Future of Dedicated EV Shows in Australia plus Xpeng G6 and Volvo EX60

Hey everyone, welcome to the EV show by Ludacris Feed Live. You are watching on

the 28th of January, 2026. You're doing well. The year is well and truly

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our co-host for this evening, of course. Thank you to Riz from Karlube and also

Roland from Zeph YouTube channel. Hello Jens, nice to see you both. Good evening.

Very good. Thank you, Riz. Thank you, Roland. Hope you both been well. Let's say

hello to some of our regular viewers who've joined us this evening. Nice and

early. Hello, Max. Yes, Max did send me the Felwyn picks, which we'll cover later

on in the show. Thank you, Max. It's well spotted in Sydney. Well done. And hello to

Jim as well. And hello, James. Hello, Roland from Muggy Townsville. Yes, it's

Muggy in Sydney as well. And we're thinking of you in Victoria. I know you

guys had a very hot day yesterday, Riz. How did you survive that very hot day?

Look, you don't get much radiant heat through the spectre. So when you're in

there and you pop up in the fridge and there's a bottle of champagne, that's

what you do on hot days. So that's what I did yesterday afternoon when it got

really hot in East Iraq. It's a tough life in East Iraq, we felt for you. You

didn't even know.

It's like living in Dubai, like Burj El Khalifa. You can't even tell what's

happening outside.

As I say in Singapore, thank goodness for Aircon. That's all I can say. Hello to

Wayne. Hello, Quavehead. Hello from not so hot Brisbane. Yeah. It's hot

everywhere in Australia. Hello, Evie Az. Hello, Taz Evie from Hobart. Hello,

Justin from Briss Vegas. Hello, indeed. Hello, Andrew. Yes, definitely hot

in Melbourne yesterday and most of Victoria too, I can see. Hello, how?

Hello, Strolling Sydney. Hello, Mazza. Thanks for joining us nice and early,

guys. Good to see you all. Thanks for joining us on a Wednesday evening,

indeed. Yeah, if you've seen anything in the news this week, make sure you drop

us a comment. We can certainly chat about it in real time. So anything you've

spotted at all, we've even seen just reading in social media or just on

the news. Let us know. We can definitely talk about it tonight. Tom, quickly jog

my memory. Did we cover the big news in the last week or so last week for the

Everything Electric show? We did not because that news dropped in between

our show. So let's do that right now, actually. So yeah, I will share this

post here just to cover the sentiment, I guess, from the crowd. So yes, big

surprise indeed, as Jim Pine shared with us that the Everything Electric show has

been postponed in Sydney from March, which was literally like probably in six

weeks time to September. I think it's now 18 to 20, something like that, later this

year in Sydney. And the other news is that the Melbourne show has been

cancelled as well. All these postponed are definitely for this year. So yeah, does

that come as a surprise to you guys? You know, seeing they were all ready to go

for March and then just to just to drop a bit of a bombshell in the in the

postponement, what do you reckon? For me personally, I thought it was a

surprise. I mean, I saw it as a standalone show to some of the other

events. So that's why I personally felt was a surprise. Yeah, given the success

they've had over the last couple of years, even at Homebush, I think it's

turned into a pretty good show. And you know, if 2025 was anything to go by,

Model Y was unveiled at the show. There were a lot of big players involved,

including the likes of BYD, who I think were officially there. It wasn't a

dealer. And yeah, like, you know, X-Pen Zika had a massive stand. If you guys

remember, they sort of, I think, showcased the 7X for the first time. They

had the 001FR. And then a lot of the Europeans were also there. So, you

know, I don't know, maybe the car brands are maybe have had a bit of like have

had enough of all the car shows and how often they happened in 2025. And maybe

some of them are saying this is not, you know, they're not ready to have them

so close to what already happened in November when they had two shows, one

at Sydney, one in Melbourne with everything electric, one being in

Melbourne. So yeah, it's interesting. But the sentiment after the Melbourne show

was fairly positive. They said we're definitely coming back. And then it's

changed very quickly, as you said, Tom.

