The BYD Denzer D9 is a type of electric car made by a Chinese company called BYD. They make a lot of electric vehicles to help reduce pollution and promote cleaner energy.
The Denzer D9 is a type of vehicle that can carry many people, like a minivan. It has three rows of seats, so it's great for families or groups of friends.
A lidar sensor is a device that helps cars understand their surroundings by using lasers. It helps in detecting objects and navigating safely, especially in self-driving cars.
A blade battery pack is a special kind of battery that is shaped like a flat blade. It helps store energy more efficiently and can be safer than regular batteries.
The Land Rover Defender is a tough SUV that can handle rough roads and off-road adventures. It has a unique boxy shape that makes it easy to recognize.
Cherry Automobile is another car company from China that makes different types of vehicles. They are looking to sell their cars in other countries, including the U.S.
Electronic mechanical braking (EMB) is a modern way to control brakes using electricity instead of the usual fluid system. It helps cars stop more quickly and safely.
Brake by wire means that instead of using physical parts to connect the brake pedal to the brakes, the car uses electrical signals to control them. This can make stopping faster and more accurate.
The Cherry QQ3 is a new electric car that people can start ordering. It's part of a long line of affordable cars made by Cherry in China, which have been around for many years.
An electric motor helps cars move by using electricity instead of gasoline. It's a key part of electric cars that makes them run quietly and efficiently.
The Ford Galaxy is a big family car that can fit a lot of people and their stuff. Now, there's a new version that runs on electricity instead of gas, which is better for the environment.
The Audi A8 is a large, luxurious car made by Audi. It's designed for comfort and has many high-tech features, making it a popular choice for those who want a premium driving experience.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a very fancy car that's really big and comfortable. It's packed with cool features and is considered one of the best luxury cars you can buy.
The Lucid Gravity is a new electric SUV that promises to be really powerful and luxurious. It's made by a company called Lucid Motors and is designed to be very high-tech and comfortable.
EVs stand for electric vehicles, which are cars that run on electricity instead of gas. They are better for the environment and can save you money on fuel.
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China, today, an updated Denzer D9 BYD sues Trump, and cherry claims a breaking breakthrough.
Plus stay tuned, later in the show, I'll tell you why a Beijing court has opened
a trial of a high-profile automotive content creator, not me, I'm not high-profile,
accused of damaging an EV's reputation.
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global landscape.
BYD's updated Denzer D9 EV has surfaced online.
So now we've got some more details on this, a stronger motor lineup,
and what looks like a larger battery pack.
They've not been overly specific on this, but it's heavier than the outgoing one,
according to the online industry filings.
And so, you know, two and two could be five.
We think the battery pack is going to be a little bit bigger on this.
The Denzer D9, by the way, is the big three-row MPV, People Carrier.
It'll fit three in the rear row and two captain's chairs in the second row.
And a very distinctive, highly-patterned front grille and the big
lidar sensor on the top as well.
So this is one of those huge MPVs that we see coming out of China,
increasingly popular.
Official battery specifications and range figures still under wraps.
The updated D9 is front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
So front-wheel drive uses a new, slightly more powerful, 340 kilowatt motor.
That's 456 horsepower.
The all-wheel drive adds a rear-mounted motor at 70 kilowatts,
which is up 25 kilowatts on the old version.
So combined power on that 410 kilowatts or 550 horsepower.
Inside, the second row seats don't fold completely down,
but they do slide forwards and backwards.
The third row seats both fold and slide for a bit more practicality.
The updated model also gets the latest generation of BYD, God's Eye 5.
Sisters driving assistance system, pricing not set.
So let's look at the existing one that's on the road right now
before this was updated, the 2025 Denza D9,
which I must admit from the outside looks incredibly similar
to the pictures that have been placed with the ministry.
The outgoing one sells for between 320 and 470 yuan.
That's about 46,000 to 67,000 US equivalent.
BYD will add a battery electric variant
of the Fang Cheng Bao best-selling SUV, the TIE 7,
currently only a plug-in hybrid.
