton meters, 450 KT apparently.
Full BV.
Yep.
Cherry doing kicking goals.
Lots of little sub-brands coming.
Emoto, JQ.
That past iCar, I think.
Where is iCar's Cherry too, isn't it?
Yeah, iCar's coming.
And early next year, Freelander, which is, you know,
more of an off-roady sort of a brand.
So, yeah, quite an interesting time.
Hmm.
I like the Icaria color because sometimes...
Okay.
So, when it's...
Like the really dark gray one, it's kind of...
It makes the whole car kind of look all blended into each other.
And then if you've got the white one, people are like,
this is going to get dirty really quickly.
Right.
But I feel like this is kind of like a good balance, isn't it?
I feel like it's, if it gets a little bitty,
you're not going to be sort of scrubbing it all in.
I'm like, it's a...
I think it's a good color.
Hmm.
It's like the MGS6.
It wasn't like black-black.
It was a bit grayish.
A bit grayish.
I like that.
Yeah, I like it.
Hmm.
And people are reminding us in the chat to Jatua.
Jatua?
Jatua, I don't know how you pronounce this, is coming as well.
See, and the reason I was going to mention Jatua and I didn't,
because Jatua, although has Cherry Heritage,
will not officially be bought in as part of the Cherry Group of Brands.
They are coming in as a separate brand.
And yeah, I think that they've got some cool Fevoff rotors
that I think the people that are really interested in the off-roading community
would be keen to get behind the wheel of just to see what they're like.
Hmm.
Is that going to go up against the Jimny?
Or is that more iCar?
I think it's bigger.
So this is like looking at maybe your sort of Land Cruiser Prado,
sort of Denza B5.
Okay.
Great.
Awesome.
Lots of good things coming.
Okay.
Pushing on.
So this is the big news for the day, I reckon.
So Riz, let's chat about your LinkedIn post.
The G6, the new G6 all drive a few of our esteemed colleagues, including Riz.
Got a chance to look at it in Melbourne this week.
What do you think, Riz?
Yeah.
So this, it was a cold, windy morning in Melbourne,
but had a chance to have a look at this G6,
which this one is the new one with the top spec performance black edition.
You can see it by the black wheels, you know,
you know, I'm into that sort of stuff, black on black and white interior.
You can sort of see it.
Looks familiar.
Yeah.
As you know, the refresh model is quite good on the inside.
Expansion really stepped up their interiors.
I thought there was nothing wrong with the previous model interior,
but this is just so plushy on the inside.
And I think that's a key highlight of the whole interior
and everything that this car offers.
AT&V tech, I'm not saying that's an upgrade.
I think the previous model also had an AT&V architecture,
but we can finally get the awesome charging speeds that are,
I think up to 451 kilowatts on certain variants.
I drove it around east of Melbourne,
barely any bings and bongs.
It was just so seamless.
Just as I remember the first sort of G6 that I drove,
I think March or April last year.
But yeah, obviously improved based on all the things
Expansion learned over the last couple of years
and really looking forward to seeing what the pricing comes out as.
There may be something which we might share on the stream soon about that.
But yeah, I think as an overall package,
Expansion are a really good job.
And this, of course, is Expang ANZ,
their factory backed operation away from Truivi.
Yep, well done, Riz.
And the first 100 orders gets Riz's delivery.
No, that's not true.
Riz won't be delivering the first 100 orders,
but it does look very good.
And Jo and I got a chance to drive it in Guangzhou, China last year.
And yeah, it is a phenomenal upgrade.
So I'm glad you agree with us, Riz, too.
And yeah, it's in all drive as well, which is great.
Good to see.
And we actually do have some news on that, on the pricing,
because this was actually, well, we were discussing this off-camera,
whether this price or this information has been leaked.
This is not leaked.
This is the new Expang website from the factory.
So expang.com.au, as opposed to Truivi's website,
which is still there, by the way.
I think the court case is still going on.
So there's two websites concurrently running at the moment.
The easy way to remember it is the .com one is the,
sort of like the HQ one, because that's kind of like the global one.
So if you think .com, think the global one.
And then the one that's .com.au is the original,
I quote, original Truivi version that's been around for longer.
But I guess moving forward, the .com one will probably be the one
that you would go to visit if you want to buy a new Expang.
Unless they take you with the .com.au site, too,
if the court case goes through.
Yeah, I mean, it's a bit confusing at the moment, but yeah.
So on this .com.au website, you can't order it.
It's just like an expression of interest down below.
But we have information from a Facebook group about the pricing.
So let's share this because this is already public knowledge.
We're not leaking anything really.
So let's just go through what the price might be.
If this is indeed true, it's asking $63,800 for the all drive performance,
which looking at my spreadsheet, well, our spreadsheet here,
it's pretty impressive because for anything in that price range,
like you're looking at maybe the,
it's cheaper than the BYDC line and seven performance, right?
And just a bit more expensive than the MGS6 all drive.
So I think that's probably priced quite well, to be honest.
A lot cheaper than the Model Y performance, which is $89 a lot.
And this is obviously the roll and spec G6 that we're going to be getting.
Yeah, I'll try to look.
It didn't allow me to click the middle and the bottom one.
That's right.
It's just locked to that one, the performance one, the roll and spec.