Yeah, I agree, Riz and Roland. I think it's certainly was a shock to me, just

sort of dropped out of the blue. And I don't know whether you guys watched Dan

Caesar's video that he dropped as well about it, Dan's the CEO of the

everything electric organization. He I think the sentiment was that was just

probably just too many shows and possibly OEMs just feeling the pinch. And

you know, I think to spend at every single show, it is hard for them. You

know, you don't want to show that doesn't have the cast to showcase to

people as well. So I think from their point of view, they probably did the

right thing to postpone it. We, you know, I mean, just what reading the room

and just reading the comments, there's probably a bit of show fatigue at the

moment in Australia. We had three, four, maybe five shows last year, just five

general motor shows and EV shows like the FDA guys did to everything

electric too. And then obviously the Melbourne motor show, that's like a

general motor show. That's like five shows. So, you know, you don't want

you don't want OEMs to pull out. It's not good for the consumers as well. So

it's probably good to have one or two really good quality shows that we can

all sort of rally around. That's my sentiment.

I have to say though, does that, does this shift or this movement of this

show, does that mean that Melbourne motor show becomes the standard again? I

don't know, because apparently they are going to be twice as big as what

they were last year. And last year, they had three days, 15,000 tickets per

day. And they were all sold out before the day started. So they reckon this

time it's going to be twice the size of what they had in 2025. It's their

second year. And maybe this is a sign that EVs are no longer as special as

they once used to be. And they're just normal cars. So OEMs are saying,

especially those that offer multiple power trains, are sort of saying, yes,

we will showcase our electric offerings, but we also want to participate in a

general car show because that's what we do.

Yeah, I don't think it's such a bad thing. Of all the shows I attended last

year, the Melbourne Motor Show was by far and away the most crowded between

them all. We joined our way on the Sunday and we were shoulder to shoulder

with other people walking around looking at the cars. So I think that's a

thing, having EVs next to regular cars, at least ICE cars, and that way people

can go, oh, OK, well, I was here to see the, whatever's, and then I can, oh,

OK, there's EVs over there. I might as well check it out. So it might not be

a bad thing to normalize EVs rather than just having a special show.

That's right. And I think that the other point as well is that the fact that

they become normal cars, and we already know from a price parity point of

view, that's where things are at now, where a few EV models are much cheaper

with more tech than their equivalent sort of same-sized ICE vehicles from

traditional legacy automakers. And, you know, people want to go to one place to

see sort of everything while they're not sure what they might fall into.

But even, I think, Tom, you may also, I think viewers can see your video from

last year as well. That show had, it was, you know, even I am, they had the

unveiling at that show. Geely was there, Zika was there, a few of the other brands

were also the DPAL. They had their E07 and SO5 on display as well. Tesla had a

big stand. BYD had the shark tank. They had the shark inside this little

circular enclosure. But yeah, I guess there's enough spacing now between the

April show and then everything electric in September.

And Gaffer makes a good point here. And Dan did say this in his video that

Dan suggested that the other shows, I think he was probably referring to the

Future Drive ones, I would think. That's what I was reading between the lines

that have sort of poisoned the well a little bit. He didn't go too much in

detail, but he certainly insinuated that was the case.

And yeah, and sorry, this one I wanted to show, agree with Tom says SA Evans EVs are

now mainstream, which is good. It's a good thing. We are to normalize EVs and

hybrids for sure. I mean, what do you guys think about dropping Melbourne?

Is that is that reasonable? Should we have Sydney and Melbourne be like Shanghai,

Beijing, Riz? Look, I don't mind the dropping of Melbourne. I know everything

electric has dropped us like it's hot, but we had Snoop Dogg last year.

He dropped it like it's hot for the AFL Grand Final.

I think, yeah, we do need less shows. That's the bottom line. If everything electric

becomes, you know, a yearly sort of occurrence in Sydney and we have the Melbourne Motor Show

and they're sort of separated apart by, you know, a couple of months, four or five months,

I think that's great. So, yeah, I think that would be it would be good if they sort of

venue that they do it at in Sydney. It's pretty good. There's a lot of flexibility.

It's so much open space, lots of test drives. So, yeah, best of luck to the everything electric

team and, you know, I'm glad that they at least want to continue and haven't dropped Australia

altogether. In fact, Dan's video said Australia was a very important point for them. I think

outside of the UK, Australia was probably one of the highest attended shows and highest views,

I think, for their videos. So, I don't think we're going away anytime soon.

You know, I think you're right. The Sydney Olympic Park venue is fantastic. In general,

it's just a bit far away for Sydney Siders. It's just hard to get to the Metro is coming,

I think in like five years time or something. So, that'd be much better. I'll be even older

than I am now. There's a lot of car parking there in their defence. So, at least they've got all

coverage in terms of public transport and driving there.

That's a very good point. And for the verbs, you know, people like him, you know, splashing up for

a hotel room at the show, it's good that EE did it early so that people can get their credit,

get a refund, because it would have been tough to get a last minute refund. So,

I do feel for you guys and girls who are book flights and whatnot to make time to come here.