The TIE 7 full bev, a couple of motor options,
rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, maximum power 300 kilowatts
in rear-wheel drive form and 515 kilowatts in all-wheel drive form.
BYD uses their blade battery pack,
but in the filing didn't reveal the capacity nor range.
The bev version keeps the TIE 7's boxy off-road look.
This is a little bit Sryvian R1S SUV.
It's a little bit Land Rover Defender-y.
So looking a bit four by four, looking a bit off-roadery,
looking a little bit squared off on this one.
We still see the two-tone bumper, the LiDAR at the front,
the kind of normal traditional door handles that you'd grab,
the externally rear-mounted spare tire on the side-swinging boot.
So it's that kind of vehicle
if you can picture it in your mind's eye, side-opening tailgate.
And the panoramic roof all remain.
Towing hook, wheel eyebrow designs, a red tail light cover,
different door handle colors even we see on the option list.
Now, BYD has joined hundreds of other firms
chasing refunds for duties paid under Trump's new import tariffs
for BYD American subsidiaries have now filed a case in the courts
in the US Court of International Trade seeking refunds for tariffs.
The claim attacks the legal base for the levies.
BYD argues that executive orders underpinning tariffs are invalid
and that collecting the duties amounts to an unlawful action by the White House.
The filing also leans on the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act, arguing it does not employ the word tariff or any equivalent term.
And he says Congress holds the power to levy taxes.
Only Congress, not what mood the president is in that day.
BYD's different units in America say that they're suing the Trump administration
because they can't count on a refund without a judgment and judicial relief.
A US Supreme Court decision on the legality of the levies remains pending.
During November's oral arguments, both conservative and liberal justices
expressed skepticism about whether the trade deficit qualifies as an emergency action
and whether Trump was allowed to do that or not.
For BYD, the stakes are actually on shore in America.
The company designs and makes EV buses and trucks in the US
and has paid and continues to pay what they say is significant duties
on materials that it imports to sustain their American operations.
BYD does not sell passenger cars in the US yet.
Now, Cherry Automobile, the executive vice president, Lee Shu Yong,
says the firm has landed on the world's first mass production
application of pure electronic mechanical braking, EMB, in a passenger car.
The technology debuts in the X-seed EX7 launching in sometime Q1 before the end of March.
EMB, electronic mechanical braking, also called brake by wire,
drops the traditional hydraulic link physically between what's under your foot,
the pipeline and the energy being transmitted to the braking commands.
This moves it to electrical signals.
The source describes EMB systems as one of the ultimate solutions for automotive braking.
Cherry expects its system to shorten stopping distances and improve instantaneous safety.
OK, the company and also the vice president, Lee, says Cherry spent three years developing this technology.
The team he adds tackled millisecond response times, precise control and extreme reliability.
Now, let's talk a little bit about Cherry opening pre-orders for the all new QQ3.
If that is indeed how I say it, I need to check with, I don't know,
somebody I know who might be a Chinese speaker because it's an electric hatchback
and it's a bit of a throwback.
It pulled in 27,000 orders in the first three hours of opening.
The car goes officially on pre-sale in early March deliveries at the end of March.
Now, the QQ3 name carries weights in China's budget car history books.
Cherry launched the first QQ3 over 20 years ago.
In 2003, added the QQ6 and the QQMe, the original lineup started at 29,000 yuan.
That's about 4,000 US dollars and it reached more than 1.4 million
sales before they discontinued it.
Cherry has kept all the original design cues.
The all new version wears the round shaped large headlights and tail lights.
The closed front facia, semi-hidden door handles, dual colour side mirrors,
and it has the Q logo on the seat pillow under the skin, an electric motor.
So a single rear electric motor, 58 or 90 kilowatts,
depending on the spec and trim that you go for.
The pack is an LFP, lithium ion phosphate from Goshen and they say
CLTC of between 280 and 401 kilometres on the China cycle.
