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Welcome back to the podcast.
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Hyundai is lowering the N price.
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California backs off incentives and Tesla's
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Let's kick off now.
03:07
Hyundai just made high performance EV driving
03:09
even more accessible to more buyers
03:12
with a pricing move on the Hyundai Arnick 5N.
03:16
The Korean automaker launched the essential trim
03:19
that cuts 1500 US dollars from the entry price
03:21
but keeps every core performance component
03:24
that really defines the N brand experience.
03:27
The essential trim maintains the Arnick 5N's powertrain.
03:30
So dual high output electric motors,
03:33
the advanced battery system,
03:34
and the specialized N performance features
03:37
that deliver the driving dynamics enthusiasts expect.
03:41
They really reworked that vehicle
03:42
from an engineering perspective
03:44
to give it the proper chops of track day car
03:47
and enthusiast car.
03:49
Hyundai did remove what they say
03:50
as non-essential luxury items
03:52
while preserving the necessary convenience
03:54
and safety tech and the ADAS systems.
03:57
The trim addition positions the Arnick 5N essential
04:00
at about 55,000 US dollars equivalent.
04:03
They're launching it in Korea to begin with,
04:06
creating a more accessible entry point for drivers
04:08
wanting the authentic N performance experience.
04:12
Fleet managers and performance-oriented buyers
04:15
now have a more cost-effective way
04:16
into electric vehicle technology
04:19
that's really high performance
04:20
without sacrificing the engineering bits
04:22
but giving up a few luxuries.
04:24
I wonder if doing that also saves a bit of weight
04:27
I couldn't find comparable weights for this essential trim
04:31
but interesting that they're doing that now.
04:33
Maybe we'll get that outside of Korea soon.
04:36
California's next, the governor there,
04:37
Gavin Newsom confirmed the state will not replace
04:40
the $7,500 federal EB tax credit
04:42
ending in seven days time citing cost limits
04:47
despite the calling the rollback vandalism
04:50
at a federal level.
04:52
Automakers like Rivian, Hyundai and Volkswagen
04:54
have been pushing for a state rebate of $5,000
04:58
but instead California will direct funding
04:59
to charging infrastructure
05:01
like the $55 million fast charge California project
05:04
that covers full installation costs
05:06
for public fast chargers.
05:08
Okay, I'll just chip in my editorial opinion here.
05:12
That's kind of a good deal
05:14
because I'm not saying everyone in California
05:15
is earning a lot of money and clearly they're not
05:19
but should we be giving money off cars
05:21
or if we wanna create an ecosystem
05:22
if there's public money,
05:24
what about charging infrastructure that needs to be built
05:27
if there is public money to be spent?
05:31
I think that's a really sensible way of spending it.
05:34
Yeah, look, I want cheaper cars for you and I
05:36
but some of that money gets soaked up sometimes
05:40
by people who could have afforded the full price.
05:44
Some people argue that some of that money
05:46
gets soaked up a little bit by the car makers themselves
05:48
and so, well, this decision matters
05:50
because California accounts for 27% of all US EV sales.
05:54
It's the most important single market for manufacturers.
05:57
Companies had hoped state incentives
05:59
would soften the loss of the federal support.
06:01
Newsom used the announcement to press his clash
06:04
with automakers, he accused General Motors
06:07
of abandoning California by opposing its 2035 ban
06:11
on new pure combustion cars after initially supporting it.
06:15
GM argues that stricter emissions rules
06:18
and expensive EV options limit consumer affordability
06:22
while California regulators estimate the ban
06:24
would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35%.
06:28
Road transport is the single biggest contributor
06:31
to emissions, though rejecting rebates
06:33
for now Newsom signaled future incentives
06:36
could emerge through California's carbon trading revenues
06:38
which generate hundreds of millions yearly
06:40
for clean air programs.
06:42
Now, Tesla's Austin RoboTaxi pilot is facing scrutiny.
06:47
Just 10 days after launch, three crashes had occurred
06:50
and involving its dozen or so modified model wise.
06:55
By then, by early July, the fleet had logged 7,000 miles
07:00
but that's not a lot when you think about it.
07:03
That raises concerns about the system's readiness.
07:05
The incidents varied in cause.
07:07
In the first, a Tesla was rear-ended
07:10
whilst stop pointing to external fault.