Yes, I was just going to say this comment here. Yes, Shanghai and Beijing swap every year. That's

kind of what I was sort of hinting at Melbourne and Sydney could swap every year. I think that

could be good for us as well. And Justin says, share the love, take the shows to other parts

of the country. Yeah, that'd be good. All right. Brisbane, Gold Coast, Shuston, Convention Center.

Absolutely. Southeast Queensland. I was going to say, tail and bend. Tail and bend.

That's hard to get to, but that'd be awesome having one out there.

Yes. Yes, that's right. How's it? They did drop Melbourne this year back in 27. He did say,

didn't he? That's right. Yeah, cool. I guess the other quick point is what would the relevance

of these shows be moving forward as EVs become more mainstream in the sense that the early adopters

who were huge supporters of the everything electric movement, and they still are, you know,

we all are, as vehicles become more mainstream and every brand has got an electric offering of

some sort and you see billboard advertising and dealers are pushed to sell more electric cars

because that's how they're going to meet their NVES requirements. This is going to be an interesting

evolution for us to observe. For me, I think we just need to get serious, right? All the

advertising's there. All the marketing's there. We showcase the cars now. We just need to convince

that the general public, it's actually quite feasible to own these cars and to travel long

distance with them. So getting the infrastructure right for charging is, I think, the number one

priority at the moment, rather than showing more cars. That's my personal opinion.

So yeah, exactly. It was interesting times for sure. And yeah,

Sydney has the highest view count for EV videos outside of London. So

Brisbane and Melbourne next. That's right.

Yeah, that's good. And then yeah, Andrew, correct. Canada might need a few more EV car shows with

them opening up to Chinese EVs. If you missed that news, of course, Canadians have dropped their

tariffs for Chinese EVs from 100% down to pre, I guess, pre US current US administration tariff

levels to 6%, which is good. More Chinese EVs for them. And then a few coming years.

Alrighty, keep those comments coming. Now we'll go back to the cherry that was spotted

by Max, our viewer this week. So I don't actually know which which car this is.

Maybe Rizkin or Roland can enlighten us.

I don't think it's a Mazda 6E.

No, it's not.

What was the cherry, Fulvin?

Fulvin. That's all I've got. Maybe Max can enlighten us as to what Fulvin it is. Couldn't

quite find it. It looked kind of like the, I think the E, is it the E5 or 6, the sedan thing?

I didn't quite match the shape. But this was spotted on the M4 in Sydney.

So it's not a sedan, right, guys? It's not a wagon or a SUV.

It's a sedan. Yep.

Yeah. Good. It makes the downs great again. So Max says it's an E07. There you go.

E07. Let me see if I can find info on that.

I found an old article around cherry sub-brain Fulvin spotted.

Let's see. They're only saying it's not confirmed for Australia.

It's called the A9 in China. Offered as plug-in hybrid or battery car.

Mm-hmm. Hybrid 20s. Oh, combined driving range. Over 1,400 kilometers.

Sounds like that might be China's CRTC rating though.

No other specs or details.

Yeah. Certainly a lot of info. I'm not sure. I mean, if it's spotted here,

it means it's got to be coming, right, surely. Or at least they're testing something.

There you go. It's a back shot there.

Yeah. It's definitely not an Ioniq 6.

Yeah. That's a lot more from the rear as well.

That it is not. No big spoiler.

For Ioniq 6. 2025 Cherry Fulvin A9L. There you go. Thanks, Muzzle.

Indeed. Nice to see another sedan fastback. That's right.

Yeah. That's good. All right. Like we keep saying,

if you see anything on the roads, whether it be cars for testing or chargers popping up,

tags on socials will certainly amplify it for you. So keep those pics coming. Thank you.

Now, another car that has been confirmed for Australia. Well, not confirmed,

but it's probably coming. And confirmed in New Zealand is the X-Peng G6.

Yes. The Kiwis have just at the post again. This time the X-Peng G6. I didn't realize this.

The G6 was actually not launched in New Zealand yet prior to this, the new G6 coming there.

But importantly, as you say in your article, the all-wheel-drive version

is also being launched there as well.