Haven't got the exact battery capacity on that, but obviously more of a budget car
from a name that will be familiar to many, many people.
But hey, it's still a five door hatchback and it's still it's got
the smooth rounded front, if I would say the latest smart.
So like the smart hashtag three, smart hashtag five design language.
And it appears that when they put it on sale straight away,
there's enough nostalgia in that original cherry series for people to go.
Oh, maybe I have one of them as my first car.
Maybe I'll enter driving one of those.
I fancy one of those for my own driveway.
Geely has registered a pure electric variant of its Galaxy A7.
Now, the Galaxy A7 is a I'd say a midsize sedan.
If you need a Western reference, I would say something like a Volkswagen
Passat wouldn't be a million miles away.
The M.I.I.T. images and specifications show it's going to have a single
electric motor, 160 kilowatts, no sign, as always, in these filings
on the battery pack size or the exact range that will come.
We do know it'll be an LFP pack, lithium ion, phosphates, very familiar
front ends to many modern Chinese saloons and sedans.
So obviously a closed off grill, because it doesn't need too much air for cooling.
The charge port is positioned on the front right hand fender
just above the wheel, which is an interesting placement.
I don't think it really matters, but that's where they put the the charge port.
The changes look measured rather than radical.
This is a pure electric version, of course, adopting the closed front
grill and vertically oriented decorative elements all around the lower fog lamp area,
which likely serves a bit of airflow, probably.
Just to move it around the wheels for some
aero or maybe some airflow in to cool the battery.
The charging port sits on the right hand front fender and at the back,
the full width lights motif returns.
Geely launched the plug-in hybrid version of A7, Galaxy A7 last year.
That version is a 1.5 liter engine and a electric motor and a battery,
which they say will ultimately do 2,100 kilometers of range combined.
This new filing signals intense to extend the A7 line up into the all electric segment.
All right, I'll take a quick break and then be back in a second.
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Let's talk a little bit about Huawei tweaking what is a very high-end
vehicle. When I say high-end, picture a two-tone, I don't know,
Bentley or a two-tone Rolls-Royce, that kind of thing.
Huawei's updated the Maestro S800.
This is, I mean, it'll be bigger than, let me say, an Audi A8 or
something or a Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
This looks, let's say the long wheel-based version, looks even
longer. This thing's massive and super-luxury.
So updating the EREV version under the skin, dual and triple motor
versions, luxury, super-luxury sedan jointly developed by
Huawei and JAIHC.
Under the HIMA or HEMA brand, it launched in May last year
and it sells for between 700 and a million yuan.
That is 102,000 to 147,000 US dollars equivalent.
It's a Bev or EREV version.
The range extender now delivers a battery pack that is a little
bit smaller. So 63, not 65 kilowatt hours.
Dual motor lists 271 kilometers of all electric range.
The tri-motor lists 315.
So that's interesting. More motors, more range.
Obviously, a battery size change there.
But very, very luxurious vehicle.
So possibly the kind of thing that maybe you're driven in more
than you actually drive? I don't know.
Now, a couple more stories.
Lyoto, Unveiled and all new generation of their flagship L9
SUV on February the 6th, three days ago, and set a
second quarter launch.
The firm built it as an embodied intelligence flagship
SUV. All right.
OK, but this certainly is a large SUV shape.
This to me has, again, it's not a copy in any way, but I was
trying if I can give a Western reference that perhaps you would
find easier in your mind's eye if you're not too familiar
with the Chinese cars.
I think Lucid Gravity on this one, the front, the side
profile, you know, not a copy, but a bit Lucid Gravity.
I think it looks beautiful, this Lyoto L9.
So this special edition's around 80,000 US dollars
equivalent, the CEO, Li Xiang, said the new L9 aims to move
beyond incremental upgrades and creates a generational gap
in user experience.
Lyoto launched the first generation L9 and sold it on
things like comfort, refrigerator, big screen TV, big sofa
in the back.
They called it the best SUV under five million RMB.
