CHINA: Smart #2, Li Auto Updates L6 and Freelander 8 Arrives With Dealerships | 21 Jul 2026

CHINA: Smart #2, Li Auto Updates L6 and Freelander 8 Arrives With Dealerships | 21 Jul 2026 EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs · Jul 21, 2026

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Car

Land Rover Freelander

The Freelander is a smaller SUV made by Land Rover. It’s designed to be easier to drive and park than the brand’s bigger SUVs. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because there are updates and new availability coming through dealerships.

Car

smart hashtag 2

The smart hashtag 2 is an upcoming electric smart car. In this segment, they explain it’s a small two-seat EV with rear-wheel drive, and they share early targets for battery size, range, and fast-charging speed.

Term

global validation

Global validation means the automaker is doing a lot of testing in different places and conditions. The goal is to make sure the car is ready to be sold and meets rules before it goes into full production.

Place

Paris Motor Show

The Paris Motor Show is a big car event where companies show off new cars. If a car is debuting there, it usually means it’s close to being ready for customers.

Term

electric compact architecture

Electric compact architecture (ECA) is the EV “foundation” smart is using for this small electric car. It’s designed to fit the battery and motors efficiently so the car can stay compact.

Term

rear wheel drive

Rear-wheel drive means the power goes to the back wheels. That can change how the car feels when you accelerate and how it handles in turns.

Term

Tridian safety cell

A Tridian safety cell refers to smart’s structural safety concept for the passenger compartment. It’s designed to protect occupants by using a rigid cell structure and crash-energy management around the cabin.

Term

kilowatt-hour pack

A kilowatt-hour pack is the size of the EV’s battery. A bigger number usually means the car can go farther, but it also depends on how efficiently the car uses energy.

Term

WLTP range

WLTP range is a standardized test number for how far an EV can go. It helps compare cars, but your real range may be different depending on weather and driving style.

Term

fast charging

Fast charging means using a high-power charger to add battery quickly. The “10 to 80” example tells you how much charge you can typically get in a short session.

Car

Le Auto L6

The Li Auto L6 is an electric SUV from Li Auto. In this segment, they say deliveries have started for a redesigned version, and they mention it’s offered in one main trim level for the new model generation.

Term

extended range EV

This means the SUV is mostly driven like an electric car, but it has a backup system that helps keep the battery charged for longer trips. So you don’t have to charge as often as a pure EV.

Term

M100 assisted driving chip

That M100 chip is the car’s “brains” for driver-assist features. It helps the car process sensor data and decide what to do for things like assisted driving.

Term

50 kilowatt hours

“51 kilowatt hours” is the battery capacity, a measure of how much electrical energy the pack can store. Higher kWh generally means more potential electric driving range, though real-world range also depends on efficiency and driving conditions.

Term

pure electric range 300 kilometers

That’s the claimed distance the car can go using only the battery. It’s based on a specific test method (“China cycle”), so your real range may be different depending on conditions.

Term

China cycle

The China cycle is the official testing method used in China to estimate how far an EV can go. Different countries use different tests, so the number you see may not match what you’d get elsewhere.

Car

Freelander 8

Freelander 8 is a new electric SUV that’s being shown to customers first at dealerships in China. It’s described as using an extended-range electric setup, so it’s not just a pure battery-only EV.

Company

Cherry Jaguar Land Rover partnership

The Cherry Jaguar Land Rover partnership refers to a collaboration between automakers/brands that’s cited as the source of the Freelander brand’s revival in China. Partnerships like this typically influence platform, engineering, and how brands are marketed locally.

Term

EREV system

An EREV system means the car mainly drives like an electric vehicle, but it also has a backup generator that helps keep the battery charged. That can make long trips easier than with a pure EV.

Term

extended range electric vehicle

It’s an electric car that can run like a normal EV, but it also has a small engine that helps recharge the battery. That means you can go farther without needing to stop and charge as often.

Term

1.5-litre petrol engine

That’s a small engine with a turbocharger. In this kind of electric car, it’s used to generate electricity to recharge the battery.

Term

range extender

A range extender is a small engine that makes electricity to top up the battery. It helps the car keep driving when you haven’t charged recently.

Term

800 volts electrical architecture

This refers to the car’s high-voltage system being set up for faster charging. Higher voltage can let the charger deliver more power efficiently, so you spend less time plugged in.

Term

peak charging of 350 kilowatts

That number is the fastest charging speed the car can handle. In practice, charging often starts fast and then slows down as the battery gets fuller.