Yeah. They've got the performance variant. I think we had EVs and beyond. They covered that

quite well with Richard Edwards talking about sort of what that vehicle is like in the New Zealand

market. And LFP battery, I think 4.2 seconds to 100km in the performance variant. Performance

variant pricing is around about 63,000 Australian dollars. That's crazy pricing for a performance

badged vehicle. And that's their top spec. So if it's anywhere close to that 65 grand for a top

spec, you know, G6, that's a lot of car. That's very sharp. I looked up the BYD C-Line 7 performance

version. That is about the same price actually. So that could be real, a real price coming to

Australia. That performance G6. Lots of updates, of course, but importantly, 80kWh LFP battery,

fast charging, 451kW. Not quite as fast as the 7X, but still, probably can't tell all that top

speed. Anyway, we can find a charger that can do it, of course. But yeah, it's obviously a few

other minor cosmetic improvements. I can see Richard there. Hi, Richard. Nice to see you.

EV is beyond. There you go. Thanks for covering that for us. Yes, I agree, Andrew. The price on

the new G6 performance is looking very nice indeed. Yep, that top end there.

Roland, what do you reckon? Performance G6? Zika 7X performance? It's a tough one.

It comes down to how it drives. But look, in all seriousness, when you look at the Model Y

performance, these are obviously competitors in some way, shape or form. These ones are priced

so much more aggressive compared to that. Oh yeah. So they're doing well. If we can be given in

2026 a performance SUV in the 60s, no one would have thought of this like two years ago.

You'd be thinking six figures. I don't know if everyone knows, but back then,

my Model Y performance was $108,000. That's a tough deal to swallow, Roland.

It is. That's why I've sold it yet.

Roland, we're all the same. The smartest one out of all of us is Tom with his BYDC with blue calipers.

That's right. Then all of a sudden, the values go up.

To be fair, we did buy an original Fremont made Tesla Model 3 performance. Don't worry,

I'm in the same pain as you. That depreciated as well. You're right, guys. It's phenomenal.

$63,000 for potentially a car like this in Australia. I'm definitely looking forward to

testing this. Joy and I did drive this at China recently in Guangzhou. Yes, I can tell you, it

does definitely drive better than the current G6. I can't wait. Is there any inside costs?

Do we know when this is going to come or nothing? Richard has obviously

ensured that it's landed in New Zealand. Here, we don't really know. I saw a video from somebody

in Ireland today. It's already right-hand drive there. Probably heading to UK soon.

The car is there. This photo is from Thailand. In August, they were showcasing this car in Thailand.

Can't be too far away, but as far as I can tell for the time being, all I see is X-Pen with those

heavily discounted previous versions of the car with very little to say. From memory,

I think the website said something along the lines of Q1, but I don't know if it's late Q1,

early Q2, but the lineup looks exciting from what we can see with what's there in New Zealand now.

Yes, there is $5,000 cash back at the moment for the G6. That's a pretty good deal. That

brings it under $50,000, I think, before drive away at on. It's not bad at all, actually. If

drive quality, if you're happy with the current G6 driving dynamic, then I think it's a pretty good

deal. Certainly worth looking at before the new one comes out. Evie's Beyond says, Richard says,

the updated G6 was the fastest charging car we tested for a week until the 7x performance,

so that's good. I mean, if it's 12 minutes, I think they claim 10 to 80. It's phenomenal.

That's very quick. Very quick charging. We're getting there, guys. We're getting there with

EV charging speeds, for sure. The big question here is that, are these cars landing here with the

infamous Turing chip, the one that enables XNGP? I don't know enough about it, but

we need to start to see some movement from other brands on self, even if it's level two plus

autonomous driving tech coming to our markets. I did see an article today from Carnies China that

China Time, the new G6 for 2026. The third iteration of this car has been announced in China

with the Turing chips. With the Turing chips, right? The one that's in the G7 and the P7 Plus.

So these cars coming to Australia and New Zealand, the new G6, I think we'll just have

two NVIDIA orange chips at the moment, which can't quite do XNGP, I think, at the level they want.

And you're right, Riz. I don't think they've tested anything yet in Australia,

so it's going to be at least 18 months, I would think, before anything.

Tesla FSC Supervised comes to XFANG, unfortunately.

They need to start listing those chips in their spec sheets. So many people want to find out on

all of their Chinese cars that come here on their respective brands, but no one ever knows.

I think the XFANG website actually shows the current one, just one orange chip

for the current generation. Richard confirming dual RNX, technically XNGP capable. There you go.

So is this a segue then on to our next chip story, Tom? The big story, the one we talk about

brands not listing what chip is inside people's cars. And then this week,

it nearly broke some parts of the internet. Let's do this. When people discovered that there's a

hardware 4.5 chip in or the computer inside Tesla, Fremont and Texas built vehicles.

No one knows what this is. Does that mean all the current hardware 4 people are crying now?

