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Hey everyone, welcome to the EV show by Ludacris Feed. Thank you so much for joining us. Yes,
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I had it on mute just for about five seconds. Sorry about that. But we are here. Thanks
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very much. Today is Wednesday, the 29th of October, 2025. That could have been quite
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embarrassing doing that whole spiel with it on mute. But here we are. But thanks so much.
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Great to have you company. Big show tonight. As always, lots to chat about. And yeah, we've got
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loads of headlines to go through as well. So never a dull week in the EV space, of course,
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Tom, good to be on. Once again, not stuck in a bonza lounge tonight. That might change
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next week, but I will definitely be flying up to Sydney and meeting yourself and plenty of others
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at the Sydney EV show, which I'm sure we will talk about. So a few things happening with those
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headlines, but also a few EVs being unveiled. So yeah, should be, should be an interesting
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couple of days. Should be a massive weekend coming up, Riz. So good to have your company
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there. And also so good to have Roland from Zapt as well. Hello, Roland. How are we?
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Good evening. Hey, Tom. Hey, Riz. Good evening all. Staying dry. Total opposite weather.
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It's been really weird in Sydney actually. It's been wet all week all of a sudden and cold as
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well, which is kind of weird compared to two weeks ago when it was pushing 40 degrees. So
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yeah, it is what it is, say? Strange weather. But Roland, you're also going to be at the
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EV show this weekend in Sydney? I will be there. So if any of the viewers are there,
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stop by, say hi. We're always happy to stop by for a chat. Absolutely. Yeah. So come along to
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well. There'll be some cars to look at as well as Riz said, of course. It is a car show after all.
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And following that, if you can't get to Sydney, of course, there's also the
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everything electric show making their debut in Melbourne in a couple of weeks as well at
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the Melbourne Showgrounds, 14, 15 and 16th November. It is a show season. So Melbourne's
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got their show as well in a couple of weeks. And then of course, the Australian Electric
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Vehicle Association. They've got their show just before the Everything Electric show as well.
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So have a look at that if you're interested. There's the conference program link also in
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you're listening to us from. Let's say hello to some of our viewers who've tuned in
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nice and early. Hello, Gaffer. Nice to see you. I see some familiar names there in the chat. Hello,
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Lewis. Hello from Brisbane, where it's not 54,000 degrees today. No, it's not that in Sydney,
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definitely. Thank you. Hello to Jim as well. Thanks for joining us. Jim's got some good
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pictures for us this week actually. So we'll put those pictures up of a car that he spotted
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this week. Hello, Gene. Nice to see you. Hello, Andrew from Western Victoria. Hello there.
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Yeah, George says, hey, Tom, it's great to see you and watch the live stream again
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after a few years. But for tonight, I can't wait to hear about the Mazda 6e. Yes,
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say to you, we've got news on that as well. So many spottings and sightings around town.
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Hello, Steve. Nice to see you as well. Hello, Steve. Hello, Tassie, Evie from Hobart.
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Hello there. And yeah, thanks for joining us to our guests nice and early as well.
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Thanks very much. All right, well, let's get into some of the headlines that we spoke about earlier
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today. Let's pop this one up first. So this is one of our first sightings, the Xperng G6 refresh.
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Finally spotted doing some engineering testing around Sydney. You cannot mistake this car.
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It's definitely an Xperng G6, even though it's camouflaged. This is a photo or a couple
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of photos from Drive spotted in Sydney, I believe. Yes, Sydney roads. Roland, where is this?
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Let's see how well you know, Sydney. Oh, I would have no idea.
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I'm the same. Not sure. But oh, cafe, pizza restaurant. There you go. It's a bit of a
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clue there. There's two of them, in fact, there's two G6s.
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Yeah, I did. I did a register on them. It showed up as G6 standard with the colors. So
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no indication of anything. But look, guys, let's cross our fingers for all the drive model, please.
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Yeah, let's give the Seeker 7X all the driver run for its body, as well as the Tesla Model Y all
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drive as well. There you go. There's Roland's due diligence. There we go.
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How do we get Roland? See a red flag there. The variants say standard. It's not top spec.
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That's not Roland's spec. That's the exact wording I was looking for. But, you know,
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the weights were exactly the same and all of these are just not official registrations, I guess.
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So it could be anything. But fingers crossed. We get the fast one. We get a fast one.
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All right. At least in all your drive puts competition to Seeker. More choices for the
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viewers, the audience, everyone. Yeah. Yeah. More choice. More Roland's spec cars. 100%.
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All right. Now, what do you think of this color, too? This is not offered in Australia.
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This is got a green-y color. I quite like it.
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Yeah. Sorry, Roland. I was going to say, I know it's a totally different car,
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but Aston Martin has a green that looks similar to that.
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Some people say the Seeker 7X green, that forest green looks a bit Aston Martin-y as well.
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There's this purple-y color that Joy likes when she saw it in Hong Kong. Lavender?
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Yeah. Something like that. Yeah. So I quite like that as well. So let's see if that makes it in the
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country. Yeah. I mean, look, it's an upgrade. A few sort of minor cosmetic improvements inside
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and outside. So let's try to ask maybe a true review when we see them at the Sydney show this
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weekend. Just one quick thing before we move on, Tom. And this is only me looking at again now.
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I don't know if it's just the angle of the specific photo, but if you look at the spoiler
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just above the window on this main car and you look at the second one, is that covering a spoiler?
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I see what you're saying. So this bit here? That bit there. Yes. Does that look like it's covering
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like something additional? Like, is that a spoiler compared to the other car in front,
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which looks like it doesn't have it? Yep. That's a good point.
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Yeah. It could be. It looks like it's a bit more hooded, right?
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It looks a little smaller. Yeah. Maybe that is the performance variant.
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That'd be nice. Did the wheels look different? I couldn't see in the photos.
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I couldn't see any of them. Yeah, we can't see the other greeny colour.
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Yeah, right. I mean, we did ask the question at the Paramount Show,
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Showroom opening roll, and they were quite coy when they on the release dates of the
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old drive. All the refresh for the matter. We'll see. And numbers? We haven't been asking.
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We did ask. I have updated numbers. I can tell you.
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Tell us, Riz. So our shipping data came in and it shows that just over 2000 X-Pen G6s have been
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shipped or shipped into Australia as of the end of September. Now, do what you
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may with those numbers, but it is more official than what they're giving us.
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2000. So that's 2000 in the country, not soldier, right?