Term

three differential lock functions

A differential lock helps prevent wheel spin when traction is poor. If one wheel slips, locking the differential helps transfer power to the wheels that have grip.

Term

dual chamber air suspension

Air suspension uses air springs instead of metal springs. A dual-chamber design can help the car feel smoother and stay more controlled over bumps and uneven roads.

Term

terrain management system

This is the car’s off-road control system. It adjusts how the car handles traction and suspension so it can do better on rough or slippery ground.

Term

46.3-inch panoramic display

That’s a huge screen across the front of the cabin. It’s meant to make the car’s controls and information easier to see and use.

Term

8K resolution

8K means the screen has a very high level of detail. It can make images and text look sharper, especially for menus and maps.

Term

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8397 processor

That Snapdragon chip is the car’s “computer brain” for the screens and controls. It helps run navigation, media, and other cabin features smoothly.

Term

tows up to 2,000 kilograms

This is how heavy of a trailer/load the car is rated to pull. The real limit depends on the car’s towing setup and safety systems.

Term

gross vehicle weight

Gross vehicle weight is the car’s total weight when it’s loaded up. Heavier weight changes how the suspension and brakes have to work.

Car

Land Rover Range Rover

The Range Rover is a big luxury SUV made by Land Rover. It’s designed to be comfortable for everyday driving and capable on rough roads too. People talk about it because it represents the brand’s top, premium style and features.

Car

Xiaomi SU7

The Xiaomi Su7 is an electric car from Xiaomi. The host says it’s similar in idea to a Tesla Model 3 so you can picture what kind of EV it is.

Car

Model 3

The Model 3 is a well-known Tesla electric sedan. The host uses it as a comparison so you can quickly understand what kind of car the Su7 is.

Term

crash test video

A crash test video is a recording meant to show what happens to a car during a crash. Here, the host says the footage was altered to make the car look less safe than it really is.

Car

Su-7

The Su-7 is a Chinese electric car. In this story, someone made a crash-test video look like the car’s doors wouldn’t open after an accident and that its emergency features didn’t work.

Term

emergency call system

An emergency call system is the car’s feature that can contact help after an accident. The host says the video was edited to suggest that this feature didn’t work in a crash.

Term

central display

The central display is the main screen in the middle of the dashboard. Here it’s mentioned because the video tried to make it look like the screen (and related functions) failed after a crash.

Term

12 volt auxiliary battery

The 12-volt auxiliary battery is a small battery that runs the car’s basic electronics. The host says the video makers tampered with it, which could make the car look like it had safety problems when the footage was recorded.

Concept

online misinformation

Online misinformation refers to false or misleading information spread through the internet. In this episode, it’s used to describe how manipulated crash-test content and other claims can distort public perception of vehicle safety.

Term

mechanically operated door handles

Mechanically operated door handles are door handles that work through a physical mechanism. The host says new Chinese rules are pushing for this kind of design so doors can still open reliably, even if electronics fail.

Car

D9 Denzer

The D9 is a BYD electric vehicle that was shown in production form. The podcast mentions that the cabin has been redesigned, meaning the inside of the car looks different from before. It’s relevant because it hints at what BYD plans to offer to customers.

Term

shooting brake

A shooting brake is a car shape that looks like a sporty coupe up front, but has more room in the back like a wagon. It’s designed to be both stylish and practical.

Term

fastback

A fastback is a car with a roofline that flows smoothly into the back of the car. It usually helps the car look sporty and can also reduce wind drag.

Term

three spoke steering wheel

A three-spoke steering wheel just means the steering wheel has three main arms/spokes. It’s a design choice that can make the cabin feel more upscale or sporty.

Car

Z9 Denzer Z9

The Z9 GT is a BYD electric car variant. The podcast notes that it’s smaller than the Z9 sedan, but it still has a long wheelbase, which can help with space inside. It’s mentioned because BYD is adding different versions to the same overall lineup.

Term

LiDAR

Lidar is a sensor that uses lasers to measure what’s around the car in 3D. It helps the car “see” better for driver-assistance features like collision avoidance.

Term

ADAS

ADAS means driver-assistance tech. It’s the stuff that helps you stay in your lane, keep distance from cars, and warn you (or intervene) when there’s danger.

Term

Blade battery flash charging

BYD’s Blade battery is their battery design, and “flash charging” means very fast charging. The goal is to get more energy into the battery quickly at compatible chargers.