I mean, this is just one wide open, right? New chipset again. It's not good. Oh, it is good,

but it's moving quickly. I thought there would be nothing in the middle. I thought it was 4 or 5,

which is 18 miles away. They've been talking about 5.

So here we go. Obviously, you can tell by the number of comments on that article that nobody

really cares, but the reality of the situation is this, I guess, will start to come in Tesla cars

possibly by Q1, end of Q1 from Shanghai, because Tesla doesn't like to be on multiple different

hardwares for things like computers and the rest. If they're producing one, they'd like to

produce quite a lot with that same type of hardware. So yeah, we'll see. Apparently,

there's no difference in capabilities. There is a new front camera module. I'm not sure what it

actually does, but that's been spotted in the US. So I guess, yeah, time will tell what this

actually means. But I remember when hardware 4 started to get into Model S and Model X, that was

the Halo cars. All you saw was like cameras with a red sort of tint on the lens itself,

and then within three to six months, it was in all cars. So we'll find out what this means.

Yeah, that's kind of true. Tesla sort of just slipped the chip in without too much fanfare,

and you never know the next Model Y next, you'll have the 4.5s as well on our cars, so I wouldn't

be surprised. And just sticking with Tesla, of course, news this week that autopilot, at least

basic autopilot, has been officially discontinued in the US and Canada for new cars. So you'll have

traffic aware cruise control, but not, I guess, auto steer for new Teslas in the US and Canada.

What do you think, guys? Is that a surprise? I mean, given a lot of cars now come with auto

steer, whether they be ISO or even EVs, it's sort of expected now to be included in most cars.

I find this a bit surprising, to be honest. It was always noted as beta, actually,

never think about it in the settings to enable it. So I'm guessing they just said

poorly known FSD and scrap that to try and get people to go over to subscribe.

Yeah. And also, I think FSD is now fully subscription, right? There's no

outright payment anymore, I think, in the US?

Or from 14th or fair by thing or something like that, that one time purchase will disappear as well.

Yeah, it's probably a sensible thing, given how quickly the chips are moving, guys.

4.5, 4.5.1, whatever. Yeah.

Well, Gaffer's saying it's a stupid move with the non,

what do you call it, included basic autopilot, lack of FSD, maybe probably to blame.

Interesting. Forcing Tesla owners to move to FSD.

I guess a quick point on that. Does that mean that I guess it's for new owners of people that buy

a new Tesla. This could be someone second Tesla if they purchase one. And they've said Model 3 and

why I'm not sure what's happened to SX and Cybertruck and the rest, what the goal there is. Maybe

they're leaving that functionality for their more premium cars. Well, they're saying, you know,

if you can afford, if you're getting sort of a basic Tesla, you're not getting a lot more than

that. But yeah, I think the clear thing is the push towards FSD subscriptions. That's what they're

saying. Yeah. Actually, one more point. We're lucky in Australia that a lot of those cars

are coming standard with those line keep assist and the rest in the US from memory. I'm pretty sure

Ford and Chevy charge for their blue cruise and equivalent systems as well. So there is

already a bit of a standard there that if you want some level of auto steer, you pay for it.

So yeah, I don't know. Maybe it's a US only thing. Fingers crossed, it only stays there.

But in other markets, we can't even access full FSD yet. So yeah, exactly. I really hope it's just

the US Canada thing because it's, you know, given we have so much choice here, right? We have all

the Chinese cars that have included auto steer in their software. It's going to be, it's going to

be a hard sell to have to pay for a tech that's already built in in BYD and X-Ping and Zco and

what you name it. Pretty much all the cars we test have some sort of auto steer.

And imagine if they tried to do that in a market like China, that would be like,

game over. We don't pay.

Yeah, exactly. If he has mismatched to standard features, we keep saying this across most cars.

Yeah, I argue almost all cars. I haven't tested a car that doesn't have lane centering

in a long time. I would say at least two, three years now.

Yeah. Mind you, I'll also add, I think lane centering is depending on the car we're driving,

it does different things. And Tesla over the years has gotten better. I do find some of the

Chinese cars, the last one I drove, X-Ping G6 and I think even the C-Line 7 around Benz on

freeways and motorways, they slow down. You're doing $100 and all of a sudden they do like $90

or $80 and that can be dangerous at times. Tesla used to freak out quite a lot, but it's a lot

better now. But yeah, we only have to look at the competition in our market. Tesla was a word

first announcing a five-year warranty in Australia. So there is good amount of competition here for

them to, let's say, not take another thing away that people actually want and use.