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Yeah. 2000 in the country. Majority of them are of course sold, but
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and 500 odd came in in September. Okay. So if the people waiting for them, yeah,
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if the people waiting for them, then there wouldn't be too far, but it's far from the
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thousand that they said they'll be bringing every month in a press release we got in about July
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from memory. So 2000 in total so far. And obviously, there's this update,
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but there's so much competition in this space now. Like, you know, it's like,
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SUV is just C-line seven killing it.
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We have the, obviously the model wide doing reasonable numbers in September. We'll see
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if that sort of slows down a little bit in the beginning of the quarter. So we'll see
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what October shows. But yeah, G6 still a very, very good car. The new ones even better,
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of course. I was going to say earlier on the week, I forgot where I saw it, but X-Ping now have
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an inventory link on their website. So how Tesla tradition has the inventory where you could
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actually buy cars that are already ready to go. X-Ping now have it as well. And they've
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actually got stock numbers. So like I'm scrolling through now, there's in stock one number,
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hashtag number 1347133. So I do wonder how that naming convention works. But yeah,
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you could jump on there. I'll put the link in the chat, but it's basically the same as what
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Tesla has now sort of like a online shop jump on by a car pick it up.
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Nice. It's already in the country. Go for it. Yeah. Now we've got
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someone saying that's not a spoiler. It's the same as the front car, just the stickers falling off.
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Maybe. Yeah. It does look a bit light, potentially. Yep.
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Oh, thank you Faisal for joining as a member. Thank you very much. And he says,
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the speaking of Model Y, pick your mind up on Saturday. Congratulations. That's great.
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Aaron says, taking delivery of a standard silver slash white on Friday. Congratulations.
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There you go. Jambru X-Pangs. Oh, that's a bit of a jab there. X-Pang,
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where are they storing these 2000 cars? Good question. Don't know.
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Yeah, 007. Yeah, I'm all for that too. Yeah, bring them in. Definitely.
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Now, I don't know. Maybe I heard something on the rumor mill, but
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there's a special edition from what I understand. This is unofficial, but
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I believe there might be a special edition, something being showcased at the
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Sydney EV show. Maybe 007 spec. I've only heard rumors, I'm not sure.
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But yeah, if it is, if it happens to be one of those, what is it, 007 GT?
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Then that could be a pretty cool thing to see in person, but not sure. Zika,
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obviously, if you're listening, bring one over. If you haven't rolled it into ICC already, just do it.
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I guess we'll find out tomorrow, Jens. You'll even drive it from the airport for you.
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I'll be sure if you want. I'll drive it from Jambru all the way up to Sydney for you.
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All right. Wherever you're storing it, no problem. Got connections. No problem, Andrew,
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if you're listening. And also, I do hope it's in Sydney. I'm surprised it hasn't been spotted,
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right? You only see someone taking a picture of a car that's hidden somewhere or hidden, right?
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All right. Let's hope fingers crossed. Yep, let's move on. And what else have we got today?
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So someone mentioned the Mazda 6E. So here we go. So spotted this week in the Gold Coast,
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apparently. I believe this is the Mazda 6E EV under all that camo.
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If you squint, it kind of does look sedan-like. You might not be sharing it, Tom.
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Oh, sorry. I'm sorry. My bad. Let's pop this on. Thank you very much. There you go.
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That's Mazda 6E right there, Jens. And everyone else. There it is there.
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It's nice. I don't know, Tom and Roland, if you saw the press release that came out from Mazda,
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I give them credit. They did say, hey, it's in partnership with Chongqing Chang'an Automobile
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company, which obviously makes the DPAL as well. But then the quote from the Mazda's Managing Director
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is like, this is the something along the lines of next iteration of the Kodo design or something
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like that. And I'm like, cool. From the outside, it might be from the inside. It's, I don't know,
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what's Chinese for Kodo, Dynasty, or sorry, that's BYD design. It's...
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Isn't Kodo a Japanese thing?
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It is a Japanese thing, but we need a sign or equivalent of that on the inside because it's
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got a big screen. It's got pretty much everything you'd expect in a Chang'an.
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Look, I don't mind that. I quite like the DPAL platform actually. So it's okay. If it's got
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DPAL underpinnings, as people are saying in the chat, Darryl saying to Sedan,
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based on the DPAL L07. So it is Sedan shaped. That's cool. Another Sedan is a good thing.
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Then I think that's good. Sure, Sino Japanese collaboration. I thought I'd never see the day,
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but here we are. Mazda 6E, bring it, I say. I think this will help because people won't
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be like us. They won't go, okay, it's a DPAL. It's a Chang'an. They'll just go Mazda. It's
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a Mazda. I think I'll buy a Mazda because I know the brand. I think it's quite good.
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The real question is, will there sell a Sedan in the sense that the Sedan market,
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apart from Model 3, and maybe the BYD seal, has sort of been a bit hard hit with the onslaught of SUVs.
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Yeah. I mean, what do you guys think? Did you like the Mazda 6 back in the day?
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Back in the day? Yeah, me too. I quite like that car.
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Yeah. I do hope because I remember seeing overseas pictures on that exact same car.
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I had the digital side mirrors. I honestly hope we don't get that here.
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Yeah. At least an option, right? No. At least an option, correct. Yeah,
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if they're going to do it, put it as an option. Don't just force it on people.
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No. From what I hear, it's quite an expensive fix. If something happens to it,
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that's not what you want. I think our friend Shilandra might have something to say
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in the comments as an ex Mazda owner. There we go. As a former Mazda 6G,
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J series Coda design owner. This is blessed for me. How dare they? Zoom, Zoom. Zoom, Zoom.
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We owned a Mazda 3. That was actually our first car joint I had as we're going out.
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Yeah, and as John said, too many big cars already. We should have
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had released a Mazda 3e. Maybe that's in the pipeline. A smaller Sedan, right?
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That'd be cool. There is an SUV version that is being worked on. I'll have to check it out,
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or we'll have to check it out next time we're in China. But there is a kind of what it's called.
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There's a like a CX-30 sized SUV equivalent as well. So maybe this is the one of many
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EVs to come from Mazda. I hope so. Yeah, I thought they were doing an SUV and a Sedan.
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And then it was pretty much at the same time last year when they announced the news.
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And then this one was the one that got chosen here. I would have thought the SUV, but anyways.
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Yeah, Jean saying Mazda buys only by CXs now. This won't sell at all. We'll see.
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And Darrell saying they should have done an SUV to stay safe. Yeah, it's a safe option.
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Like as a reviewer, like I'm happy to see this, but they want to sell cars. Yeah, maybe.