They know your IP address.
Don't even try buddy.
Their tech is that good that they, you know, it's like,
don't even bother looking at the others.
We know you want this one.
Now, here's a thing from HK, which I saw another person say.
So the new G6L, G6 Australia won't have the new chip,
which is the Touring chip.
Touring chip.
It's just got the Nvidia or and still kind of old chip.
But I guess it doesn't really matter because the X and GP tech is not
available anyway in Australia yet.
So at least two years behind, I would think from FSD.
Yeah. And Richard, I agree.
It's a lot of, a lot of color performance for cheap these days.
It's crazy, crazy stuff.
So the pricing of the other variants, I think that's really impressive
because you've got rear wheel drive standard range now so much cheaper.
Basically you're paying, I think rear wheel drive long range is pretty close
to what the previous model standard range was.
You're getting a lot better car and it's so much more affordable as well.
And like I said, you know, having only about, what is it?
$12,000 between, you know, the entry level and the top spec.
That's pretty, pretty good how close they've gotten it now.
And I think, yeah, this should do really well because the car from the outside,
you know, a lot of people like it.
Some people may prefer something else, but on the inside is where it really sort of
does a good job.
It's so plushy.
Yeah, I was looking at our spreadsheet.
Again, the old price, $54,800 MSRP for the standard range.
So it's dropped by $3,000.
And I know the battery is smaller.
I think it's 80 kilowatt hour now versus $87 for the old long range.
But for, you know, for long range $56,800, you can't get,
you cannot get a Tesla Model Y.
You cannot get a Zika 7X.
You could just get the C-line 7.
You can't get the IM6.
And it's more expensive than the MGS6, yes.
But arguably probably a nicer car, probably better tech as well.
Your 7X and your Model Y is pretty much your performance price.
Oh, no.
I was quoting the rural driver at $57,907.
Oh, yeah.
And the Model Y.
Yeah, but I agree.
I agree.
It's wearable priced.
I mean, that's the thing.
According to this, you can get an all-wheel drive performance
for the same price as the real-wheel drive 7X, isn't it?
That's right.
It's pretty good.
And you can't order it yet, Jose Abola.
We're just speculating, by the way.
This is not official.
And this is not official pricing either.
This is something that someone posted on a Facebook group.
So it could be complete baloney for all we know.
Yeah, take it with a grain of salt.
We're all speculating.
We're hoping.
It's somewhere around that vicinity.
Correct.
If we're hoping or speculating, I think
so Necro's put something up that there will be more information
around official pricing and other things coming in a couple of weeks time.
Maybe it's 1st of July.
Maybe it's a little bit later.
But that goes to show that, I guess, HQ is really investing in dealers.
And we're starting to see a lot of them pop up in Facebook groups
where people are driving past and popping in and having a look.
So I think there's going to be quite a few announcements
around servicing parts, dealership network, what that growth looks like.
There's a lot of questions.
But I think they're getting closer and closer to getting them answered.
Correct, Riz.
That's right.
So watch this space.
Lots of exciting things coming from the brand.
And look, it's got a long way to come back from, obviously.
What's happened in the last couple of months, but watch this space.
Just a couple more things before we move on.
So again, all this stuff could be just speculation,
but we've got also potentially premium seats, black edition for another $3,000.
So once you go black, it's hard to go back.
You definitely don't go to any other trends after that.
And some colors there.
So Arctic white.
And then you've got Stella purple, which is your favorite.
My favorite Stella purple.
That is awesome color.
It's cosmic silver any day.
I'm sorry.
It's very nice.
It's very nice.
Silver frost, graphite gray, midnight black.
So yeah, quite reasonable.
$1,500 extra for paint considering how much Tesla charge for that extra paint.
Interiors, again, $1,500 for that light gray interior you saw.
This is all speculation.
I'll just keep this claiming this.
And apparently a 20 inch Michelin wheel tire.
I don't even know which variant this is from.
So might be the performance one.
So yeah, just, just to wet your appetite guys and girls.
We don't know.
We'll have to watch this place.
I just wanted to put up this post from cameras.
Remember for a month.
Congratulations cameras.
And yes, excited about the real drive Gili ex five.
We'll talk about that very shortly.
We have news about that.
Once that's real drive, honestly, it's going to be unbeatable.
The ex five wants to fix the suspension too.
Once they make it more stable.
Just personally, it's, it's quite bouncy at the moment.
You might like that.
You may not.
It's up to you.
What else could I say would be funny if those prices were actually in Euro.
Oh, yeah.
Well, that's way too much.
100 grand for the performance.
No, hopefully not.
Richard, hopefully not.
Will they do New Zealand dollars?
Oh, that'd be even better.
Yeah.
What about you and R&B?
If they deal directly like Tesla, I don't think so.
Right.
We've got dealers that we already popping up.
Yeah.
I believe they'll be going through the dealership network as such,
but it will be expanding.
I guess the key would be what that after sales and service looks like
out of those dealerships.
Obviously the original model, something along the lines of servicing through
UltraTune, which I'm not sure where all those things are at,
but it would be good if the dealers themselves could take ownership
and actually have servicing through them as well.
Again, more information in the coming weeks, I would think.
So what is this space?
What's ludicrous feed?
We'll get the info to you.