07:13
The second proved more serious when one of the Tesla
07:17
RoboTaxi struck a stationary object causing injury
07:21
and then had to be towed.
07:23
The third saw another Tesla RoboTaxi hit from behind
07:26
while it was moving, though details on who at fault
07:31
A major point of contention though,
07:34
focuses on Tesla's use of safety staff.
07:36
The company insists that no safety drivers were present
07:39
but admitted safety monitors sit inside the car
07:43
with emergency stop controls and access to the steering.
07:46
While not positioned in the driver's seat itself,
07:48
these monitors effectively serve the same role.
07:50
Industry analysts suggest that this framing may downplay
07:53
the level of human oversight involved,
07:57
giving the technology an appearance of greater autonomy
08:00
than it really has.
08:01
Also Tesla using every law that they're allowed to
08:05
or regulation they're allowed to,
08:06
to redact as much possible information about this.
08:10
Now that's worth saying, by the way,
08:12
that their competitors, the likes of the Waymos of the world
08:15
actually publish any incident information
08:17
more than they have to
08:19
in terms of raising the public's understanding,
08:22
raising everyone's understanding of autonomous vehicles.
08:25
Tesla's competitors go over and above
08:28
in sharing what they actually have to,
08:30
so that we will have a greater understanding
08:32
of what happened in an incident,
08:34
how it can be prevented.
08:35
Again, Tesla using, I think, you know,
08:37
I can't blame them if they'll play by the rules
08:40
but redacting everything they possibly can
08:42
about these crashes so that we know little information
08:46
but a bumpy start, I guess you could say.
08:49
Now, some good news for buyers wanting to buy a Tesla.
08:52
Obviously, we have a week to go
08:54
to the $7,500 federal EV tax credit goes
08:57
but buyers have more time than they thought
08:59
the IRS clarified the contract signed by next week
09:02
or what matter, not the vehicle delivery.
09:05
Anyone who pays cash or finances
09:09
needs a signed biding agreement
09:12
and a nominal deposit before the deadline of next week.
09:16
Delivery can follow months later
09:18
with the full $7,500 federal tax credit
09:21
still applying when your taxes are filed.
09:23
I don't think you can probably take delivery in a year's time
09:26
because your taxes will have been filed
09:27
but I'm not sure what the deadline is.
09:29
I did have a look, couldn't find any obvious answer.
09:32
There is some consensus around the end of the year
09:37
This gives shoppers though much greater flexibility
09:39
to pick the model color and features that you really want
09:42
rather than having to grab either what's in Tesla inventory
09:47
Tesla updated its guidance this week online
09:50
changing the wording from delivery by September 30th
09:54
to ordering by September 30th
09:56
and its sales teams are now reaching out
09:58
to explain that factory orders that arrive in 2026
10:01
would qualify as long as the paperwork is done this month.
10:05
The same rule applies to the use tax credit
10:08
Now, this is really interesting.
10:12
The online hacker who I've told you about many times
10:15
on the podcast, Green The Only,
10:17
finding evidence of supercharging queuing,
10:20
a virtual queuing system in Tesla's new over the air update
10:24
hidden behind what's called a flag.
10:26
The code and graphical assets in the build
10:29
suggest that the feature could well be rolled out soon.
10:32
The discovered functionality would let Tesla owners
10:35
remotely join, leave and rejoin wait lists
10:39
if a supercharger is busy allowing drivers to hold a spot
10:42
without actually having to physically wait in line.
10:45
You go back to the early days
10:46
and when supercharges would fill up
10:48
sometimes there'd be a list of cars and who is next.
10:51
And then when you, if you were looking after the list
10:54
when you charged and left you pass it
10:55
onto the next Tesla driver,
10:56
obviously when the community was much smaller these days
11:00
queuing can be a real problem.
11:02
Well, you know, life is full of all sorts of people
11:04
and then some people don't take their turn always
11:07
and it can cause friction, not just Tesla supercharges
11:11
but they tend to be the busier ones around holiday periods
11:15
and things like that.
11:16
In June, Tesla's global director of charging
11:19
said the company had started pressure testing
11:22
its virtual queuing system.
11:23
Images from the update show UI icons
11:26
changing from a generic reload symbol
11:28
to a lightning car combination
11:31
indicating tighter interaction
11:32
with Tesla's charging interface.