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The thing is that should, you know, do we look at it as a compliance vehicle because
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they'll still want to sell the CX-5 and other things that this is just the NVES tick in
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the box. From memory, I think the press release said if they'll arrive on mid 2026, that's a long
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way away. It is. Yeah, what do we know? Yeah, October. So what, nine months away potentially.
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Check this out. Ant-Man's is saying FYI, I saw a 007 all-wheel drive, presumably the GT.
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Oh my goodness. At the Zika Sydney Alexandra showroom last Saturday. We're picking up my
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7X. Sorry, I didn't take a photo. We need the photo. Could be the yellow 007, I think it's there,
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because I know the FR was in the 001. Oh, yes. That's true. That's not quite the
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GT. That's just 007 and 001. Can you write it and that's running around? Well, Ant-Man's,
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how is your 7X? Oh, is that Riz? I said, Ant-Man's, how is your 7X?
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Oh, yeah. How is it, Ant-Man's? Hopefully it lives up to the hype.
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Yeah. There we go. And so if we're saying just for fun fact, from X-Pong inventory,
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site the stock number is 1-949 in Victoria. That's a lot, a lot of stock. Is there a
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Jamboree equivalent in Victoria Riz where we can put these cars? No, the showroom and it's
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connected to Lorbeck and Port Melbourne. They can probably store maybe 150, 200 cars max. So
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no, it's not that many down there.
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Ant-Man's saying, yeah, it's awesome. Good. And the yellow one is the FR.
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I think the yellow one is 007, isn't it? The FR is the 001.
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Cool. Yeah, we had a CX-5, obviously, before the Model Y came along into our lives in the
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Model 3. Good car, very reliable. Zoom, zoom. All right, so that's Mazda and Riz's article as well
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in the Driven confirming, yes, Mazda's second EV for Australia. There it is there, the 6E
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without the camo. Thanks, Riz. Cool. Well, how much range are we expecting? 78 kilowatt hours,
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you're saying? 500Ks, I reckon. Yeah, that's good. Well, I have an LFP battery, I wonder,
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or just NMC. Yeah, LFP, yeah, cool. Okay. Yeah, we mustn't forget the MX SUV that's now discontinued,
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of course. Nearly 18 months since they last sold that car. 1.5 tonnes, break time capacity.
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Look, not a bad looking car, honestly. Not a bad looking car. Yep.
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All right. Keep your eyes open for any more sightings, guys, of the Mazda 6E. We'll try
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and get some info as well on ludicrous foods, so stay tuned. Okay, pushing right along. So,
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we talked about our good friend Jim spotting a car in Sydney. Speaking of Chongqing's
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Chang'an brand, look at this. So, this was spotted in Sydney recently in Macquarie Park,
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DPAL's SO5. You know the SO7, which is a rural drive, 89 kilowatt hour NMC battery,
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this is a rural drive. I think it's about 70, 60, 70 kilowatt hour, so slightly smaller.
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Also LFP, also rural drive. No, it is LFP, this one. So, NMC for the other one, this is LFP.
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So, this could be quite interesting, guys.
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There's some pics there for Jim. Yeah, this is a small car. There you go.
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It's almost like hatch-like, isn't it? Not quite SUV-sized. At the back here.
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Looks similar to that Mitsubishi ASX in the background, in terms of its size.
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How dare you? Hey, Mitsubishi, you know, the new Mitsubishi ASX,
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this car could possibly be priced the same as that, because that ASX now starts at something
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like 39 grand plus on roads. So, this DPAL SO5 fully electric could be priced around there,
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or maybe a little bit more, but we're getting Leap Mode B10 and other cars coming in that
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under 40 grand price point now, which should be interesting to see how it competes with similar
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new ICE models that are being launched. Yeah, 4.6 meters, I just looked up. So,
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it's about the same size as the Geely EX5. Yeah, so small SUV. It doesn't look that big,
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actually, in the picture, but 4.6 is still reasonably big. And we know the DPAL SO7
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is selling from 49 drive away. So, you'd hope this would be under 45 to be competitive. So,
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fingers crossed, there's some opening special there. And hopefully, some sort of media day
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reason, Roland, would try to get our first drive in this country. That'd be good.
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2.3 tons, okay, not bad. And I did get to drive this in China earlier this year
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on their proving grounds in Chongqing, so that was quite a privilege and honor to do that,
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so that was fun. And it does drive well. It's a good little zippy little thing,
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so I think this will do well. Slightly bigger than the ATO 3, I think Richard was asking.
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ATO 3 is about 4.4, I think, 4.5. Yep. Have DPAL fixed charging speed, that's a good point.
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Leap Mode B10 is 160, whereas C10 had 80 or something. Okay, I'll have to look that up,
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not sure. Riz's article says, charging specs, 150 kilowatts in Thailand, so that's not bad.
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Not bad. AC is still 6.6, that's slightly disappointing. Hopefully, that'll be bumped up.
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Yeah, 11's got to be, surely, it's got to be the minimum these days, I would have thought.
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Yeah, Tony says, I like all these sub 40K SUVs. Yeah, that's right. This one,
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hopefully, the ATO 3, B10 that's coming, MGS5. Yeah, there's a lot to choose from. EX5, yep,
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absolutely. Yeah, have we reached Pirate's Party? That's a good point. Have we reached Pirate's
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Party? Riz was talking about the ASX before. Some segments we have.
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Yeah, I mean, certainly you would think twice now, right, buying an IS surely,
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if you're just going to buy a city car. The challenge, though, is that even though we have cars
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like mid-sized SUVs like the Leap Motor C10, which I think is a reasonable car compared to similar
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ICE vehicles, the brand awareness is just not there and people still have an affinity
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and a trust factor with those larger brands. So it's interesting that they can sort of ask
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those relatively high prices compared to what their cars used to be and still get away with it,
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but I think there will be a time where the switch will flick.
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Yeah, that's right. And is it right for these legacy brands to charge a premium, right? The
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guys, the Japanese brands have been around, the Korean brands, obviously the European brands,
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does the legacy badge still hold, right? I've got a BMW at the moment as a press car.
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Hey, look, it's a nice car, but obviously you're paying that premium for that badge.
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Guys, what do you think? Is it still worth the 20-30% markup these days?
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Some people's mindsets won't change. I've got comments that
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they stick to a particular brand for many years and that's all they will drive.
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Yeah, I had a ghost before the Spectre and it just sticks to it.
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Yeah, you know what you're getting? The hand stitches that you get in the seats,
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you're not getting that comfort anywhere else. But on a serious note, we look at what the Zika
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7x offers in this market. European brands are going to ask twice that price.