Yeah, that's right. It's five-year limited warranty too, which is very good.

Now, Roland, explain yourself with this photo here. Is this your car?

Secretly, I got a new one, no. I saw this on one of the Facebook groups and I just thought it'd be

interesting to share because it's not every day you see someone use space to the max.

34 slabs of turf. I don't know. Personally, for me, I'd have to bag that. I can't even do that,

even if it was a small patch of grass, but 34, that's real dedication and that hasn't been

cleaning up for a long time. I just felt very dirty seeing that photo. For those of you listening

on Audio Podcast, it's 34 slabs of turf in the rear of a Tesla Model Y that we're looking at

right now. That Roland has shared from, I think, Facebook. Yeah. I don't know whose car this is,

but you're a brave person, I must say. We know Bjorn does his banana box test. We know Gavin

does his potato test. Now, this person's got a turf test for the Tesla Model Y. Very impressive.

Very brave. Very impressive. How long would that take to clean out after that? That would be half

a day. Sweeping all the sand out and mud and whatnot. Right off. Burn that thing. Oh, don't

burn it. Oh, dear. Tristan's MCG boxing day turf pitch. Controversial. Quite cheaper and better

to have 34 delivered. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Off to the tennis. Yeah. Fit nine in my yards.

That's funny. Yeah. Well, that's good. All right. 34 slabs. Nobody tried to break that record,

by the way. I don't want to see your cars getting dirty neither. Just leave it at 34.

And it is actually quite heavy. If you look at the bottom picture, the suspension, like it's

starting to sag down compared to the front by a fair bit. Yeah. It might be the peak, but you're

right. The wheel arch is certainly closer to the wheel there. Yeah. Yeah, you hope it's lying

with tarps. Absolutely. Oh, there you go. People do things, strange things with the Tesla.

I don't mind lane centering, but if you can't turn off with one press of a physical button,

I won't buy the cars. There's dome pop. Yeah. I think most cars have an option where you don't

need to have it on from experience. I did. So I've currently got the new Subaru Salterra

at the moment. I must say it's, it looks very similar. Still a very nice drive, I must say,

the Subaru. But there is, you know, Riz, you're talking about lane centering and then around

curves. Some cars do slow down. There's a funny option in one of the settings going through it

today. You can actually turn that off. You don't have to slow down. I've never seen that before.

Why would you want to slow down? I'm trying to, yeah, but maybe it's interesting quick.

Maybe, I don't know, like where it snows. I don't know. Maybe it's like on Icy

highways or something, but it's just sort of rude. It's supposed to have all-wheel drive,

supposed to get anywhere. So don't slow down, keep going. Yeah. I wouldn't, I don't know.

Do we have evidence of FSD being used in like thick snow? Like what Canada and US is experiencing

right now? This week. Yeah. Kyle Conner from Out of Speck apparently was blown away at how

good the system is in like a snowstorm. Good. Good. Yeah. Some of those roads are pretty nuts in

North America. So that's good. And I agree. If it's a tight curve, you want to slow down for sure.

But not just on a gentle curve. Like it does slow down. Yeah, on freeways. They're not even

advising you to slow down. They're just saying keep going, but it's just like, I remember the

G6 slowed down to 70 and I was like, there's like cars like right behind you asking for an accident.

Even though I am did it too, to me on the way to Canberra. Yeah, a lot of them do it.

We should probably talk about this. I'm not sure whether we covered this last week. The

Volvo EX60 making its global debut last week. So this looks quite promising. This is a mid-sized

SUV, 4.8 meters in length. It's got a big ass battery, 117 kilowatt hours could potentially be the

longest range EV at the moment, 810 kilometers. I think it is WLTP. Someone needs to test that.

One stop Melbourne to Sydney, 810, just to be sure. Not me. I'll take a bathroom break.

It's on. But look, decent charging speed, 370 kilowatts, 10 to 18 and 18. That's

sorry, 10 to 80% in 18 minutes. That's enough for a bathroom break for Roland.

Drag coefficient 0.26, 800 volts, just like the EX90 and comes in two smaller packs of 83 and 95

kilowatt hours. Do we know if this is LFP or NMC? I couldn't find that info. At this stage,

we don't know which specs are coming to Australia either. This is sort of the global, but yeah.

Yeah, 22 kilowatt AC. Just like the Zika 7X. It's got hints of the Volvo EX30 as well.

Same sort of design cues. So, 0 to 103.9. That's faster than the X-Pung G6 performance, the same.

