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CHINA: Leapmotor D19, EV Battery Recycling and China’s Three-Year Plan | 20 Oct 2025

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Car

Leap Motor D19

The Leap Motor D19 is a type of electric car made by a company called Leap Motor. Electric cars run on batteries instead of gasoline, and they are becoming very popular, especially in China.

Company

Leap Motor

Leap Motor is a car company that makes electric vehicles. They recently introduced a new SUV called the D19, which is their top model.

Term

E-Rev

E-Rev means a type of electric vehicle that can also use a gas engine to help it drive longer distances. It makes it easier to travel without worrying about running out of battery.

Term

B-E-V

B-E-V means a car that runs only on electricity from batteries and doesn't use any gas at all. It's a fully electric vehicle.

Part

CATL battery

CATL batteries are made by a big company that makes batteries for electric cars. They help the car run longer on electricity.

Term

800-volt system

An 800-volt system means the car can charge its battery faster than most other electric cars, which usually use 400 volts. This helps you spend less time waiting to recharge.

Term

CLTC

CLTC is a way to test how far electric cars can go on a single charge in China. However, the numbers can be higher than what you might actually get in real life.

Term

kilowatt hour

A kilowatt hour is a way to measure electricity. In electric cars, it tells you how much energy the battery can hold and how far you can drive before needing to recharge.

Car

Lucid Gravity

The Lucid Gravity is a fancy electric SUV made by Lucid Motors. It's designed to be very comfortable and can drive a long way on a single charge, which makes it stand out among other electric cars.

Term

1,000-volt architecture

It's a way of designing the electrical system in electric cars that allows them to charge faster and work better. Higher voltage means they can fill up their batteries more quickly.

Term

kilometers per hour

It's another way to measure speed, showing how many kilometers a car can travel in one hour. This is commonly used outside of the U.S.

Term

miles per hour

It's a way to measure how fast a car is going, showing how many miles it can travel in one hour. It's often used in the U.S. and the UK.

Part

CDC dampers

These are parts of the suspension that can change how stiff or soft the ride feels while driving, helping to keep the car stable.

Part

dual chamber air suspension

It's a special kind of suspension that uses air to make the ride more comfortable and stable.

Term

predictive chassis control

It's a smart system that helps the car handle better by predicting bumps and turns in the road before they happen.

Term

dual tire blowout stability system

This system helps the car stay stable and safe if one of the tires suddenly goes flat.

Car

LeapMotor D19

The D19 is a new SUV from LeapMotor that has a lot of technology and is made for people who want electric cars.

Term

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8797

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8797 is a powerful chip that helps run technology in cars, like navigation and entertainment systems. It's important for making cars smarter and more connected.

Term

A 1,000-volt platform is a type of electric vehicle system that uses a high voltage to charge the battery quickly and efficiently. This means the car can get more power without needing thicker wires, making it lighter and easier to manage heat.

Term

LFP

LFP is a kind of battery used in electric cars that is very safe and lasts a long time. It helps the car run well without overheating or failing quickly.

Term

NMC

NMC is another type of battery used in electric cars that combines nickel, manganese, and cobalt. This mix helps the battery store a lot of energy and perform well while being safe and not too expensive.

Brand

BYD

BYD is a car company from China that makes electric cars and batteries. They are becoming very popular for their electric vehicles.

Car

BYD Tang-L

The BYD Tang-L is an electric SUV that offers a lot of space and modern technology. It's part of BYD's range of electric vehicles that cater to different types of drivers.

Car

BYD Han-L

The BYD Han-L is an electric car that is designed to be luxurious and environmentally friendly. It's one of the models BYD is promoting as part of their electric vehicle lineup.

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Leap Motor D19 EV battery recycling

and China's three-year plan.

Plus stay tuned, later in the show,

I'll tell you about next level solid-state batteries.

Welcome to EV News China,

the podcast dedicated to the world's largest EV market.

Every day, I bring you the latest headlines,

insights, and analysis

from the heart of China's booming EV industry

and decode how fast-moving developments in the East

are shaping the global EV landscape.

We'll start with the Leap Motor D19,

getting its global debut, specs and tech now revealed.

On October 16th, four days ago in Shanghai,

Leap Motor unveiled the D19.

This is their flagship SUV.

This is absolute top of the shop,

best they can do, first model on their new D platform.

It's offered in E-Rev, range-extended electric vehicle,

or extended range electric vehicle, E-R-E-V,

and B-E-V variant,

and it's positioned

as their most technologically advanced premium SUV.

Design follows Leap Motor's so-called

tech natural aesthetics,

pairing intelligent systems with nature-inspired forms

and user-centered proportions

with paint choices chosen from nature.

Not that about that,

but the paint choices look pretty nice to me.

The E-Rev uses an 80.3 kilowatt hour CATL battery.