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So that's what we've got to sort of look at. Like an equivalent mid-sized SUV
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from someone like Mercedes, for example. I don't think they're selling the GLEs
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even after the massive price cuts. I think it's still over 100 grand.
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And the car is not even half as good as the 7x and what it offers,
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charging, quality of materials, build, tech, just the whole package. And if you think,
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if that's the price point we're hitting at now, what's about to happen?
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A really good example actually, I think last week Porsche announced their earnings
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and there's major troubles at that brand now. Because what they've done over the years have
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really, really increased the prices. Like a 911 now. I mean, I know we're talking ice cars,
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but it's so expensive. And the biggest market in China, people are saying,
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we're not going to lose half the value of a car in two years' time when we can buy something
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that's Chinese like the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra or even the Max versions that cost a third
27:23
from the very beginning. It's not going to see that massive depreciation.
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Brand loyalty is just in some markets, it's just not there anymore. And I wonder if we're
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going to get there very soon. I guess in China, there is obviously another issue with
27:37
regards to plates, right? You can obviously buy an EV plate or get an EV plate straight from
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the showroom. Obviously, there's a lottery with the blue plates, the ice plates. So obviously,
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that's a separate issue. But I'm rolling, I agree. I think some people will just buy a Merc,
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buy a Beamer, buy a Porsche, buy an Audi. Just because it's different, right? They want
27:58
that luxury, that what they want that is to stand out from everyone else. That probably won't
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change. That's just society the way it is. So yeah, I mean, the smart ones amongst us
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will obviously look at the specs and the inclusions and go, okay, maybe it's worth looking at the
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newer brands. And to everyone else, yeah, it won't matter. It's just a status thing.
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I think that's how these brands make their money on status or reputation.
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Years of engineering, that's fine. It's got its place. Yeah, that's saying the Germans
28:30
will learn. Well, I don't know, will they? We'll see. And effective price parity,
28:37
Shalandra says with FBT tax rebate for this is probably, yep. Yeah, good point.
28:43
Tazzy saying love the seal. Yep, me too. I love the seal. Favorite EV doesn't work for what I need
28:47
of the car to be able to do, but love to see them driving past. Yeah, it's nice to see us
28:50
at hand. So refreshing change, isn't it? Just why I love the IM5 so much when we reviewed it
28:54
last week. Yeah, Aussies have been well, yes, some Aussies have been price sensitive,
29:01
I guess it depends, obviously. That's why Japanese cars are so popular, right? Toyota's
29:06
just everywhere. Satna DD today, Camry Hybrid. Yep. Yeah, looking forward to the cheap EV
29:15
hatches. Yeah, me too. Bring them on. That's missing the marker right now.
29:20
Coming soon, I'm sure, definitely. MG4, I don't know if that Julie,
29:24
Ji-Yong, Xing Yuan or whatever it is, if that's supposed to become making its way,
29:29
it's the best selling, best selling car in China, apparently, even out doing the Seagull.
29:35
That is a hot little ticket, honestly, a real drive, great size. Looks like a smart hashtag
29:40
three, but probably half the price. Bring it, bring it here, I see. The Xing Yuan.
29:45
I'll just quickly pop this up. Now, just switching gears, so to speak, just a little while. So,
29:52
RedEarth, this is actually made in Australia, I believe. Let me just read the press release
29:58
I got this week. So, this is a bi-directional charger. Here we go, I'll read this here. So,
30:02
Australia's first Australian-made vehicle-degraded charger. RedEarth has partnered with Ambibox
30:07
to locally manufacture its bi-directional chargers that allow EVs to act as batteries on
30:11
wheels, pre-orders for 11 kilowatt, three-phase RedEarth V2G charger starting in November. So,
30:16
pretty soon with an RRP of $9,990 XGST. Customers expected to be delivered February 2026. So,
30:27
just to give you an idea, Seag Energy's DC module is round about probably five or six
30:32
grand now with the recent discounted pricing. So, yeah, I guess 10 grand gents for a V2G is
30:39
asking a lot, but it is Australian-made, that's one thing. And it is AC, not DC as well. So,
30:46
what do you guys think? Is the price too stiff? Is it right?
30:52
10 grand. So, what?
30:54
AC, 11 kilowatts. I think it's, for me, I think it's one of those early adopter price.
31:03
Like, it's the first in the market. So, Australian-made, back in Australian company,
31:08
you'll be one of the first in Australia to have it done that got the right partnership
31:12
in place to know that the technology is going to work, but it is one of the firsts. So,
31:17
you will pay that premium.
31:22
Yeah, I guess I'll put my hand up. I don't know enough about V2G or the technologies,
31:29
but hopefully I get to learn a little bit more this weekend because the founder, I think, and CEO,
31:37
Mark, is going to be on one of the V2G panel discussions on Friday afternoon at ICC.
31:44
So, hopefully I'll learn a little bit more. But yeah, for first, as you said,
31:47
role in first version of a product in Australian-made, possibly using, you know,
31:53
components and other things from other parts of the world. But I know they've been working
31:58
on it for a while. So, it would be really cool to see that they're making progress from our
32:02
product release point of view. And, you know, hopefully encourages the market to sort of see
32:08
what's possible within Australia. And, you know, hopefully we'll see this product evolve as well.
32:14
Yeah, I think, personally, it's quite steep, 10 grand. And I don't know if that involves,
32:21
includes installation either. So, you've probably got to add that on top. And it's only AC,
32:24
right? So, you can only pump out 11 kilowatts. You know, if you've got a DC V2G, like say the,
32:31
you know, EV DC charger module from SIG, SIG Energy is taking the market share at the moment.
32:36
They've got lots of batteries installed. So, it's just a simple matter of chucking another
32:39
module on top of your stack. It's a much easier sell. It's DC. It's half the price. I don't
32:48
know. I think 10 grand might be too steep. Is it worth the five grand premium for an
32:52
Australian-made product with, as Riz said, some components. I don't know if it's all
32:55
Australian-made, but yeah, I guess time will tell, right? Hopefully, this encourages, as you said,
33:00
Riz, more people to bring their products to market because that's what we need. We just need
33:04
more products to bring that price down to make it worth your while. Because, as some people
33:08
are saying, is, well, what's the ROI, right? It's, what's the return? It's going to take
33:12
a long time to recoup that cost. 50% too high. It says lightning as well.
33:19
Did the press release say it was AC? Because I was just on Red Earth Energy's website,
33:25
and it's an FAQ section for that same picture that you've got up on the screen to say
33:31
early 2026. And it says, the first FAQ is when will they be available to buy? And it says,
33:38
we expect the certified 11 kilowatt three-phase DC wide-directional charger to be available
33:43
installation. Okay, apologies if it is DC. Yeah, okay. Well, in that case, even if it is 11,
33:49
the SIG is either 12.5 or 25 three-phase. So again, it's a lot lower than what SIG is offering.