11:34
Tesla's been developing virtual supercharger lineups
11:37
for quite a period of time
11:38
with much of the framework present
11:40
in this new production build of the over the air update.
11:43
That could be coming soon.
11:45
I would certainly be very welcome
11:46
before holiday season, wouldn't it?
11:48
All right, let's talk about Porsche.
11:49
Loads of headlines this week about Porsche
11:51
and boy have I seen some misreporting.
11:53
Porsche's adjusting its EV timeline,
11:57
delaying full EV rollouts
11:59
and extending the life of some combustion
12:03
and hybrid models across the lineup.
12:05
The shift centers on the upcoming three row K1 SUV
12:09
which will also launch with engines
12:11
rather than being all electric.
12:13
The 718 Boxster and the Cayman
12:14
will also remain combustion powered
12:16
in their performance trims
12:19
with electric versions postponed.
12:21
Porsche's next generation EV platform
12:22
has been moved back from its 2030 target.
12:25
While the McCann is the only model
12:27
slated for a direct replacement,
12:30
that's now due as a plug-in hybrid in two years time.
12:32
Several pressures are shaping this move.
12:36
Rising US import tariffs of course
12:38
have to play a part in cost barriers, don't they?
12:40
China's luxury car market's slowing a little bit.
12:43
The global EV adoption is happening
12:46
at different places around the world.
12:49
As a result, Porsche expects to spend
12:52
$3.65 billion this year on restructuring their roadmap
12:57
which will incur more expenses.
12:58
For enthusiasts, the update means
13:00
Porsche's combustion engines will be available for longer.
13:03
While the company shifts to a more measured EV rollout
13:06
instead of chasing aggressive timelines,
13:08
Porsche says it will align its EV transition
13:13
This is entirely sensible
13:15
and the way that I saw it reported today was
13:18
and the last two days really breathless.
13:20
Breathless reporting saying Porsche is abandoning EVs.
13:24
They're absolutely not.
13:25
The Taycan is a fabulous vehicle.
13:27
The McCann is a fabulous vehicle.
13:29
The upcoming Cayenne will blow your socks off
13:32
because I know people that have driven it
13:35
and it blew their socks off
13:36
but we can't talk about that yet
13:37
because we're not allowed to.
13:39
And so Porsche is very much all in on electric vehicles
13:44
but if the battery technology is a few years away
13:47
on a two seater sports car
13:50
or at least a small fast car
13:52
that has all of the Porsche values,
13:54
the Ferrari values, the Lamborghini McLaren values,
13:58
why would we rush these performance cars into an EV world?
14:02
Because there's plenty of performance cars in the world.
14:05
We're going to talk about one, plenty in a minute.
14:09
And so, yeah, I'm not fully convinced
14:13
about all the headlines I saw which is, you know,
14:17
Porsche is backing away from electric vehicles.
14:19
Porsche is changing their timeline
14:22
but what's wrong with that?
14:24
Why would they stick stubbornly to something
14:26
that needs adjustment over time?
14:29
I don't understand it personally
14:31
but maybe I'm missing something.
14:33
I normally am to be honest with you
14:34
but so much reporting today saying, you know,
14:37
one version of events and when you look at the actual facts,
14:42
they're just adjusting the timeline
14:44
and some EVs will come later,
14:46
some cars will stick with combustion or hybrid power.
14:51
Why not offer everything to everybody
14:52
whilst they want to buy it?
14:53
The EVs are better, I just don't lose any sleep over it.
14:57
It's like people that say, why aren't you going online
14:59
and arguing with people on Twitter or any of the others
15:03
and all that because I haven't got the energy for it anymore
15:06
because EVs are coming, they're better, they're here,
15:09
everyone will be driving one in a period of time.
15:12
That timeframe is elastic and it will get stretched
15:16
and it will contract according to the market
15:18
but anyone that wants to stay on driving
15:20
a diesel car in 20 years time,
15:22
I say they're really welcome to it
15:24
and I wish them all the best but it's not for me.
15:28
I'm guessing it's not for you.
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We'll take a break, we'll come back,
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As the holidays approach, it's time to return to the classics.
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Lucid Gravity's inventory.
18:44
Two days ago, three days ago Lucid added gravities
18:47
to their website and in less than 24 hours time,
18:50
they were all gone.