This may be the largest battery in an E-Rev

that I've come across in my research for EV News China.

80.3 kilowatt hours is four times the size of the battery

in my first pure B-E-V.

It marks Leap Motor's first

cell-to-chassis implementation as well

for extended range electric vehicles, E-R-E-Vs, E-Revs.

It's an 800-volt system, fast charging from CATL,

500 kilometers at least of battery-powered range,

a CLTC, so not real world.

And the B-E-V uses 115 kilowatt hour pack.

Honestly, for most journeys,

the smaller battery would do me fine in a B-E-V format,

but I don't do tons of miles anymore that I work from home.

And so big battery, 115 kilowatt hour,

you're right up there.

115 is up there with things like the Lucid Gravity,

that's 123, but in a recent range test

by Tomologany State of Charge,

he only pulled 115 from it,

going from 100 down to 0%.

So you're up there with that echelon of vehicle.

This won't cost that much, of course,

that's a $100,000 vehicle.

And so they say that on the B-E-V,

they are using 1,000-volt architecture.

Incredible, 700 kilometers CLTC range,

350 kilometers added in a 15-minute charge stop,

which is what we should talk about.

We should talk about miles per hour or kilometers per hour,

because then that always factors

in the efficiency of vehicles as well.

Lots of cars can charge very quickly

and not be very good at being efficient.

Lots of cars suck at charging.

Here's looking at you, Tesla.

Tesla are now so far behind everybody else in China

in terms of charging the vehicles,

but they make different choices.

And so their vehicles are optimized for efficiency

a lot of the time and probably cost as well.

But does it matter?

And actually it's cheaper to go that way

because you're not burning, you're not burning anything,

but you're not using as much electricity

to travel the same distance.

Therefore, it's costing you less money.

Efficiency is everything,

which is what Tesla and Lucid would tell you.

Now back to the LeapMotor.

Chassis and ride control include

dual chamber air suspension, CDC dampers,

predictive chassis control,

and their dual tire blowout stability system.

LeapMotor says the D19 is a tech-focused premium SUV

for both E-Rev and BEV buyers.

This thing looks fantastic as well.

Styling is very much part of the LeapMotor family.

Of course, Ster Stilantes, a big investor in LeapMotor,

and then LeapMotor International,

which is the joint venture company,

51% owned by Stilantes, so it's not a Chinese company,

are the ones selling these vehicles outside of China,

and they have the exclusive rights

to sell LeapMotors outside overseas.

Now, where does LeapMotor sit at home in China?

Well, somewhere between 100 and 150,000 yuan.

This vehicle enters them

into the 250 to 300,000 yuan price bracket.

So that's $34,000 equivalent to $41,000 equivalent.

Again, loads of technology, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8797 chips,

and LeapMotor haven't really had to cater

to this segment of vehicle requirements yet.

So that's why they've gone 1,000-volt platform,

really big battery, and actually,

because they're able to do this really fast charging,

this CATL battery is a hybrid,

the way they described it is a hybrid design

combining materials from both LFP,

which is lithium-ion phosphate,

and NMC, nickel, manganese, and cobalt materials

into a single cell, an all-wheel drive system

that's 540 kilowatts of power

in this big six-seat, three-row SUV.

And again, inside the E-Rev version,

it's CATL's Frivoi super hybrid battery.

I'm not exactly sure in terms of exactly what they mean

by combining bits of both batteries,

but I'll go away and read more about it and educate myself.

And if you are driving this car at elevation in China,

trips to the mountains,

if, I don't know, if you're going into the Himalayas

or something, this even comes with an oxygen generator.

The vehicle can generate eight liters

of pure oxygen per minute itself.

And they said that this can either be injected

directly into the cabin or personally.

So I don't know, if you have a breathing system,

if you're doing some super high elevation,

you have like a personal breathing apparatus,

this will connect to it in some way.

All right, my mind is slightly blown about that.

I don't think it has any practical use case

in this country overseas, but maybe in China.

And that's the final question I'll ask

about this vehicle is overseas.

Will we see the D19 in the West?

Well, that wasn't discussed and not confirmed nor denied.

At this price range,

you are up against 80 to 100,000 plus euro vehicles.

And so although this would be a 40 grand car in China,

you could easily double that.

And I think it would still be exceptional value

outside of China overseas.

All right, moving on.

China has adopted national standards for recycling

and reuse of electric vehicle power batteries.

The General Administration of Market Supervision

approved five standards, increasing the total now to 22.

The standards cover general requirements,

management procedures, dismantling,

and already used industry documents

include things like the vehicle power battery recycling

and dismantling specification.

Pilot programs reports recovery

of the key cathode active materials,

so nickel, cobalt, and manganese over 99% in some cases.

Companies reporting nickel, cobalt, manganese recovery

of 99.6 and lithium recovery of 96.5%,

ensuring that none of the good bits

of the battery get wasted.