Hopefully they report on numbers.
Yes.
Good point, Roland.
Yes.
Report to Vfax or, no, not Vfax.
Yeah, Vfax.
What's the other one?
Electric Council.
Electric People Council.
Eight dealers so far, apparently, says Camus, and probably growing very shortly.
All right.
Let's push on.
Just a bit more ex-paying news.
So in Europe, we have the X9, which is the people mover, landing in seven European
countries, which is great.
So the factory is definitely getting more serious.
Do we have, yes, we've got a list of countries, Germany, Finland,
Norway, Iceland, Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary.
Huge expansion into east and west and the north.
So there you go.
Happy Europeans there with the X9.
It's a fabulous car, the X9, honestly.
It's a good-looking car too.
Good-looking people mover.
X9 in Europe, sorry, in China is 45,000 US dollars.
That's crazy.
The kind of prices we can only dream of, unfortunately.
And just, oh, okay.
That's the ex-paying news.
All right.
Let's move on to another brand.
So this is BYD.
So BYD delivers 100,000 EV in the UK.
That's phenomenal.
It's a huge number and planning 300 flash charging stations by the year's end.
That's a huge, huge call.
And this is a reel of Stella Lee from BYD talking about the first BYD flash charging station.
I love her outfit, by the way.
It's very floral in the UK.
And she's invited everyone to come and check it out.
Look at that.
She's talked about how it's lightweight so anybody can pick it up and just plug it in,
which is important.
We've talked about this on the stream how some of the plugs are very heavy.
And we've seen it in cold temperatures, which is important for the UK.
Not so much for here.
Crazy time.
If we can get these everywhere, it's almost game over petrol, isn't it?
Like charging in 10 minutes.
So good.
No word rears on the flash charging here?
Probably not.
As far as we know, there was an ounce of the Melbourne Motor Show that there will be five
odd sites at Denza dealers in the next 12 months or so.
But, you know, I guess if we look at what's happening in the UK and other parts of Europe,
I think BYD recently announced 2000000000 euros to be spent on flash charging network
across Europe.
So that's not jump change, which means that I think they're pretty serious about making
this a global thing, particularly in important markets.
Given they've sent that BYD Zhengzhou ship over to us, I think we are somewhat of an
important market.
So watch this space.
I think if any brand outside of Tesla, it's got to be BYD putting in charges, right?
They've got the capacity to do so.
So very excited.
Question for us for the crew.
Would you still recommend X-Ping or would you wait to see how they go in the next few months?
That is an excellent question.
Let's go in the room, Roland.
What do you reckon?
Would you wait or would you wait and see?
Would you buy now?
I would personally wait just purely because I'd want to see what deals they're doing.
Yes.
Great call.
I'm all about giving the best deal.
So I would say if they were genuine about longevity and serious about Australia, they know what's
happened.
They've gone through all of it.
They've been taken to the wrecks, right?
They've gone through fire to get through all of this.
It's the worst publicity any company would want.
And so for them to still take us seriously, I think they would have to put something up
really sharp.
And I'm sure or I would hope that they would get a lot of people signing up to it.
You agree, Riz?
Yeah, I think so.
I mean, the part is I think some of us have gone and sort of seen what X-Ping is capable
of in terms of the technology and the things, the models that they've got in China, what
they're bringing into other markets and what's coming, what's arrived here in terms of their
early showcase and what's likely to come as we touched on the European post with the
X-9.
There's also a P7 that's already available in Europe.
P7, P7 Plus always get confused.
But they've got quite a few very interesting products and they're really focused on the
technology side.
I think if they can get the foundations right, get the dealership network right, get the
servicing happening, really start to focus a little bit on ownership experience and work
with the industry.
I think it won't be too long before a lot of people see that this is the real factory
back brand that they initially sort of were expecting when they purchased those early
vehicles and moving forward will have all the hallmarks of what a proper vehicle OEM should
be in our country.
So I think I'd be keen to see basically what the next two or three months bring.
I mean, no joy has been won over by the brand already.
What does X-Ping need to do from the factory to win customers?
What kind of love do they need to show?
What do you think?
I think it's one of those things that it'll only like it's not words.
They just got to prove themselves on the ground and that comes with time.
But I think basically if we're going to get the sort of official proper pricing from July
one, that's when we're going to see kind of like real actual sort of like, yeah, like
the real thing as opposed to just words.
And I think once people actually get to start driving as well when they start doing deliveries
of the new G6 and some of their other models, then I think it'll be easier for people to
go, okay, then it's not just all talk.
There's actually something happening on the ground.
But I mean, I don't know how many people who are watching now have got G6s already or
G6 owners.
But for me, when I was driving that car, it's incomparable to anything that I've driven
before.
I am very biased.
I loved that car.
The tech is just like, for me, I felt so far ahead of what everybody else was doing.
And it's still not matched in any other car.
I mean, Tesla has a benefit of like FSD.
So in terms of that, the tech is, you know, they've got that going.
But just the way it knew what I was going to be doing, it actually like the ADAS would
only trigger appropriately as opposed to randomly and get me really annoyed.
Like everything just seemed, yeah, just so intuitive.
And it felt like whoever's like coding all this stuff behind the scenes.
There's just so much thought that went into it.