18:52
So Lucid's global communications chief, Nick Talk,
18:56
said the listing is not a demand related development.
19:00
While we've been building gravity vehicles
19:03
to order and satisfy existing customer demand,
19:06
we produced a number of configurations
19:08
based on component availability,
19:10
ensuring we didn't lose production slots
19:12
when parts were constrained
19:13
and they put them into the inventory
19:14
and then they all sold out.
19:15
Again, by looking online,
19:18
you would think that the world has ended
19:20
because Lucid put some cars into inventory,
19:23
which obviously means, according to some people,
19:25
nobody wants to buy a Lucid.
19:26
Well, then there you go.
19:27
24 hours later, they were all gone.
19:28
They weren't many of them.
19:29
And yeah, like if you can get the parts for a build
19:31
that hasn't been reserved
19:33
because it's a specific configuration,
19:35
why waste a build slot?
19:37
Jeep has canceled plans for a plug-in hybrid version
19:40
of the Gladiator midsize pickup.
19:42
As customers' preferences for Bev trucks evolve,
19:46
Stellantis is reassessing its product strategy
19:48
and will no longer include a plug-in hybrid Gladiator
19:51
in the Jeep lineup, said the company.
19:53
They've notified suppliers of the cancellation,
19:55
but will continue investing in the Gladiator.
19:57
The pickup will remain in production through 2028.
20:00
The Gladiator 4xE plug-in hybrid
20:02
was gonna come this year joining the Wrangler
20:05
and Grand Cherokee that have offered plug-in hybrids
20:07
for many years, planning and production timelines
20:11
for the new variant were delayed multiple times
20:13
where the Gladiator and Wrangler are built,
20:15
the UAW, the Workers Union,
20:18
saying prompting doubts about whether the hybrid
20:20
would ever arrive to support work at the plant.
20:25
Now, Kia's EV4 is in production.
20:28
They've started assembling the EV4 hatchback version
20:32
at their factory in Europe,
20:33
marking the first EV produced over here,
20:35
the Autoland plant in Zulina.
20:38
Is Kia's sole EV production facility in Europe?
20:41
They use advanced robotics, employ 3,500 people.
20:45
An automated production line allows the site
20:46
to build internal combustion engines
20:48
or all electric cars at the same time.
20:52
Vehicle handling was tuned at the European Technical Center
20:56
in Germany to give the EV4 a European feel on the roads.
21:00
They say pre-launch validation cars
21:04
involved 70,000-mile public road simulations
21:09
and some Nurburgring stress testing.
21:10
At the end of that, the battery health
21:12
had gone from 100% to 95%.
21:14
I'll take that degradation all the time.
21:16
Now, Hyundai Motor America is recalling your Arnec 6.
21:20
So if you have one, the Arnec 6,
21:22
which shares the platform with the Arnec 5,
21:25
has a problem with its charge port door panels.
21:29
The defect stems from insufficient engagement
21:32
between the charging flap and the retaining hooks
21:34
on the outer panel.
21:36
If this affects you, they fix the issue now,
21:39
by the way, with new cars, but anything potentially
21:41
about 31,000 cars sold in the US from 2023 through 2025,
21:46
your dealer will sort it out.
21:48
Volvo ran its first public crash test
21:51
using three electric vehicles in one crash.
21:54
They used the EX-90.
21:56
They could have used two and given me one.
21:57
Now, the test went beyond the regulatory requirements
22:00
and recreated scenarios that no current safety rating
22:04
currently enforces them to test.
22:06
In the sequence, the first car approached
22:08
the second EX-90 at 31 miles an hour,
22:11
but break to a complete stop.
22:13
It avoided contact.
22:14
The EX-90's city safety system brought the vehicle
22:18
A third car, traveling at 34 miles an hour,
22:21
then struck the second car on the side,
22:24
hitting the center of the passenger compartment
22:25
where occupants sit.
22:27
The car engaged its safety cage.
22:29
It says that help transfer the loads while managing
22:31
to deform and absorb the energy from the crash.
22:33
Of course, the side airbags and inflatable curtains
22:36
were activated, says the senior technical director
22:39
at Volvo cars, Thomas Broberg.
22:41
Data from the vehicles and crash test dummies
22:43
indicated there would have been no serious injuries
22:45
by recreating what is a real life situation
22:49
but isn't required by the actual tests themselves.