33:57
So, I mean, I'm not paid by SIG, don't worry, but I'm just saying, like, the numbers are
34:00
there, right? Okay, thanks. I'll have to look at the press release again, but that's good.
34:05
Good thing it's DC. I guess one quick point on that, then, if people currently do not have a home
34:13
battery, that is SIG energy, and there can be some level of government support, whether it's
34:22
part of trials or other things to bring the price down, you know, or if they sell plenty of
34:31
them, then the price may come down. That could help some other people, I guess, get a have a look at
34:39
the V2G technology. But yeah, if you've got existing home batteries, which seems to be what the
34:44
government is pushing with the new since I think from July when they've got the rebate on
34:51
home batteries. So that might be that might be an option for some people.
34:57
Yeah, good point. Good point. Yeah, not everyone has a SIG battery, of course.
35:01
So, yeah, this could be an option for others. So maybe they're playing to that as well,
35:05
but those who don't have SIG. I think that was poor powerwall owners.
35:10
Not poor, still good battery, still good. Yeah, okay, cool. Tony's saying you won't get
35:21
ROI and V2G, but look, it's not always about ROI, of course. It's also V2H. It's a nice backup to have
35:27
that kind of power for your home during winter when you want to blast your house with heating,
35:32
or even summer when it's stupidly hot as well. Yeah, Steve's saying get a battery with government
35:38
subsidy. Yeah, obviously, the subsidy is much better value now compared to buying the
35:42
sound right. So, yeah, let us know in the chat or the comments if you are interested in one
35:46
of these because I'd be curious to know, actually, how it goes, how they sell these.
35:52
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36:18
Thank you, Carloop. Okay, let's switch gear once again. Oh, and Jim's saying over 100,000
36:26
batteries installed since July. That is crazy. That is insane. I think someone, I did the
36:32
maths on this. The subsidy has got enough legs to supply 250,000, I think, if everyone installs
36:41
a massive battery. So, it's been three months or four months and it's already killing it in that
36:47
space. I think I also read every nine days equivalent of the Hornsdale battery is being
36:53
installed in Australia. So, a lot of batteries are coming on the market, no surprise.
36:58
That's great. Gaffer saying, looking to get a home battery but still confuses to him to go with.
37:04
Yeah, lots of options out there. Yeah, well, look, I was, I popped into All Energy,
37:10
which is the big energy show today in Melbourne. It's overwhelming with the amount of stuff that's
37:16
there, but if you want to know, don't go to that show if you want to know what batteries
37:20
are right for you because everyone's selling you a battery. CATL were there with their big
37:24
batteries, BYDs there. You've got small home, residential, solar canopy, batteries, charges,
37:33
you name it, but it's just so amazing to see how much buzz was around the show.
37:38
So much interest in renewables and sort of clean energy and clean tech in that show just
37:43
keeps growing and growing. So, they had a proper EV infrastructure section, met a couple of, you
37:50
know, industry colleagues and others there as well. So, if you happen to be in Melbourne,
37:56
pop in, it's free to attend and just have a look. It's just mind blowing how much buzz is there.
38:00
And I think in two to three years' time, we're going to be seeing that in the EV space as well.
38:07
Just from a personal point of view, I would be very cautious about buying a battery that's not,
38:13
hasn't got the numbers behind it. I chose SIG because you know what, it's like power of
38:18
numbers, right? If something is wrong with the battery, with the car, you've got forums everywhere
38:22
to help push that to the OEM. It doesn't always work, but at least you've got that kind of safety
38:28
numbers. So, Tesla, SIG, some of the smaller guys, yeah, it's cheaper, but that's what concerns
38:34
me personally. I've heard good things about SunGrow as well. They seem to be doing commercial
38:41
stuff as well as residential batteries. But yeah, companies that you know are proven,
38:50
BYD possibly, do your research. Yeah, yeah, there's a lot out there.
38:59
All right, let's, speaking of BYD, let's do this story here. So, nope, that's not that. This is
39:05
what I'm talking about. So, there's been a few issues with the C-Line 7 update. Anybody in
39:10
the chat here? I'm a bit out of the loop because I've sold my seal, but anybody with a C-Line 7 that's
39:15
having issues with the recent OTA. So, obviously we've got this car being towed away, getting
39:21
bricked with an update. So, it can happen. I think Tesla had those issues too in the early days
39:26
with OTAs, bricking cars. It's rare, but it's obviously frustrating if your car's the one
39:30
getting towed away with an update, bricking it. Yeah, just let us know in the comments in
39:37
the chat if that happens, if that happened to anyone having issues. And speaking of BYD,
39:45
this is Riz's article. I know Riz, you love your little K car. 20 kilowatt battery,
39:50
seriously, that's half my C-energy battery. What is going on here?
39:53
That's what I'm saying. You're not doing any V2H or V2G with this one. You can't do V2L,
39:58
hopefully, when it happens, but only for, I don't know, quickly boiling the kettle
40:04
for a cup of tea. Now, this car, I'm just so excited for it. We have a name. Oh, we have a
40:14
name. It's called the BYD Racco. What? Racco. Now, Racco, or I'm not even pronouncing it right,
40:26
but maybe it's Racco in Japanese is a sea otter. So BYD sea otter is what this thing is. How cool is
40:37
that name? So they're doubling down on the marine theme or the ocean theme. Yeah, but going with the
40:43
market, where's our marine theme? What's an atto? It's a unit of time. That's right. I mean,
40:52
if it was something like, I don't know, a molecule in seawater or something,
40:56
I can understand. But anyway, BYD Racco, it has been unveiled. And it is a cool looking thing
41:06
expected to start in Japan with sales based on their K-car sort of guidelines,
41:14
expected to go on sale in summer 2026, which Japan time would probably be quarter two,
41:21
quarter three next year. I mean, Japan is the right market for this car, right? They love
41:26
the little K cars. What's the Nissan one? Nissan Sakura. Sakura. That's it. That's it.
41:32
Cherry Blossom. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, 100 kilowatts, are you sure? For DC's charging
41:38
speed for this battery? Hey, reports in China, they just pull any number out and I go with it,
41:45
which is that's what they're saying right now, 100 kilowatts. But as I've clearly put out there,
41:50
the atto one with 30 kilowatt battery pack has a peak charging speed of 65 kilowatts.