Term

single motor versions

A single motor version means the car uses one electric motor to move it. It’s a simpler setup than cars with multiple motors.

Term

dual-motor four-wheel drive

Tri-motor four-wheel drive means there are three electric motors and the car powers all four wheels. More motors can help the car put power down more effectively and feel quicker.

Car

Fang Cheng Bao Formula S

Fang Cheng Bao Formula S is a BYD sub-brand EV model. It’s described as a four-door liftback, and the speaker says the brand is shifting away from off-road designs.

Car

Ti7 Fang Cheng Baos

The Ti7 is an electric vehicle being discussed with claims about very fast charging and high power. The podcast connects it to BYD’s blade battery technology. The main takeaway is that it’s presented as a high-performance EV with quick charging.

Term

four-door lift back

A four-door liftback is like a hatchback: the back opens upward, and you still get four doors for normal passenger access. It usually gives you more trunk/cargo space than a sedan.

Term

LFP pack

LFP is a type of lithium battery. It’s generally safer and tends to last a long time, so the car’s battery pack is built using that specific chemistry.

Car

Tesla Model Sy

Car

Tesla Model S

The Tesla Model S is an all-electric sedan that’s designed for long driving range. It’s a larger, more premium Tesla than the Model 3. When someone says a new car looks “Model S-like,” they mean it has a similar low, sleek sedan shape.

Car

Lucid Air

The Lucid Air is an electric sedan made for comfort and long-range driving. It’s designed to be very aerodynamic, which helps it use energy efficiently. People mention it when they’re describing a new car’s sleek, premium sedan style.

Term

plug-in hybrid

A plug-in hybrid is a car with both a gas engine and an electric motor. You can charge it from a plug, and it can drive on electricity for some distance before using gas.

Term

roller shutter cover

A roller shutter cover is a retractable cover over a vehicle’s cargo area, typically rolling up and down to protect items from weather and improve security. In pickups, it can also help with aerodynamics and keeping the bed contents concealed.

Term

home charging

Home charging means charging the car at your house, usually with a wall charger. It makes daily charging easier because you don’t have to rely on public stations.

Term

800 volt architecture

“800-volt” is the car’s high-voltage system level. Higher voltage can help the car charge faster because it can move power with less current.

Term

Super Hybrid CDMO system

This is a branded hybrid system the automaker is using. “CDMO” generally means they handle development and manufacturing through a structured partner model, so the platform is produced in a standardized way.

Term

lifetime warranty

A lifetime warranty is coverage that’s meant to last as long as you own the car (often for the first owner). It can reduce risk if expensive parts fail, but you still want to check what’s actually covered.

Term

4C battery

A “4C battery” is a battery designed to accept and deliver power very quickly. The “4C” rating is about how fast it can charge compared to its size.

Term

CATL

CATL is a company that makes EV batteries. Mentioning CATL usually means the car’s battery cells come from that supplier.

Company

General Motors

General Motors is the company thinking about selling a small electric car under a different name. In this case, GM wants to bring the Wuling Bingo Pro to markets like Mexico and Brazil as a Chevrolet.

Car

Bingo Wuling Bingo

The Wuling Bingo Pro is a small electric car. GM is thinking about selling it under the Chevrolet name in places like Mexico and Brazil, which would be a big step for Chevy’s EV lineup there.

Company

SAIC GM Wuling

SAIC GM Wuling is a company partnership that helps build and sell cars in China. Here, it matters because GM would use that partnership to license and sell the rebadged EV.

Car

Chevrolet Spark

The Chevrolet Spark is a small car meant for easy city driving. In this discussion, it’s also tied to the idea of a rebadged model—meaning a similar vehicle sold under the Chevrolet name. The key point is that it’s a compact, practical EV/city-car type.

Car

Chevrolet Captiva

The Chevrolet Captiva is an SUV that’s meant for families and everyday use. In this discussion, it’s connected to the idea of rebadging, where a similar vehicle is sold under the Chevrolet name. The main point is that it’s a practical SUV size, potentially offered as an EV variant.

Car

Bingo Pro

The Bingo Pro is a small electric car sold in China. It uses a battery type called LFP and an electric motor mounted at the front, and buyers can choose between two advertised driving ranges.

Term

front mounted motor

A front-mounted motor means the electric motor is located in the front of the car. In many small EVs, that usually goes along with driving the front wheels.