And I think for me, that's just, that's what makes XPing so different from kind of all
the other car companies, because they're kind of like, as you say, they're a tech company
first.
I really felt that when I was driving the car.
I felt like I was driving the future, you know, and it was almost like a, like another person,
almost like a robot rather than an inanimate object.
And I've never felt that way about a car.
So it was very different.
Yeah, that's right.
They're very much tech focused.
And yeah, you heard it here from someone who's driven it for nine months for sure.
I mean, for me, I think they need to take a leaf out of brands like Julie and Zika and
BYD who've really engaged with the potential customers.
Open days, you know, like we saw Zika with a big delivery day at City Motorsport Park,
you know, little parties here and there, just to show that they're serious, meet the factory
people, meet the people behind the team.
That's the kind of stuff I think Australians want.
Yeah, but the car itself, I think if you're the kind of person who likes that kind of
car, you will fall in love with it.
And it'll set like, that already makes a deal for you.
So they just need to put all the other stuff in place, which is that like, if something
goes wrong with the car, then, you know, how do you have that support network for if something,
you know, goes wrong with the car, which thankfully never happened to me.
But I can imagine, you know, like, even if it's out of your control, like if someone,
if you're sitting at a traffic light and someone rear ends you, then what happens?
Like, where do you bring it?
How do you get, you know, spare parts?
So that's the sort of stuff that like, I think the brand has to sort out because the car
itself is just phenomenal.
It's just, you've got to just do all the rest of the stuff that comes with the car.
I think it's well said, Joy.
I think after sales experience is definitely something that a lot of these new brands could
learn from.
But it's hard to know this early stage of the game, right?
Some of these brands have only been here for a couple of years.
So it's just waiting to see for a lot of these things.
Someone said that Hope X Paying should replace Struvi with Joy, best salesperson, I agree.
She goes on and on about the G6.
And Quavehead says, that's the thing, right?
Actual driving experience with the car for practical things.
They need to approach people who have the car and have those testimonials speak for themselves.
This is not just for X-Pane.
This is for any new brand, by the way.
And Richard says, yeah, it'd be interesting to see what a normie,
normie meaning like an average person feels about the G6 rather than a long-term maybe
expert like Joy.
No, I agree with that.
Like, I do think the X-Pane is not for everybody because if you don't like what I call the iPhone
or iPad on wheels, you're not going to like the X-Pane, I think.
Like, it is quite jarring, I think, to sort of step into something so futuristic.
It's kind of like almost, like it's almost confronting, isn't it?
It's like a bit scary.
So, yeah.
And Sinecro says, VLA is absolutely amazing.
Yep, looking forward to trying that too, hopefully.
Yeah, I mean, why be coming for this car?
Because it's only got to the orange chip.
But yeah, that'd be something to be experienced, hopefully, by potential customers.
Maybe they should do something like BYD and sponsor the sporting team.
So, yeah, Melbourne Victory welcomes BYD as major partner, an exclusive motor vehicle supplier.
That's where the goals literally are to be won, I think, to be kicked in Australia.
Sporting, sponsorship and endorsement.
BYD now doing roosters in NREL, Melbourne Victory in the A-League.
I think this makes sense.
So, nobody in AFL yet.
So, we need to think of names now for X-Ping as well.
X-Ping, which league?
Surely, NRO, AFL, A-League, B3, Cricket.
So many opportunities.
I reckon X-Ping needs to bring on our brand ambassador, like Sam Peng, who can come up with some real classic names and connect them with the right sort of footy clubs.
Yeah, I think it's going to be, sporting is one way to get to, I guess, strain consumers.
Sam Peng and X-Ping, I mean, come on.
See?
That's been no brainer, right?
Look, X-Ping, I've already when charged you X-Ping Australia, if you take my idea and approach Sam Peng and said,
Riz said who loves your new comedy show on ABC, I have you ground up that, hey, X-Ping, we need you, Sam Peng.
X-Ping Panthers.
Oh, that's got a ring to it.
Come on, come on.
So many opportunities.
I'm shaking my head here.
You know this wins Australians over.
Well, it's a different market, I feel.
I think what BYD have done really well is like make their brand really well known to mass market Australia.
And I think I've said it before on this podcast that if you were to ask someone who doesn't know anything about EVs, can you name me some EV brands?
They're going to say Tesla and they're going to say BYD.
And for someone who doesn't know anything about cars, and I think that's where they've done so well, because that's just in a couple of years, they've managed to do that.
I think there's been a pivotal product that I think only BYD can offer it at the moment, I guess, and that's been the shark where that's really elevated that brand to, you know, ladies, you see the sharks you see around now.
They're literally work vehicles with those canopies, with trays, with a whole lot of things going on.
And I think that, and then bring all the other models around that and then do the sporting teams.
And, you know, remember some of the early activations, EV Direct and BYD used to do with, you know, I mean, I met, what was that guy's name?
The Afro Dude.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
The singer.
Yeah, the singer.
The funky song, I don't know.
That's the one.
Red food.
Red food.
Red food.
Red food.
You know, he was so like 10 years, 15 years ago when he was sort of popular.
But yeah, they did a lot of interesting things to get that brand out there.
And now, of course, as Joy says, their household name.
Yep.
X-Ping, X Games.
Oh, come on.