22:52
Volvo, I mean, it goes without saying how big
22:55
into safety Volvo are.
22:56
They're talking a lot about how they can learn
22:59
from all of the sensors that record crashes
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in a modern Volvo EV like the EX-90
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and then maybe using AI or modeling to work out
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what could we have done differently
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to make that even safer.
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It's a fine line to tread, isn't it?
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Because you don't admit liability.
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Like could we have done something different
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that would have saved, I don't know, an injury
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or even a life when you think about it.
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But I also like their attitude, which is when there is a crash,
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we do get all of the data back at Volvo
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and we're spending time working out right.
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When we build our new vehicles,
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what could we have done differently?
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And it's a really smart way of approaching safety
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whilst not admitting that we did anything wrong
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as it were in that situation, right?
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Rivian's Adventure Network now lets non-Rivian EVs
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charge at 100 locations.
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That's about 80% of the network.
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Rivian Roma lists 128 deployed Rivian Adventure Network
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RAN sites with a total of 811 DC fast charges.
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The 100th site open to all EVs is in Arizona,
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expected to open the other 28 stations.
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Most on the West Coast by the end of this year,
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Rivian's been replacing the existing dispensers
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with replacement units that support non-Rivian EVs
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and high voltage systems to deliver 300 kilowatts of power.
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But that's nothing compared to what this next chart
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and this car can do.
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We'll finish off with BYD's performance premium brand,
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the Yang Wang U9 Extreme.
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It's a Chinese all-electric hypercar from the Yang Wang brand.
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They reached 308.4 miles an hour
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on the Pappenberg test track in Germany.
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So this is just a huge track.
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They come around the banking at the, you know,
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before the long straight, at a pretty big lick anyway,
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then they use that long straight to completely floor it.
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Now, weeks ago, BYD drove the 3000 horsepower
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or 2,220 kilowatts U9 track edition
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to set a record, an EV record of 293 miles an hour.
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They returned to the track test track
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with a new version of the U9 called the U9 Xtreme.
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So this uses a 1,200 volts ultra high voltage platform.
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They use LFP batteries.
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Yeah, we used to be put in buses.
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It was like the ugly sister of battery technology.
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You know, LFP packs in the world's fastest car.
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And that's right, because this beats a Bugatti Chiron
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special edition to now become
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the world's fastest production car.
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And they will produce this, by the way.
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They're gonna make 30 of them.
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The Xtreme U9's just incredible.
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It's a source of real Chinese pride as well,
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because I was gonna try and make a bonus podcast soon
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about the Chinese cars that are coming here
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and how they're taking on the high end of the market.
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And obviously one of the things is,
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you can't get away from it, is the name.
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So the name Yang Wang doesn't necessarily translate
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immediately for Western buyers,
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but it's a source of huge Chinese pride.
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If there is a direct translation,
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it's closest to meaning looking up or admiring in English,
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expressing ideas of admiration, aspiration,
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and the spirit of exploring.
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And again, for a Chinese speaker
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or anyone very proud to symbolize the innovation
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of their country and setting new records,
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obviously it's a huge thing.
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They'd be really upset that somebody would find,
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obviously there is like a schoolboy slang part
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of the Yang Wang name that we won't get into.
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The other one is Denza they have.
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How does that translate?
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I've not got anywhere with it really,
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because you start to get into cultural differences
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and respecting people's cultures.
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And I don't know, it just gets a little bit icky away
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from electric vehicles.
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I've not found a good way of describing it yet
26:45
and finding the right words, but either way,
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who cares what the car is called?
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This is now the world's fastest production car,
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308.4 miles an hour, 496.2 kilometers an hour.
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It's close to 500, isn't it?
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It's close to 500 kilometers an hour.
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I wonder why they couldn't do the 500.
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What a ridiculous thing for me to say,
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like as if he didn't, like in a movie
27:09
when someone just puts their foot down
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a little bit more in a car chase
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and the car bursts forward.
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Like that's how I imagine it is.
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Go on, go a bit faster and do 500 kilometers an hour.
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Crazy. At this speed, you are just approaching
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the physics of rubber and keeping four small contact patches
27:25
and the car going in a straight line.
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So at this point, we're not up really
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against the mechanical side.
27:30
It's the engineering of tires and things.
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But fascinating, right?
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