Car

Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle is a small car with a very recognizable, rounded design. It became popular with lots of people over many years. When someone brings it up, they’re usually describing a similar “cute” look or style.

LIVE

Welcome back to EV News, China. Today the smart hashtag 2, the auto update the L6, and

the Freelander 8 arrives with dealerships, plus stay tuned because later in the show

I'll tell you why General Motors is turning to China for an entry-level EV.

This is EV News China, the podcast about the world's biggest EV market, headlines, insights

and analysis is what you find here from the heart of China's booming EV industry where

we decode how fast moving developments in the East shape of the global EV landscape. If

you're listening to this podcast for the first time in a while because of an unexpected

hiatus I took. There's a full explanation on the Patreon page, patreon.com. slash EV

News daily. I'll mention it over on the main show as well, but for now let's crack on.

Smart has started global validation. All the tests going on of the all-electric smart

hashtag 2 before its production debut at the Paris Motor Show this October. Pre-production

cars now run in camouflage on public roads and at test sites and the work keeps the faith

of the original smart 4.2 idea. Smart's been growing. The cars got fat. If you've been

hearing about the smart brand releasing new cars, they're entirely different from what

your mental image of a smart car might be with the 4.2 and the 4.4, but they are going

back to where it all began. With the wheels, the far corners, all four corners helping to

free up cabin space on a very small car. Smart says the number two uses the electric compact

architecture, the ECA. It's a two-seater with rear wheel drive using an advanced Tridian

safety cell. The concept vehicle has the 35.7 kilowatt hour pack, WLTP range targeting 300

kilometers, fast charging around 10 to 80 in 20 minutes. Smart not confirming those figures

for the production model. I think you wouldn't be far wrong though. That'd be a good ballpark.

What an amazing thing for smart to do to go back to that two-seater place they all started out

where the brand started. Whether it's a big seller or not, I think it rounds out the lineup

very nicely. Let's move on. Le Auto started first deliveries of its redesigned Le L6 yesterday.

The new Gen L6 comes only in a single trim that would be ultra and carries a nationwide price

of 250,000 yuan. That matches the outgoing model's price, even as rising component costs of

pushed production costs up by more than 14,000 yuan per unit. Le Auto says it's absorbing the cost

to keep the sticker price unchanged. The L6 remains an E rev, an extended range SUV. With

M100 assisted driving chip, the car now gets a purpose-built E rev battery of 51 kilowatt hours.

Depending on your usage, 51 kilowatt hours would pretty much do most people and the

engine would never turn on. Le Auto says pure electric range 300 kilometers. That's China

cycle though. That's up 88 kilometers on the outgoing L6. And deliveries of the outgoing L6

have been falling. Just 915 units last month in June, as many buyers have been waiting for the

update. Last year, the L6 was 41% of Le Auto's business and the firm has called it its historic

entry-level model. Le Auto deliveries fell almost 15% year on year last month to just under 31,000

units earlier in the year. Well, the company also posted an unexpected Q1 loss and a big decline in

their margins. The new L6 now carries more than simply a model being freshened up. This one really

does need to sell. Look, it's the right form factor. It's a family SUV. It's got all the right things

going for it. Nice single, almost looks like it's smiling. It's got a single light bar that runs

across the entire front width of the car and then it wraps around the front wings, but it sort of

tips up like, you know, the wingtips of modern jets go up at the end. It's a little bit like that,

but it makes the car sort of look like it's smiling if you want to do that to a car.

All right, let's move on. The Freelander. The Freelander 8 has entered its preview phase in

China. Display vehicles now shown at selected dealerships. A roadshow program runs in 30 cities

and 17 provinces until the 1st of August and Freelander 8 goes on sale in the second half of

the year. Pricing, production targets, delivery schedules, all of them still haven't been shared.

That matters because the Freelander 8 is the first model under the Freelander brand. Freelander used

to be a vehicle, it was a nameplate for some people around the world, but now Freelander is

going to be the brand. That comes from the Cherry Jaguar Land Rover partnership. The preview talk,

gives China its first proper look at this new badge, this new brand. The car uses an EREV system,

by the way, extended range electric vehicle, the REV, 1.5-litre turbo engine for common,

because, well, that's the size of engine you typically need to recharge the battery at highway

speeds, so that's why they've all got 1.5-litre engines in range extenders. 115 kilowatts of power

from that. The battery's big, though. It's a 60 kilowatt-hour pack and it comes from CATL.