So yeah, this one could be interesting actually. And just highlighting that Stephen Connor from

Volvo Australia has confirmed it is coming later this year, so that is good to hear.

So we are getting the top spec if he's saying with up to 810 kilometers.

There you go. Hold that to him, I think, when we see the announcement later this year.

Good, good, good. Yeah, exactly. Donald would be a heavy EV with that size battery. That's for

sure. It'd be pretty close to three tons, I think. 117 kilowatt hour. What's the battery in the Zika

009? Is it 116? 116. 16 by one.

That's the same as the Volvo EX90, isn't it? If I'm not wrong, very close to it.

Very close. So those ones are NMC, so it could be that. It's an NMC to deliver that power.

Yeah, absolutely. There you go. Volvo, another one to add to the midsize SUV segment.

And speaking of another SUV, no, this is more the sedan, is it? Xiaomi SUV or

SU7, sorry, the SU7 version 2. This is China numbers, 100,000 pre-orders in a fortnight,

the new SU7 nuts. It's crazy. Still so much demand. I actually think they've done

quite a few things aesthetically. It does look more modern than the first version.

Light are standard across the range. Better structural steel across the range.

They've done quite a lot of things to the tech. The motors are upgraded as well.

It was already a very good car, and this is sort of next level up now.

Yeah, hopefully safety improvements as well, you would expect. $47,800. I mean,

that's just crazy money for a car like that. I mean, even if it's $10,000 more when it comes

here, if it comes here, then that's still a very good buy, I think, for a car like that.

750 km WLTP, assuming conversion from 902 CLTC. Yeah. Very nice. It's such a nice car, Gents.

I love it. I agree. I like the new paint. Like that blue looks really nice on that car.

So is BYD supplying the blade battery for the entry level models?

It would be on the entry level one, and then CAT L with the Chilean version two of that battery pack.

Chilean is the one that's in Zika 7X, isn't it? The performance?

Yeah, with a high performance one. You would expect maybe that would be the

Volvo as well, potentially. Yeah, very nice. Big battery, 100 kWh.

Well, we can only hope, Gents. We'll see. We'll see if Xiaomi decides to bring this over.

Very nice to sit into, I must say, having sat in the Su7 and the U7.

Very nice. And Riz, you've had the fortune of driving it too.

Yeah, but obviously that was the last gen. This one, I guess we'll find out. They haven't

announced the new Ultra. The Ultra is about 12 months old. In March, they will announce the U7

Ultra, which is basically like, what is it? Model X, plaid type of territory vehicle.

I don't know if you need that power in an SUV, but apparently they're going to be doing that.

And I think they will beat Porsche with their Cayenne electric turbo that's supposed to be

unveiled at the Beijing auto show. So I think Xiaomi will have a lot more to show,

and they're already killing it compared to what is happening, the sharp decline of Porsche in China.

No one needs that kind of power, except when you're rolling.

Yes, I admit it. It's a never a need. Never a need. It's a want.

Well, if we do get to Beijing, I'd love to check it out. So we'll see.

Now, just wanted to share a few picks from one of our viewers who's kind of the send-in,

some picks from the opening of the new Supercharger site at Aussie World Sunshine Co.

So let's get these picks up for you. A ribbon cutting ceremony in the Sunshine Coast. There we go.

Looking very, very Sunshine Coast-y in the background. That's a lot of superchargers

there for that area, which is great to see. Very good. There you go, ribbon cutting.

Thank you for sending this in. This is from viewer Josh M.

So if you're watching Josh, thank you very much. And there's Josh there.

Happy to send a photo to us next to Optimus.

And there we go. Test drives, I guess, on the day as well, which is good.

Hopefully FSD as well for those test drives. Just a quick question around that sign.

Customer test drives? Potential customer test drives? Or just if you're already a customer,

you can test drive. They're so confident you'll be a customer after a test drive.

Yeah, Gaffer, I agree. Great to see these sites with decent amount of superchargers.

Makes road tripping a lot easier up and down the East Coast, which is good.

Unfortunately, bays get iced. Yeah, I mean, bays get iced all the time, unfortunately,

not just there. Still happens a lot. Yeah. Yeah, still a common problem.

And Mazda says Aussie needs eight more charging sites, Aussie referring to this place, the Aussie

world. So Mazda must know this place well. And here we go, a bit of news for the 7GT,

since this is the year of the wagon. Seeker 7GT is apparently approved for right hand drive production.