41:56
So even I'm a bit skeptical of what this little seawater can do. But we have hope. BYD might
42:05
be working on some really insane low capacity, high charging battery that we don't know about yet.
42:15
God's lightning bolt. 100 kilowatts. Seriously, 100 kilowatts. I'm a bit skeptical about that one too.
42:21
That's quite obvious. 100 kilowatts per 20 kilowatt. The pictures have been unveiled now of that car,
42:28
so you can find them online. But I think that's the car. Yeah, you need another article.
42:37
I think that's the car that we need here. The even smaller because sliding doors, K-Class,
42:42
like you will not have any issues in a shopping center. You won't have any issues in the bike
42:49
lane, Roland. You'll be fine. That's true. That's true. Yes. Okay. So six hours ago,
42:56
these photos were launched. Okay. So yep, very Japanese, very K-Car like another Sino-Japanese
43:01
slant there, Gents. Good to see China. Trying to make friends with Japan. That's good.
43:08
Would you seriously consider this as a second car in inner city Sydney or Melbourne seriously?
43:12
I would. Okay. Genuinely. Comes down to the safety. Yep. That's true. Yep. Better than
43:20
Renault's Harus. Yeah. It's better than Renault's 20 kilowatt hour. You know, hopefully it has V2L.
43:29
Do some stuff. You can park it, what the Chinese love to do in a lot of their car promo ads.
43:36
You can open the doors, park it right next to a lake, stick out a fishing rod and start fishing
43:40
from the lake. Love to be able to do all of those things in the back of the BYD Racco.
43:46
You don't need self-parking. I'll just oversteer this into the spot. Just slide it in. No problem.
43:53
This global survey is saying it looks like a penguin. It does actually. Yeah, a penguin will work too.
43:59
How would it compare to a Kia Picanto or a Fiat 500?
44:04
I think it's the same length. What's the big Picanto? Picanto might be a 3.8.
44:10
3.5 actually. What's the length of this? 3.4. That's cool.
44:29
I remember looking at the Sakura at the EE show many years ago. Yeah, it's like a little TARDIS in
44:34
so much room. Yes, there's another popular car in Japan called the Nissan Honda N-Box.
44:43
And yeah, that's very, very popular in this K-class range. So yeah, fully electric.
44:51
In 2024, Nissan sold 24,000 Nissan Sakuras in Japan. So there seems to be a bit of market there.
45:03
And I know at one stage a couple of years ago, they weren't able to produce as many as they were selling.
45:11
So yeah, there's definitely a market there. Yeah, build your dreams 20 kilowatt hours at a time.
45:18
You could probably stack them modular, BYD. What's C base? Oh, I like that. Irokanji.
45:26
Yeah, BYD Irokanji. It's good. BYD Sea Urchin. BYD Tin Can.
45:34
We'll be driving coffin. Yeah, it's a bit of a carb. Hopefully it's safe. BYD Herring.
45:41
Yeah, that's good. Good name actually. BYD Baramundi. I like that. It's good.
45:45
Australianized it. Oh, it is from the spectre to the urchin. That's yeah, it's a bit rough,
45:51
Oh, look, it's just what you've got to do when when BYD releases products like these.
46:00
I like this Lewis. This wins Ato 0.5. I like that. Yeah, that's right. That's for the Australian market.
46:08
Oh, you won. That's a good name.
46:13
What's 3.5 divided by 3.9, maybe 0.8? Yes, that's funny.
46:21
All right, so that is the BYD Ato Racco. We'll keep an eye on that. Hopefully we'll
46:26
get invited, guys, to some sort of media day. We'll spin that around, maybe Chatswood Car Park.
46:31
It's enough. I think we don't need to go anywhere else for that.
46:34
Okay, so we talk about China time a lot, right? China time for me for is probably for Roland
46:39
means it's happening quickly. We know they launch products all over the place,
46:45
even just for one product line like the X-Pone G6 before it even takes off in Australia, the refresh
46:51
is already done. So we've done that story to death. Zika's going through the same thing.
46:56
All right, so we've got new videos of the Zika 7x with their golden brick batteries.
47:04
630 kilowatts. That's insane. 900 volt architecture. That's just stupid. 630 kilowatts.
47:10
I tested the IM5 today at the 400 kilowatt charger in Sydney, the Ampo Chargers. So
47:18
stay tuned for that video. I won't tell you how fast I got, but I was very impressed.
47:21
I've never seen anything that quick, but 630. Seriously, that's stupid, right? What are they
47:26
talking? 10 minutes or quicker? Under 10 minutes. Holy cow.
47:32
That's not even time for number one, honestly.
47:35
That's nine minutes. We got nine minutes 37, adding 500Ks of range. That's cool.
47:44
So the question is, as always, Gents, do we wait for this card? Do we snap up the 7x
47:48
that we've got already on order? What do we do? China time is upon us again.
47:54
Yeah. I always say the current generation we have here is the best you can buy today.
48:01
And I think we touched on it last live stream as well, that
48:06
this is, at the moment, China only product. We could be mating 18 months to two years
48:14
for something like this. Could be sooner, but history says that usually we've had a little
48:20
bit longer. Yeah. That's insane. I won't show the whole vid, but I might just scroll a little
48:27
bit here to see if I could just make it bigger. Here we go. Yep.
48:34
And I think people have to remember, to that point, it's like 600 something kilowatts.
48:39
We've only recently just had those 400 kilowatt ones installed. Like, even if you could buy
48:44
this car, yes, there's other differences, but obviously this is one big thing about
48:48
the latest version. We're going to charge it, even if they did bring it here.
48:53
Yep. Great point. So at 80%, it was pulling 330 kilowatts.
48:59
That's crazy. That's crazy. I mean, today, my test, I was seeing 200 kilowatts plus,
49:07
pretty much for most of the charge, right? You wouldn't get those speeds even with Tesla
49:12
for most of the charge curve. So as you said, like, we need these charges anyway
49:16
on the highway. We don't have them yet. So it was great to see that, but
49:19
it's a one-off, right? So we need Zika, we need BYD, we need Xperia to bring their charges here.
49:25
That's what they've got to do. Is it too quick though? Is it too quick for our sort of lifestyle
49:31
where we're pulling up somewhere and yeah, I mean, and if we're pulling that sort of power,
49:38
we'll have to pay for it. Would you pay $2 a kilowatt hour? Do you know what I mean?