This is free advertising.
Free marketing.
That's hot.
MG Sponsors put out a lead in the AFL.
Hostile the Melbourne Demons and Kia Sponsors, GWS.
There you go.
And GWM Sponsors, Richmond Tigers.
They're all clowing on.
There's still plenty of teams.
There you go.
Billy's saying they should use Joy.
There you go.
Joy is saying 48,000 people who know her.
That's right.
Yeah.
Now, maybe they should do something like this.
Maybe they should enter a team into the Formula One, like BYD, right?
After the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend.
Stella Lee, the only one and one and only Stella Lee talking to my mother,
my mother-in-law, FIA president about potentially entering the F1 by 20,
whatever, 2020 something.
I don't know.
I mean, I'm curious about this because we know by 2030 or something,
they're going back to B8s again, Formula One.
So I don't know what role BYD will have in that.
Unless they can sway the FIA or F1 to change back to hybrid powertrains again.
Interesting.
I thought this was just the rumor, but the pictures are there.
She's talking to him.
We know previously rumored that BYD could be among the companies that want to
acquire a portion of the 24% shares in the Alpine Formula One team alongside
Mercedes-Benz.
Also, she had the BYD good team up with Christian Horner, seeking a return to
Roller Team principal, Joyce is shaking her head after leaving Red Bull Racing.
Interesting.
She met with Christian as well at the Kahn Film Festival.
They're serious.
They are very serious.
Watch this space, I say.
I think it'll happen.
Money talks, Roland.
Money talks, especially for Mohamed Bin Salam.
Watch this space.
Yeah.
I agree, Lewis.
You would have thought BYD would be more into Formula E.
BYD probably wants to buy the FIA.
We would sell it to them if they could.
Oh, Hyundai does Colton too.
Okay.
Thanks, Michael.
Another team there.
Oh, Lord Anubis asks, did you remember my question, Riz, about EV sales data?
I'm counting the numbers now.
Working hard for us.
Thank you, Riz.
Gennady says, I spoke to a dude in Bundy.
Bundyberg's charging his shark.
He was about to take his shark fishing on Kegari.
Lol.
That's been an inside joke.
Tony, F1 is technically hybrid now, but like I said, they're moving the V8s again.
I don't know if that's the right move for BYD.
Okay.
Let's move on.
Roland, we've got your post here.
We talked about the Zika 7X having the update last week for Apple CarPlay.
I think it might have stuffed up Android Auto.
Yeah.
So it did.
They removed it.
So then everyone who had Android had basically a functionality that was half working, removed,
and that kicked up a big fuss.
And then that post came out, which Faye was keeping in contact with one of the engineers in China.
And I think early on in the week, it's rolled out.
So pretty sure everyone's already got it.
So all within a week.
Very good.
Very good.
Well, there you go.
That's very fast.
I mean, that's the kind of service we expect from new brands, right?
So that's great for Zika.
Great win for the Zika community as well.
So well done.
And that's the thing.
Someone asked me today, do we trust these new brands, right?
I think Zika's probably got enough momentum there.
There's enough users there to push stuff like this.
And Zika will listen.
So, yeah.
Things like these, I think help build trust a lot.
Like they obviously have a lot like the only manufacturer that holds lots of events and everything for the people.
But you've got when you've got pretty much the top person in Australia who also looks like overseas markets,
engaging one-on-one with our owners.
And the fact that you see things like this.
Yes, it was horrible that they've just pulled functionality for Android users.
Mine did half work, half didn't.
But the fact that they've actually fixed it, rolled it out in a week.
Like that was pretty good.
Yeah.
Yeah, well done Zika.
Yeah.
Gary says still not great.
Android's still not working properly.
Hopefully another update soon.
Quick question while we're talking about Zika.
Has anyone heard anything on the new Zika Rex?
Like Tom and Joy, have you had a chance to drive one?
I've asked them.
I keep saying two weeks.
So nothing yet, really sorry.
We keep asking the question.
That was in, yeah, that was a while ago.
When was it unveiled at the Melbourne Motor Show in April?
So surely the customer deliveries will be starting soon and hopefully we can...
July.
Because I know someone who's getting one.
July update.
Yeah, it's good value too.
LFP for the base spec.
That's really good price too.
Okay.
Okay.
I've got another comment here.
If it was Toyota, the update would have taken six months, if at all, really, honestly.
And you would have to bring it in, like booking a service.
Yeah.
Yeah, Zika, OTA 2.11 sorted everything, apparently.
And I apologize.
Yes, K. Gary is the new name for Fraser Island.
It slipped my mind.
So thank you, Richard, for reminding me.
Thank you.
Yeah, Zofa.
That's right.
The new out of three with EVO coming on.
The EVO is great.
One megawatt charging.
Okay.
Well, let's see that speed in Australia.
But it's good if you've got that one megawatt speed.
The last charge.
Okay.
Let's push on.
And we have...
We touched on this a bit earlier today.
The Zika...
Sorry, Zika.
Well, Geely, parent company Geely EX5 in China,
refreshed with lots of goodies now,
including a rural drive powertrain for the base spec,
which is fantastic.
Lighter sensors, more power,
which I think it looks pretty similar.
Let's have a look.
Maybe a bit different on the front here.
Different air intake.
And...