The new pitch shifts from cabin toys to intelligence
and understanding you as a driver.
The L9, Livis, the ultimate flagship version, they say,
with three cortex, if you like.
So first one, the number one technology, suspension and
chassis architecture and compute.
The firm said it's the first vehicle priced under 600,000
RMB with an 800 volt fully active suspension system.
It claims more than 10,000 newtons of lifting
force per wheel, operation without an anti-roll bar
and millisecond level response times to have perfect
active control and body posture and handling.
But with loads of comfort.
The Livis version also brings what Lioto calls the world's
first full form, fully by wire chassis.
So steer by wire, four wheel steering and a full
electronic mechanical braking system that only a moment
ago, we were talking about earlier on the podcast.
And so what Jerry claimed was the first one.
Lioto say, oh no, we have one as well.
They also pointed to an an upgraded extended range
battery system.
Battery capacity is expected to be 70 kilowatt
hours on that 250 miles or 400 kilometers of all
electric range, 800 volt architecture and 5C charging.
Now, Canada is next in the news wanting its Chinese
car maker new audiences.
Let's say that since they they welcomed China
back in to actually build Chinese EVs on Canadian
soil and ship them to global markets.
The Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched the plan
three days ago as part of a new auto strategy.
Carney and the industry manager minister Melanie
Jolie, confirming talks on a Canada-China joint
venture assembly line.
The push follows the January deal allowing
49,000 Chinese made EVs that could be Chinese
made Tesla's or Polestar's, etc.
Hasn't to be Chinese brands coming in with the most
favored nation tariff rate of 6.1 percent.
So still tariffs, but well, not the hundred
percent that they were.
And finally, a Beijing court has opened a trial
of a high profile automotive content creator who
is accused of damaging a product's reputation
with a crash test video.
It featured the Xiaomi Su7, the saloon sedan
version, the original Xiaomi and a Zika 007.
Prosecutors in the case have charged the defendant,
identified simply in paperwork as Gao, with damaging
the commercial reputations of those companies.
Prosecutors said Gao organized and filmed a head
on collision between July 22nd and August
the 12th, two years ago, or 18 months ago, I suppose.
The test was a Xiaomi Su7 and a head
on collision test with a Zika 007.
So clearly, firstly, this must be a very high
profile content creator because they can afford to go
out by two brand new expensive EVs and then crash
them head on into each other, a slightly offset crash.
It wasn't just straight on.
It was kind of half overlapping, if you might.
But either way, I'm trying to justify it.
This is a YouTuber or a content creator going out
to buy cars simply to crash them to make
content and obviously to get views and things like that.
Investigators have alleged that the content
creator concealed that the Xiaomi Su7's auxiliary
battery power cable had been disconnected.
They alleged that he used misleading images to describe
the battery damage.
The indictment said that Gao claimed with no verification
that the Xiaomi Su7 emergency call system didn't work.
Gao published a video on the platform Billy Billy
back in August of 2024.
Prosecutors argue it caused significant reputational damage.
The case lands in a wider clampdown in China of regulators
citing similar cases, enforcement actions against
content creators, things like automotive performance
content, they call it.
And so, yeah, who knows the ins and outs and the rights
and the wrongs of it.
But clearly this is an extreme case where someone
is making enough money from their content to actually
go out and crash a couple of cars and the accusations
made can clearly influence buying decisions.
Whatever, whatever the rights and the wrongs of that case
we'll find out in time.
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About this episode
The episode dives into the latest developments in China's EV market, featuring the updated Denza D9 with enhanced motor options and a larger battery pack. BYD is making headlines by suing the Trump administration over import tariffs, claiming they are unlawful. Additionally, Chery announces a groundbreaking electronic mechanical braking system debuting in the X-seed EX7, promising improved safety and response times. The episode also touches on the nostalgic return of the QQ3 hatchback and Geely's new electric variant of the Galaxy A7, showcasing the rapid evolution of the Chinese automotive landscape.