49:45
It's the... So I went on a road trip recently down south and two adults, two kids,
49:54
my kids are both under 10. And there is no way that everyone gone to just a quick bathroom
50:01
break as a stop, 10 minutes, impossible. I'll be paying idle fees for sure,
50:06
if it was charging that quick. Yep. Yep. So like today, the test,
50:13
the 400 kilowatt charge is a fair walk from the service station. Like I'd say probably
50:18
three minute walk maybe at a slow pace. So it's already a six minute trip there and back.
50:24
By the time you order some food, by the time you go number one, it's... Yeah, you're done.
50:29
You got to walk back. So you got to move your car, right? And any quicker 10 minutes,
50:33
you probably have to stay with the car, I'd say. You probably can't go too far.
50:37
Otherwise, as Roland said, idle fees will start to accumulate. So yeah, the question is longer range
50:44
or quicker charging speed? There you go. Take your pick. And especially for young kids,
50:51
as Roland has. It's a slow stop. It's not a quick stop. Well said. Anyway, still I think it's
50:57
good to have this option for uptake. People want to charge quick, they're in a hurry,
51:01
right? You see the drivers on the road, they want to go. So for those who want to go,
51:05
then we need this kind of stuff. So happy to see it. Okay, that's Zika. And what else am I talking
51:16
about? Here we go. We've moved on to Tesla now. So Tesla charging hardware in the UK available
51:24
and Germany as well available for... Now, I'm confused by this. So if you buy the hardware
51:31
from Tesla, will they manage the charging for you? Is that what this is saying?
51:36
I think what it's saying is that let's say you've got Tom's Pies along the highway.
51:44
And Tom's Pies wants to install charging hardware. Instead of picking Ken Power,
51:49
something else, pick Tesla V4 Superchargers and you pay for the hardware. I guess Tesla will
51:58
remotely manage the uptime and all of those other things like Tesla usually does because
52:04
I've never really seen anyone else at a Supercharger, aside from Tesla unless it needs
52:09
repairs. So maybe it's that sort of approach. You buy the hardware, you get it installed.
52:17
The hardware might be cheaper than what else is out there purely because of the scale of Tesla
52:25
and they want hosts to install their charges. And then Tesla will manage the rest of it,
52:33
which is give you access to the app and all of those other things. So yeah, it's a good thing.
52:39
We'll see if anyone actually picks this up in Australia.
52:43
So you'll say Tesla will still manage it. So you still have to download the Tesla app
52:47
and use it by the Tesla app? My understanding is that's the way it would be.
52:51
But if you're a big enough company where you have your own app,
52:55
I think that I'm not sure if in the UK the EG Group has their own app or not.
53:00
I think they do because they brand them differently than you could use a different app as well.
53:09
Interesting. Could a brand like ChargeFox buy these and install them or
53:15
get someone to install them on the network and use the ChargeFox white label app?
53:22
Lewis is saying I should get the Tesla Supercharger skin for my SIG battery.
53:25
That's quite fun actually. Carioca unit. Yeah, I'll be singing definitely.
53:31
If I had that, it's not a bad idea. Yeah, and Charles is saying it even shows up
53:36
as a Supercharger in the Tesla cars. That'd be handy. It does auto-nav,
53:40
pre-conditioning. That would be quite good actually.
53:44
Okay. Yeah, and according to this post available for Australia as well.
53:47
So maybe you might see that in Australia at a charger location very soon.
53:53
So what if all of those companies just decided to buy Tesla's one because of the fantastic uptime,
53:59
then they're all integrating into the network just like that?
54:03
Although having said that, if you're an 800 VL car, you might struggle to get
54:07
that kind of speed, right? You'd be a bit upset.
54:11
It'd be like 80 kilowatts. Oh man, seriously. It's not golden brick. It's like, I don't know,
54:18
bronze brick. No, it's not the same.
54:23
I wonder if it could use it for private use but pretend it's a business.
54:26
Wow, if you want to pay for it. I mean, I don't see why not.
54:31
Yeah, Tazzy Eevee. Sorry, Roland. Kempower, Uptronics.
54:36
Yeah, it's the speed that concerns me. That's all if you're a non-Tesla.
54:40
All right. Let's move on. So all right. So I think this,
54:46
really, you might want to take us through this. This was during the earnings call,
54:48
wasn't it, with Tesla saying that Tesla has not given up on hardware 3 owners?
54:53
That's right. So hardware 3 Lite is coming according to Tesla. They have not given up
54:59
on that situation. I just don't know what this news means for Australia because we have not
55:05
had any hardware 3 information so far. But I guess they're working on something like that.
55:14
But then a lot of the, a lot of the call they were talking about sort of hardware 5 or AI5
55:19
stuff that's coming out next year. So I don't know. The gap just keeps getting bigger and
55:25
bigger. So currently, I mean, today I was in traffic for an hour and a half trying to get
55:30
to the city. And I thought it would be a much better use of time if I didn't have FSD.
55:40
So yeah, hardware 3 Lite or hardware 3 vehicles may get something, but they're talking about version
55:49
14. I think we're still on version 12 here. Are you saying Riz, you'd have better use of your time
56:04
if you had FSD in traffic? Yeah, if I had FSD, it's just free in a lot of cases in traffic. If it
56:12
does all your acceleration and braking, let people then do all the stuff that we know it's
56:17
capable of doing or it can do. We've tested it on strain rows. It's not perfect, but it will get better.
56:23
But yeah, I'd pay for a subscription straight away if it could do it. But the problem, of course,
56:28
is older cars don't have it. And then it's like, should I wait for AI5 cars to upgrade
56:37
or to do something different? That's the thing. It just keeps getting better.
56:42
The thing is, would I be less stressed in traffic? I mean, I didn't find myself less
56:46
stressed with my test. And also, I can't use my phone. I can't read a book. I can't take a nap.
56:52
So I don't know. I'd still be having to supervise this thing, right? That's the paradox.
56:59
Yeah, until it's fully autonomous, which would be great, of course. I don't know.
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That day may or may not come. But what may come is Nash, a good friend, Tesla in the gong.
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He says that he, I'll read this verbatim. I solemnly swear to shave my head and post
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10 videos if Tesla AUNZ releases any FST for a hardware three cars before quarter to 2026,
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even if it is a day before nine months, I will still shave my head. I did offer to shave it
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for him and he says, that's fine. So I'm happy to hold the razor. I trust no one else but you.
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I'm going to hold that to you, to Nash. I'm going to see if that comes on my razor already.
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I'll drive down an FST and shave your head. That's cool.
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All right. And then I think I just saw Charles as well in the chat. So here we go. Tassie.
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Tassie is getting a nice surprise very soon. Four store Tesla supercharger in, I think this
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is Hobart, right, Charles? He did provide me an update. I just can't see what he said.