The roof line might be a bit different too.
Increased performance, 245 kilowatts.
Top speed rises to 201 kilometers an hour.
And traditional door handles, of course.
That's what that picture,
because of the regulations coming to China in 2027,
which is good.
I'm more for door handles like that, actually.
It's probably safer for emergency services to get in.
Hopefully, suspension's fixed too, as I said.
Hilarious, well.
What do you reckon, guys?
Will this come into the country next year?
Or too soon?
Likely, I think.
They want to be adding those changes.
I'm not sure if the lighter would make it to Australia.
But, yeah.
I mean, I drove the new extended,
and I'm not sure what, you know,
Tom and Joy, you thought about the software,
but it's good in many ways.
But the driver attention or driver,
yeah, driver attention monitoring system,
I don't know if it was the car that I was driving.
Literally, if I'm staying through the windscreen,
it's saying I'm not paying attention.
And I know they've got the little switch it off
with a couple of, you know, presses.
Some can set up fast button thing on the steering wheel
to make it go away.
But, yeah.
It felt similar to the original one,
so I'm not sure why we have such an intrusive ADAS system
where we have to turn it off anyway.
So, yeah, just my two cents.
No, I agree with this.
The extended range we drove recently was the same.
You could set, like, whatever you want us to jump,
but it kind of, for me, defeats the purpose of having ADAS
if you got to switch it off anyway.
A lot of the cars are like that.
Limo to B10s like that.
Even the Kia I've got at the moment, it's the same.
Got to switch it off.
It just, I still haven't got that right.
Some of these cars.
X-Peng, though, right?
Straight out of, you know, you don't have to do anything.
Works.
Yeah, that's true.
Tesla works.
Tesla.
I didn't want to go on and on about the X-Peng.
But, yeah.
That's true.
X-Peng actually doesn't, doesn't.
Except for your one or something,
then it'll blink very, very quietly.
No, it'll, it'll, it'll come up on the screen.
It'll just sort of, like, passive aggressively tell you, like,
that you're yawning and that it noted that you were yawning.
Sorry.
That's right.
Yes, it is rural drive, bright side.
And so it says the driver monitoring is in love with your wrists.
I mean, who isn't, right?
Who is in love with wrists?
I wonder how the door handle impacts efficiency.
I'm sure someone clever has done that.
Those tests on flush door handles,
whether they actually make any difference at all.
Apparently, Zika7X, you could turn it off permanently.
Hey, that's great.
I think the seal you can as well.
B-Y-D.
You can turn off.
That was quite annoying when the, remember the,
when the seal first came out?
That was a shocker.
The ADAS.
Oh, yeah.
It was so bad.
Lane monitoring.
Always try to steer you in the opposite lane.
Just dangerous.
Richard says, his daughter's Ato1 gets very angry when you're yawning.
Pay attention.
Now, speaking of Porsche,
we talked about Porsche Macan earlier.
This is Roland's post about the Cayenne.
Finally has ADR.
Electric Cayenne.
Walk us through it.
It is a big boy.
So if you've got money to tow your boat clearly after buying this car,
three and a half tons this car can tow.
And don't want it wrapping slow because it's definitely the fastest car
that you can get.
Zero to a hundred and two and a half seconds,
which is super car or hypercar speeds in the ice world.
Like, I can't imagine this line lining up to something else in like,
you know,
Mossman point Piper somewhere like.
I can't wait to be chased by helicopter up Pacific Highway.
When I test this car.
And the main thing I wrote there,
the last point is this is going to be the first Porsche
with wireless charging.
And supposedly the wiring is going to come preconfigured so that
when the accessory comes,
it's basically just an add on accessory.
So it's going to be wired ready to go.
You just need to buy,
I'm guessing it's a wireless plate of some sort that gets plugged into the car
underneath.
There was a video on the website that showed the car driving up
and showing the charge speed in the car showing up and it ramp up to 11 kilowatts.
So two for this year.
How much do you think that wireless charge will be Roland,
you know, with the Porsche branding and everything?
Look,
you gotta ask.
That's what I'm thinking.
So the pricing on this car,
just just to put it like,
I've obviously placed an order for one and I'm thinking where exactly is the wireless
charger going to go in my 24 underground garage that I've got.
Basically,
I think it's 169,
169,000 for the base variant.
And that's the poor man's Cayenne.
You don't want that.
You want to go to the turbo GT,
that is 260,000 plus on roads.
And that's just for the base trim in probably white.
You want any of the colors?
Yeah, it is.
And then seat belt difference.
You want the chrono watch,
the clock thing different.
You want carbon fiber different.
You want Mark Weber to deliver it like I would.
The option list is just crazy.
Oh, you wanted a steering wheel.
Oh, that's the 20 grand.
That's right.
We just because, yeah, it's true.
It's very expensive.
But each, each optional extra, you could buy an aura five.
I know of those.
Change.
They come with a free wireless charger by the way.
That's all right.
Pretty sure.
Oh my word.
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, you don't expect this to be cheap.
And as we've said, if you need to ask,
you probably can't afford it.
Just fair.
You'd want to go sub three with that kind of pricing.
Zero to 102.5.
At least you can tow.
Have you ever seen a Porsche Cayenne tow?
I don't think I have.