The WLTC Pure Electric Range is 221 kilometers, by the way, also using an 800 volts

electrical architecture and peak charging of 350 kilowatts. It's a damn good EV,

if you ignore the engine stuff. Chassis hardware with three differential lock functions,

a dual-chamber air suspension system. It's pretty premium and all-terrain management system.

It's a 2 plus 2 plus 2, the Freelander, so it's a six-seater. Inside, there is definitely some

toys to play with, a 46.3-inch panoramic display with 8K resolution and a 15.6-inch central control

screen. There's a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8397 processor for the cabin hardware. It'll tow

up to 2,000 kilograms. Grace vehicle weight, though, is 3,500 kilograms. This is, by all accounts,

if you think of what a Range Rover would look like, if you think of what a big Land Rover

would look like. A big slab-sided, slab-fronted off-roader. Yeah, that's, for your mind's eye,

what this thing looks like. Okay, let's move on and let's talk about a Chinese blogger. This is

a fascinating story, by the way. A Chinese blogger, or vlogger, I suppose, makes videos,

which was simply named in court documents as Gao received a 20-month prison sentence

and a 100,000 yuan fine after a Chinese court said that he'd fabricated false claims about the

safety of a Xiaomi, the Xiaomi Su7. That's the electric sedan, the Su7. Think of the Model 3

equivalent, if you like. The Hydean District People's Court found that Gao damaged the reputation

of Xiaomi's products by inventing false facts and deliberately harming the carmaker's image.

So, in reading this story, I thought, you know, as a Westerner that's never even been to China,

but has a, you know, I need to go live in China for, I don't know, 25 years to have an

honestly held opinion. But when I read that somebody had been jailed for bad-mouthing their EVs,

whether it's natural or not, I don't know, I was curious about this story. Do they just want to

tamp down negative stories about their industry? About, yeah, because China has a huge amount of

pride in their, what, 20, 25-year dedication to making EVs, the overnight success that is,

in many people's eyes, Chinese EVs have been a long time coming, which is why we do this,

spin-off podcast. And I thought, well, let's find out more about this. Is this something that,

as a Westerner, in my mind, things like free speech, and do they just not want people saying

bad stuff about a very sensitive topic? Obviously, America bans Chinese cars coming in and things

like that. Well, let me give you the details and then I understood, oh, okay, this person messed up.

So the case centered on a story that I reported on the main podcast in August 2024. It was a

crash test video the vlogger had made, and they made it look like the Su-7's doors don't open

after a collision, also making it appear like the Su-7's emergency call system and central display

failed in the event of a collision. Now, when the video went up, on the account of this famous

vlogger that has about a million followers, it went to 3000000 views and the wider press

coverage stretched, well, outside of China. I mean, I was covering it here. However, the team,

so the vlogger named simply as Gao, and the production team had actually tampered with the

car's battery, the 12 volt, the auxiliary battery, before they did the filming. They also used footage

of a battery that had been damaged by a forklift to mislead viewers into thinking that was the

crackdown by Chinese authorities on things like false advertising by the car makers themselves,

online misinformation, and even smear campaigns in the auto sector. It is a sensitive topic. It's,

well, it's touchy. Xiaomi said in January 2025 that the blogger and his accomplices

had maliciously smeared Xiaomi and then was arrested according to the law. The courts now

made plain where this sort of stunt can end. Yeah, I mean, obviously, because you can't do that.

Wow. There's chasing views. There's chasing clicks. There's chasing engagement. The internet is,

it's a place, I'll give you that, that people crave attention, but you can't be tampering with the car

and then making it seem like those cars are unsafe because there have been incidents of

Xiaomi's and there are the new Chinese laws to do with mechanically operated door handles

and battery safety and things like that. And it came at a time that was a very sensitive time.

Okay, let's take a break after that story. We'll come back. We'll talk a couple of BYD cars and a

G-Tour as well. Stick around. Back in a mo. All right, welcome back to EV News China. BYD has shown

the Denzer Z9S in production form with a redesigned cabin, revised exterior styling,

and two powertrain choices. It's as a separate sedan from the Z9 GT. That's a shooting brake

and it fills the Z family with a shorter, more compact model than the existing Z9 sedan. So this

is the Z9S and it is physically a different car. It is a low slung, fastback shaped sedan looking

pretty aero, very low. Yeah, everyone draw that comparison to a Xiaomi Su7, maybe the cabin gets

a new three-spoke steering wheel, an integrated instrument display section and a large floating

touchscreen in the middle. Physical controls are below the screen for auto parking and BYDs

are advised the air vents, door trim and seat headrest shapes as well, adding diamond quilting

and a rear armrest with an integrated control display. BYD hasn't released the screen size,

nor details of the new processor and things like that. So some stuff still sits behind the curtain.