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But there, I think it's in Hobart. Let me see. Oh, north edge of Hobart. Here we go.
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So there are the freshest picks we've got so far. I think he said these might be expandable to eight
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as well. Are they supposed to have bollards? Oh, you mean the V4s? Sorry, I meant like,
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if someone backs into that, I suspect you have bollards in front of it. Maybe it's yet to come.
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Well, the ones in chats would don't and neither did the Balgala ones. The ones closest to me.
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Yeah. I think they took them out because then the non-Tesla cars can back closer
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to them and use the cables. Right. Yeah, I think that the bollards are gone.
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I think. They trust people too much.
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Clearly. Bruston on FST.
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Yeah, let us know in the comments if you think your bollards are still there on your,
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maybe the older ones, maybe the V3s. Yeah. It's good to see more on Tassie.
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More Spirit of Tassie bookings. Yeah, good. Here we go. Tethron saying,
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neither did one in Bowen Hills. Yes, you did, Charles. Post some replies. I just,
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let me have a look if I can find it.
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Actually, speaking of Spirit of Tasmania, I know it's a bit off topic,
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but when is our new boat coming? Sorry, it's a sensitive topic,
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but we're supposed to have a boat, a new one a while ago. Apparently it's gone down to Hobart
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and they've realized they haven't got enough, you know, they haven't made enough of a terminal
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for it. So it's come back to Victoria. It's coming back and it's going to stay in Geelong
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for another 12 months. Yeah. Until they get it all sorted down there.
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October 20, 26. Here we go. Thank you, Charles. October 26.
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And I've got Charles' replies as well. Here we go. The state hasn't changed pretty wide for
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eight stalls. That's good. So I did the maths in four stalls for a 250K population city,
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still pretty low compared to other cities. Okay. Yep. Yep. We just, we need more.
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Saying that once it's done and built, you are able to drive from the southernmost
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location in the country, Cockle Creek to the most northernly sealed road in Queensland,
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Port Douglas, all on SuperChat. See, that's good. Nice. From bottom to top. Very good.
00:37
Okay, let's push on just to finish this show up guys. So we've got more Korean EVs coming to
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the country. We've got KGM, formerly known as Sangyong, Wuseo Yut and Taurus EVX SUV before
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end of the year, apparently. Wuseo is currently a dual cab Yut that's currently available with a
01:01
2.2 liter diesel in Australia. It's dying from $42,500. Love to see an EV with that price
01:06
for his enrolling. Yeah, I'd be surprised if it's under 60. Okay, keeping on that one.
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There's only one major all-electric Yut, ET60 of course, $92,900, still quite pricey.
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Yeah, I forgot all about this E-terron. We heard about this at the start of the year and
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still nothing. We saw it October last year at Mobility Live in Melbourne and yeah,
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nothing since. Nothing since, that's right. Okay, we'll keep it on that one and
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this is Renault, Renault's Scenic E-Tec. Scenic E-Tec, not the Bugone E-Tec. Confirmed from Australia.
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Another small SUV maybe, mid-sized, small? Small. Small. Six 25 kilometer WRTP, what? No way.
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That's a big claim. How much range do we need?
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What, 60 kilowatt, oh, 60 kilowatt hour for 430. Okay, maybe it's a bigger battery for that 620.
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Standard range is 78 or 80 kilowatt. Oh man, pretty efficient if it is. Here we go,
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longer range, 87. Six 25, wow. Front wheel drive, DC charging 150.
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Okay, 4.4, that is a small SUV. Yeah.
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All right, keep on on that too. Have you guys driven the Bugone E-Tec? I think it's still
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around, isn't it? No, I haven't, yeah. Still, but I haven't driven that, no.
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Yeah, it's not bad. 179 buyers, first nine months 2025, so not a huge seller, of course.
02:59
Okay, all right, we'll keep an eye and here's an interesting story. Just wanted to share this,
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our good friend Andy from Waila Vet Clinic. This
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is a meteorite that hit his Model Y driving in South Australia. Can you believe that?
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We are very thankful you're alive, actually. I'm shocked how good the glass is.
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It saves you guys. That's amazing.
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Incredible. Look at that. Look at that damage. Creature in the windscreen.
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Wow, let's show you this one. That's phenomenal. Wow.
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And I believe Andrew was on FSD as well at the time.
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Here we go. FSD. Amazing.
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Sorry. Not at all good.
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Driving northbound on Port Augusta Highway at 110. Pitch black. No wind, no rain, no lighting.
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And then high-speed glass fragments filling the air with white smoke. Wow.
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So this obviously is a bit of a contrast to what 60 Minutes put out there about what
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happens with Tesla FSD where that said this is incredible.
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Oh no. It's phenomenal. Space X debris. I don't know. Could be debris.
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No idea. Yeah. Well, we're glad you're okay.
04:31
That's something, quite a story actually. Phenomenal.
04:36
A couple more stories to wrap up. This is from Roland.
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So battery recycling. ECOBAT, partnering with BMW. It's good to see.
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First thing in Australia. It's good.
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It's great. First initiative from a big manufacturer as well.
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In Victoria, I think it was the site.
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Yeah. 90% of material is being recovered. That's great.
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So you can tell your friends now who are doubtful about the lifecycle of EVs.
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You can recycle these things. That's great.
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Yeah. That's pretty much it, everyone. That's our night.
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But tonight. Oh, here we go. Channel 10 did interview Andrew. That's good.
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Good, good. Might have to find that story.
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Yeah. That's it. Oh, it's a big stone ship, Billy. Whatever you want to call it.
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Lewis. BMW should recycle, donate their indicators.
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Now I can confirm BMWs do have indicators. I use them today actually.
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And Joey's like, what are you doing? I'm using my indicator.
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You don't need to. You know that, right?
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Just trying to do the right thing here.
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Yeah. Anyway, that's good. Good to see BMW doing the right thing there.
05:48
Gents, thanks so much for your time as always.
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Good to see you. And looking forward to catching up with both of you this weekend
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at the Sydney International EV Motor Show. Likewise, Tom, Roland, always good to be on.
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I'm sure we'll see each other at the show. There's a lot to see.
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And you know, for all our viewers and listeners, if you're around, say hi.
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If not, keep sharing stuff on social media. And we will cover it next time.
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Indeed. Thank you, Roland. Looking forward to seeing you and catching up.
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Exciting times. Exciting weekend ahead.
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So much. And looking forward to seeing all you guys and girls in the chat as well.
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In Sydney, if not Sydney, then Melbourne, maybe in a couple of weeks at the other show too.
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