The General Administration

and the Ministry of Information

and Industry and Information Technology in China

are forming a new technical working committee

to standardize battery recycling in China

to include stakeholders from the raw material supply chain

all the way through to recycling

and dismantling operations as well.

China has also launched a three-year action plan

to expand EV charging and boost consumer confidence,

aiming to accelerate EV adoption nationwide.

Jointly issued by the National Development

and Reform Commission and other agencies,

the plan sets targets through to the end of 2027,

28 million charging facilities

and public charging capacity

exceeding 300 million kilowatts,

enough for more than 80 million EVs on the road.

And it outlines measures to broaden coverage,

raise operational efficiency, and improve service quality.

Planned actions include upgrading

the urban fast charging networks,

speeding the upgrades of expressway service area charges,

addressing rural shortages,

and strengthening residential charging provision.

So even down to the individual level

of ensuring that private charging facilities

are where they need to be.

And again, because China can China,

they can do these kinds of plans to say,

this is the direction we're heading.

And that's just a three-year plan,

which is pretty short term in the grand scheme of things

in terms of China's plans over the last 20 years

of their move into EV intentionally creating this market.

Xiaomi is next.

The electric vehicle unit of Xiaomi

has delivered now 400,000 vehicles

since they launched 18 months ago.

Not even that.

No, maybe it was.

It was in March, 2024, Xiaomi first launched.

The CEO, Lei Jun, announcing last Thursday

the company shipped more than 100,000 vehicles in Q3.

And so now hitting that 400,000 number.

Xiaomi's scaling the production of the SU7.

Waiting times have reached up to 52 weeks

and ramping the recently launched YU7, the SUV as well.

They've acquired a ton more land,

about 485,000 square meters adjacent to their Beijing,

or not adjacent, but near their Beijing headquarters

for their third phase of developing the factories there

as well.

Xiaomi have been going five minutes

in the grand scheme of the car industry

and are shipping some really decent,

big numbers of vehicles as well.

Let's talk Li Auto.

They're doing pretty well.

There's some Chinese names that are struggling,

some that need to be more profitable,

some that are doing good volume but not making enough money.

Li Auto has now set up

their international headquarters in Hong Kong.

And Li Auto is one of the companies

that's actually quietly getting on with it

and doing really well.

The Hong Kong office will serve as a regional hub

for R&D, IP administration, and supply chain.

Based in Beijing, Li Auto is one of the few

profitable mainland Chinese EV makers

and its move follows a trend of automakers

using Hong Kong to go overseas.

Rivals like BYD and Zika already smell a smell.

They also sell their smart EVs there.

Now we'll take a break and when we come back,

we'll talk about an EV museum

and BYD's 1,000 kilowatt chargers overseas.

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that China's had a 20-year-plus plan

to dominate in electric vehicles.

Couldn't beat the Germans and Detroit in combustion.

We're never gonna catch up and overtake.

And so they saw the opportunity with EVs

and it's been part of their central plan

for the last 20, say, plus years.

Really, they love EVs so much in China,

they've now opened a museum

dedicated to the history of Chinese EVs.

It was opened last October,

so congratulations for its one-year anniversary

on Thursday or Friday.

And it's called the Dai, D-I.

So D-Space or Dai Space,

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any clarification would be good.

Dai Space sounds dark, doesn't it?

But the Dai Space and EV Museum,

their first museum dedicated to Chinese EV culture,

design, and technology.

BYD frames the museum as part of its commitment

to Zhengzhou and to raising the city's profile

for BYD and NEV production.

Exhibits are organized into four sections,

brand culture, craftsmanship and intelligent manufacturing,

innovative technology, and tech exploration,

and includes more than 300 items

of different aspects of the EV industry.

Learn about BYDs, die-cast models of BYDs

with historical and current lineups on display,

and a complete display of many of the EVs

on sale in China right now.

The top floor, the fourth floor,

hosts an interactive zone for students or visitors

with hands-on activities to learn about sustainability

and to demonstrate eco-friendly energy sources.

Now, talking BYD, they will deploy their flash chargers

to South Africa.

This is according to their head of the business over here,

Stella Li.

So the first sites are due from April or May next year.

So let's talk about the system first revealed in March

alongside two new vehicles, the Han-L and the Tang-L,

thousand-volt platform and megawatt charging.

And it was all unveiled together.

In June, a BYD deputy said the company aims

to build a European megawatt charging network.

BYD plans an initial network

of several hundred stations in 2026

in both South Africa and Europe as well,

targeting up to 300 by the end of Q2 next year.

That's according to Stella Li

at the IAA show in September.

BYD says the flash system adds 400 kilometers

in five minutes on CLTC.

A 100-kilowatt battery would go, they say,

from 7% to 50% in five minutes.