At least in Sydney.
Yeah.
So I've seen the ice versions tow.
And they generally tow bloody boats that are much bigger than them.
Down at Mornington Peninsula where they usually hang out
near Sorrento where Lindsay Fox and the rest of the crew lives.
So yeah, they can tow.
They tow big things.
But yeah, you'd only really towing like, you know,
mini yachts with them because it's, yeah.
Firstly to buy one that can tow like that.
And secondly to tow something.
I guess those that buy them don't really care what they do with them.
Wait for depreciation.
Like you look at the prices of the Ticons.
You buy a Ticon turbo for half the price.
Like one to two years old.
Is that a hundred grand?
More than that.
You're talking still about 200 something,
but like Fran do waterline 400.
It was.
Yep.
The Cross Thruzmo GT.
Yeah, Nick says they should show a towing a Cybertruck.
Yeah, I'd say that.
See that.
That's still under three and a half ton, isn't it?
How many J5s can you get?
Yeah.
That's a good question, Tony.
10 probably.
Once you option up the wireless charger and steering wheel,
options.
10 easy cup holders.
Yep.
Umbrella's.
Richard seeing one.
Yep.
Help the guy of towing a giant Bayliner and his Cayenne turbo.
Good.
All done.
Community service as poor Porsche battlers.
Yeah.
All good.
All right.
Well, that's the Porsche Cayenne.
I'm sure Riz will get a test drive.
I want you to Riz.
Look, I've so kindly asked Porsche, look,
you're advertising the McCann EV.
Can you please lend me one for a couple of hours?
And they said, when the new variant comes up,
because apparently there's a new one in the works,
they may consider lending one.
But we'll see.
We'll keep trying.
This is my fourth attempt for them.
I've asked as well, Riz.
Don't worry.
I just said, stop it.
I'll just go buy your new Cayenne and see what happens.
And then we'll see if Mark Webber delivers it to the door.
We'll do a car source on your ass.
I'm going to buy one.
That's right.
Review it and sell it again.
Yeah.
BMW iX5 announced today, 140 kilowatt battery,
100 kilowatt, sorry, 140 kilowatt hour battery,
1,000 Ks of range coming early next year.
It's looking sweet.
No air class.
No air class.
Everyone said together with me.
No air class.
Yeah.
No air class.
No air class.
No air class.
Good.
Okay.
Now Riz, you wanted to share this one.
This is the Tesla cyber cab,
boasting 680 Ks of range from a small 48 kilowatt battery.
This thing's insane.
1400 kilograms, one of the lightest electric cars you can,
not the lightest, but one of the lightest,
48 kilowatt hours pack.
Obviously Scott hasn't got a steering wheel.
I'd be very curious to see if the first batch
that they actually sell on their website,
you can get a steering wheel for,
because I think this would be an interesting car to drive,
even though it hasn't been designed or engineered
to be driven.
So it's going to have like blind spots
in all these weird places.
But we have specs front first Tesla ever
with the front mounted motor.
Yep.
163 kilowatts.
It's light.
And yeah, that's all the sort of the key specs that we know.
I wonder if the steering will cost less
than the Porsche Cayenne steering wheel.
But I'm curious to see it's either real drive
or all wheel drive.
Oh, sorry.
I've read this wrong.
This is the first front wheel drive Tesla in history.
Okay.
Gotcha.
I suppose it's so light because it's nothing in the car, right?
It's essentially a taxi.
It's just very bad.
And a couple of, maybe 12 months ago,
one of the engineers working on the cybercar program
mentioned that this would have 50% less parts
compared to a Model 3.
So I'm not sure which parts,
but it's shaved about 400 odd kilos
compared to a standard Model 3.
I mean, you don't expect it to half the weight,
but yeah, that's still interesting.
I'm just curious to see more spec details on this,
on this, whatever this is.
It's very interesting.
It's the whole new world of cybercabs.
I love the idea of people,
like, building things from the ground up
because then they're like,
do we need this part anymore?
No, we don't.
Like, do we need this in a car that doesn't have a driver?
No, we don't.
So that's why they can, you know,
make all these decisions
because they're not sort of taking all the baggage
from how cars have always been designed
and they can just, yeah.
I remember when we got our Model S
and then the Model 3 came out
and I think they halved over the third amount of wiring
from that car to Model 3
because just as I said, ground up, right?
Make it more efficient.
The key thing here is apparently the assembly method.
It's unlike any other vehicle assembly method
that they've used, the unbox method.
So it'd be really interesting to see
what that actually does to the production costs.
But I mean, they've previously announced that
at scale, once they've got production fully ramped up,
they expect to sort of sell them for around $30,000 to $35,000.
So we'll see.
But it's early days.
They've started production.
But good to see some early specs on this model.
Yeah, you could sponsor a cyber cab, couldn't you?
Driving around an American city.
That'd be interesting.
Have to do the sum and see whether it's worth it.
Okay.
Thanks, Riz, for sharing that.
All right, a few more stories left to go
before we wrap up the show.
Oh, sorry.
That's the cyber cab one.
Cherry Group.
Again, Cherry News reaching top five market position
in May in Australia.
I would say on the back of the Jku J5,
huge number of sales last month.
So good to see.
And obviously other brands, other cars like TIGO4,
I'm seeing those around Sydney as well.