It's over five meters long, 1.98 meters wide and 1.5 meters tall with over three meters on the

wheelbase. Against the Denzer Z9 sedan though it is physically smaller. It's about 15 centimeters,

six inches shorter, narrower and lower. Outside the car brings a roof mounted lidar, split headlights,

new door handles, black window trim and some new large yellow brake calipers using lidar for the

ADAS. The flash charging badge on the back tips the hat to BYD updating this vehicle for its new

second generation blade battery flash charging. So single motor version 370 kilowatts, big battery

in this 102.3 kilowatt hours, huge. So big range tri-motor four-wheel drive version, which almost

1000 kilowatts as 1200 horsepower with the same battery pack as well, that fast charging blade

battery. Staying with BYD there, Fang Cheng Bao's cars, the Formula S and Formula SGT, now show

where the brand is going next away from the off-roaders that we were used to with Fang Cheng

Bao since 2023. FCB, Fang Cheng Bao has been an off-road brand, now has four models on sale

though the Bao 5 and 8 and the TI 3 and 7. The Formula S is a four-door lift back. The entry

level Formula S uses a 76 kilowatt hour LFP pack for 720 kilometers of China cycle range.

Flash charging supported, of course, they're updating all these vehicles with a new flash

charging battery. The long range Formula S, again, this looks very Model S-y, very lucid,

air, very Model S in its low sedan, very aero, very swoopy, everything's been

sanded off for aero reasons, looking nice and slick and so long range on this is one of very

fast charging of course. Outside of China, Fang Cheng Bao will either be called FCB

or but it'll be a Denzer, FCB or just a Denzer or a BYD. They won't take Fang Cheng Bao outside

overseas. G-Tour has opened resales of a plug-in hybrid pickup truck. News recently of the Shark

6 pickup trucks. Pick-up trucks aren't a big deal in China because they're classified as commercial

vehicles. They've got a whole different set of rules and regs around roadworthiness and things

like that and testing. So it's not a big deal in China but a pickup truck from G-Tour is now here.

It's a plug-in hybrid. The five-seat trim starts at about US$54,000 and the initial buyers can get

a custom roller shutter cover, so custom paint colors as well, free home charging with installation

lifetime warranty for the first owner as well. They use their Super Hybrid CDMO system, a two-liter

engine, 800-volt architecture and a 4C battery from CATL. It's an LFP pack by the way. It's a 20 to

80% charge in just 10 minutes. It's big as well. It's five and a half meters long. It's over two

meters wide. It's two meters tall and it's a 3.35 meter wheelbase. The shape borrows from the Zong

Heng SUV, the G700. Mechanical door handles, cargo bed, anchor tie down points. You get the idea.

Finally, General Motors is contemplating a rebadge of the Wuling Bingo Pro as an entry-level Chevy

for emerging markets. It's not coming to the US unfortunately. The target markets include Mexico

and Brazil where demand for small, affordable, zero emissions cars is rising really quickly.

If GM does rebrand the Bingo Pro as a, I don't know, some sort of Chevrolet, it would give Chevy

its first all-electric hatchback in those markets. GM would license the car through its joint venture

with SAIC, which is SAIC GM Wuling. That path would fit a pattern because GM has already rebadged

Wuling models like the Chevy Spark EUV and the Captiva EV. Similar changes now look like they're

coming for the Bingo Pro. The Bingo Pro launched in May 2023, starting at US$8,000 equivalent in

China. Buyers can pick from two range options, either 330 or 400 kilometers, China Cycle,

front-mounted motor, 65 kilowatts and an LFP pack. It sells really well in China, by the way. Over

21,000 units were sold last month in June alone and the appeal fits a wider market shift. Small

cars still find buyers and this is a really cute car as well. There's elements of the front of

this, which is a little bit aura funky cat or even VW Beetle if you squint. Very cute car,

big seller. Small cars find buyers, especially in the young and in high volume regions as well.

And that's your podcast for today. Man, it's good to be back. Thanks for listening. See you on the next one.

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smart hashtag 2

Le Auto L6

Freelander 8

crash test video

Su-7

Fang Cheng Bao Formula S

Super Hybrid CDMO system

Bingo Pro

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