Now, I know we always talk about 10 to 80,

so seven to 50 is an odd metric,

but they've done that to fit into the five-minute time scale

of that second half of that sentence.

And so a five-minute charge and you're back at halfway,

which is, I mean, it's incredible.

There's not much you can do

at a motorway service station in five minutes.

Some of them are so big,

you can't get to the restrooms in five minutes.

And then you've got to be back in your car immediately.

I've said this before as well.

I can't believe I'm saying it again.

Is there such thing as too fast in terms of EV charging?

I mean, no, we'll always take the speed, right?

What a ridiculous thing to say.

But a five-minute charge

is beyond what any normal use case would be.

Now, if you're a proper road tripper

and you just want to dive in, charge for five minutes.

I've done that before.

I've been heading home and I've made a miscalculation

and I'm like 20 miles too short on my range.

And then you're hunting for a fast charger.

If I knew there was an option just to pull in

and do two, three minutes of charging and go

just to get me home, then fantastic.

In South Africa, initial stations will be installed

by BYD's dealer network on their land.

Over here in Europe, no extra details

that I can tell you about.

Now, let's go to Canada with Chinese vehicles.

And Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said last Thursday

he will meet senior Chinese leaders in the coming months

as part of a broader re-engagement between the two companies.

Part of that is whether Ottawa will lift the tariffs

on Chinese EVs.

America has 100% tariffs.

Canada followed.

There is some discussion online and debate

about whether Canada will reduce

or eliminate tariffs on Chinese EVs

as Canada and the US move

in different directions economically.

And so relations have been tense

between China and Canada since 2018.

Two Canadians were detained after Canada

arrested a Huawei executive.

In August, China announced anti-dumping duties

on Canadian canola.

A year after Canada added 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs.

The issue resurfaced after China's ambassador to Canada

said Beijing would drop the canola duties

if Ottawa drops the EV tariffs,

prompting leaders all around,

because canola's a really big deal in some parts of Canada,

to talk about a deal with the Ontario Premier Doug Ford,

whose province is central to Canada's auto sector,

rejecting the idea of dropping the tariffs.

Now, last week, the CEO of Shijing Auto, Liu Jiaming,

posted on Weibo that the debut model

from a new partnership between GAC and Huawei,

their new brand, is called Shijing,

and it completed its final design review

and is entering the preparations of production,

a major milestone.

The styling was developed over eight months

by 100 designers from the Milan division of Huawei

and the in-house team.

Liu said that the design was well-received internally

by younger staff.

Shijing was announced last November

after GAC and Huawei signed a cooperation agreement

to develop electric vehicles together.

And finally, Cherry revealed a prototype

solid-state battery at 600 watt-hours per kilogram,

roughly double the current's best out there

of liquid lithium-ion packs,

which is 250 to 300 watt-hours per kilogram.

Energy density measures energy stored per kilogram of weight.

And at 600 watt-hours per kilogram,

the average EV would go 800 miles.

Now, you can say, I would make 1,000 mile EV,

but just by putting a very big battery in.

So be careful with those mileage claims

of this battery goes this far

because, well, how big is the battery?

But if it unlocks 800 miles on an average family car,

then 1,300 kilometers, 800 miles, a couple of things.

It's the end of combustion, obviously.

And then it's kind of the end of E-Revs and plug-in hybrids

because if your car will go with a solid-state battery,

which is very safe, which charges incredibly quickly,

and this won't happen next year, but it's medium term,

which handles low temperatures incredibly well,

down to minus 30, minus 40,

and you're getting great performance.

Why would you then have an engine

as an E-Rev or a plug-in hybrid?

Because it has to be serviced.

Now, if it's a brand new vehicle under warranty,

fine, whatever, but those vehicles will get old

and oil changes get expensive and boring really quickly

when you could just have the full BEV version.

Adding some weight to the theory

that this craze around E-Revs and plug-in hybrids

is a bit of a flash in the pan.

Now, the pack uses,

and I'll say what they have said at Cherry,

an in-situ, okay, I get that, in-place,

in-situ polymerized solid electrolyte,

and I get the solid electrolyte bit,

to replace the flammable liquid electrolyte

and employs a lithium-rich manganese cathode.

Cherry says it improves energy storage and safety.

Solid-state designs remove the liquid component,

and so they're far safer.

They always pass the puncture tests as well.

You can shoot the things that don't have thermal events.

Cherry plans pilot production next year

for mass EV production in 2027.

Even if that was off by a period of time,

that's still massively impressive.

We're still talking about the next generation of cars

that will be launched towards the end of the decade,

being, well, it just opens up as well new use cases,

doesn't it?

So whether that's aviation or not,

or whether it's just things like pickup trucks

or working vehicles,

where you might not need 800 miles of range,

but you might want 400 miles of range,

but be chewing through the electrons very quickly.

So, man, this is exciting.

That's your podcast for today.

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