So that's good to see.
So all done, Cherry.
And GM, bringing Google Gemini to Cadillac on Corvette.
Interesting.
We test drove the Optik and Vistik earlier this month,
and it has connected services now, which is great,
including Maps and so on.
And Gemini, which is AI, which is great.
So the curious to test that actually,
given we've tried GROC in Tesla,
see whether this is any good as well.
I think Polestar is going to bring Gemini as well to their cars.
So anything with Android automotive could potentially have this too.
You can chat to Gemini as you're driving.
What it's really handy for is,
well, that I found for GROC anyway,
was saying like, what's that on my right?
Like what is that building?
Because if I'm the driver, I normally am like,
oh, that's interesting.
What's that?
And then I'm like, I just have to wander forever, right?
But if I'm the passenger,
I can maybe sometimes try and call up like Google Maps
and try and figure out where was that, what was that?
But yeah, this just makes it so easy.
I found that really useful actually.
Yeah, I remember passing a really old church building going,
oh, that looks interesting.
Tell me about this church building
and then just went through the history and all that.
So just in case you're bored,
not driving the car, which you went one day, maybe.
This is the countryman mini, sorry,
mini countryman lineup increasing just for the EV specific news.
So more power, more battery,
more range of that kind of stuff.
So the mini countryman E increases range up to 500Ks
and the SE all for up to 467Ks of range.
So just a quick update for you guys and more power as well.
And finally in China,
LeapMoto refreshing their top selling SUVs.
So C10, C11, C16 of relevance to us, I guess,
because we've got C10 in Australia, C10.
Let's see what I read what I see.
Sorry, I had the information here.
It's probably just increased power, I think I would say,
increased charging speed.
I think it was charging speed.
Sorry.
Had it up here somewhere.
Sorry to make you guys dizzy.
I will find it.
C16.
There's ER EV updates as well.
There you go.
Yeah, I saw it.
BC charging.
Yes.
Second paragraph.
Second paragraph.
Here we go.
Yes, that's important because currently the LeapMoto C10
doesn't charge very quickly.
So they've got 230 kilowatt on the 800 volt powertrain.
So that's great.
That's a huge difference to what it is currently.
Excellent.
Hopefully we'll see that come to Australia soon as well.
Look at this too.
The ER EV versions as well.
300Ks of pure electric range.
I know that's probably CLTC,
but it can support 3C fast charging up to 200 kilowatts
for ER EV.
That's pretty impressive.
Okay.
Well, that might be it, everyone.
Thanks for watching.
Thanks for joining us tonight.
Thank you, Ethan, for your super chat.
Long time fan bro.
Keep up the good work and bids.
Thank you very much.
Get ourselves a note latte with that maybe.
Half a cup.
In Sydney anyway.
Thank you for that.
Yeah.
Lord and Ubers.
Great reason to switch to ABRP and delete Google Maps.
Just on, I guess, replying to Lord,
who's been asking me this question for a couple of weeks now.
I've just done the numbers and it looks like
if you take the light commercial vehicles
and heavy commercials out,
you're looking at about 26% battery electric vehicle uptake
for May.
I'm sure if you had plug-in hybrids,
which was another nearly 10,000,
you'd be looking at close to 40% or 45%
electrified uptake, if that makes sense.
Thanks, Rhys.
That's good.
That's very, very encouraging indeed,
which shows that one in four people,
one in four loved ones,
of your loved ones and family and friends
might be buying EVs.
So it's good to see.
Well, so school holidays are coming up
in New South Wales very shortly.
So join up might be taking a little break from the show.
So we'll let you know when the next show is on.
Might be doing some traveling as well.
So stay tuned on the channel.
We'll keep you guys up to date.
But yeah, otherwise, thank you, Rhys.
Thanks for joining us tonight, as always.
Good to be on.
I think we had a pretty, pretty jam-packed show
looking forward to when both of you and, I guess, Roland,
we all sort of returned.
Thank you, Rhys.
Thank you, Roland, as always from Zap to YouTube channel.
Thank you.
Plenty of news.
Love it.
Can't wait for next week or next session whenever we do it.
I'm sure.
Yeah, it's good, isn't it?
I mean, I feel like I keep up to date with this show.
Hopefully you guys do as well and our audience.
All right.
Off to watch the state of origin highlights.
Thank you to our sponsors once again.
Thank you to Karloop.
And yes, thank you viewers.
Thanks for joining us.
Thank you, Rhys.
Thank you, Roland.
Thank you, Joy.
And we shall see you all next time on the show.
Bye for now.
Happy Johnny.
Bye.
About this episode
Hosts kick off with EV-adjacent chatter, then zoom into Australia-focused updates: charging visibility, DC charger usability, and the refreshed Xpeng G6’s claimed fast-charging and upgraded cabin. A big thread is pricing—what’s official vs “Facebook group” speculation, how trims and chips could change costs, and why “drive-away” style pricing matters. They also debate ownership reality: after-sales support, dealer counts, and how driver-assist behavior can feel intuitive or intrusive.
Catch up on the latest in Electric Vehicle news from Australia and around the world! Hosted by Tom & Joy Gan of Ludicrous Feed, Riz Akhtar from Carloop and Roland Lam from Zapped