Could be intriguing considering it should be roughly five to six grand less than the 7S. Well,

that was what I was saying at these shows. It has to be less than the 7X. I hope it's really

just crossed. I will add, though, in Europe, it's less than the 7X. But the 7X is far more

expensive than the Model Y in Europe. So here, the 7X is priced very close to a Model Y.

So yeah, it'd be interesting to see what their price is at. So yeah, Seeker's got a couple of

products coming out this year. So yeah, it'd be pretty interesting. Yeah, X-Pen, hopefully with

the G6, X9, maybe the P7 Plus, which we know the new one is going to Europe,

your videos, Tom. So yeah. Yeah, exciting year. Lots of new cars coming. Lots of small cars too.

Neo5fly, EX2, some good stuff. UT. Yeah, exactly. It's very good. Yeah, we'll try and get to Andrew's

ear from Seeker here in Australia to try and get the 7GT quick, smart, and hopefully well-priced

as well. So stay tuned, everyone. It's a shame where the show's cancelled for EE,

otherwise we could have tried and hyped up a bit more if the 7GT was there.

Number one. There's always September. Now, one more bit of BYD news for everyone. So

this is a bit of late news. Thanks to Riz's article. So BYDs, what car is this Riz testing the 1MW

charging speed? So this is, we believe, BYD Tang, which is their flagship SUV. We're getting a version

of that called the Sea Line 8, but we're getting plug-in hybrid first. This is the fully electric

and I think the long wheelbase version, which BYDs put it out to public to select the name for

this car. So it's likely to be Tang L or King Tang or something like that. But this is speculated to

have the same 1MW charging, which the previous Tang did. So yeah, I mean, it does, you know,

even in that two-tone paint, it's got a few sort of Maybach sort of looks to it.

It does. Maestro. Yeah, maestro. So yeah, look, we don't know a lot more about this car, but yeah,

Super E platform, which is the new one. Flash charging, which we know is going to international

markets like UK and Europe this year. So yeah, should be interesting to see.

Where's the limit on Cs? We're up to 10 C charging speeds now, right? I mean,

5 C, that's like so last year. We're up to 10 Cs now. It's crazy. Is this a 7-seater?

Yes. So we're getting the Sea Line 8, which is the plug-in hybrid, which is a 7-seater.

So this is a full EV, obviously, doing the 1MW charger.

Yeah. I mean, Tang, we could call it the Emperor. Tang L, Emperor.

The Tang fully electric version was, I think, shown at a show in Uzbekistan a couple of,

maybe a month or so ago. That has like 810 kilowatts of power and just insane power specs.

So yeah, like that vehicle there. So we're going to be pretty much inundated with

sort of choice. It's been almost a year since that tech came out in the Tang and the Han.

I still don't, I haven't got on my head around it. Like, what's different? New battery? What is this

battery? Like, you know, it's really, really interesting. Like, if BYD is tech, hopefully

they get to explain it a little bit more as it heads to international markets.

It's a good point, Ruiz. It's been very secretive, haven't it? They haven't sort of

hyped the battery up too much. You would think this is a good chance to say this is the BYD

Blade II or whatever, or 1.5, right, or whatever it is.

So, well, remember at Guangzhou Auto Show, Tom, BYD had a flash charging stand,

like BYD had a hole, and one of their big stalls was their flash charging tech, which is this

super E-hybrid platform tech. So I guess they're starting to talk about it, but just hasn't gone

mainstream into international markets yet. I guess once these vehicles do start to get out there

to more international markets, which this week, one of their general managers announced that

they expect at least 24% growth in their international volumes. So that's for 2026. So they're really

looking at, you know, global markets instead of just looking at what China has got for them.

Yeah, Wayne says he saw still a leave from BYD on the weekend saying they will

add one megawatt charging to every country they sell their cars in. That's great. That's what we

want. It's damn fast. Yeah, we need the chargers, correct? That's like five minutes, 400Ks. I can't

even go to the toilet in that time. That's too quick. I've got to stay with the car.

Pay your IDFs.

Wait, just wait. Don't go too fast. BYD Kraken, BYD Octopus, lots of options.

Speaking of Wang Zhou, I still, what sticks in my head is the tank, the young Wang you wait

doing, swimming around the big tank they had. That was like mind blowing. Incredible seeing that

in person. Well, basically anything you want in China, it can happen, even if it's outside an

exhibition center. If you want a huge pool that these huge vehicles can swim in, we'll make it

happen. China time. I was just going to say with the young Wang, last year we saw a spotted and

they said there was an article somewhere that said there was like six or eight in Australia

somewhere and then there was one spotted driving around in the snows, one spotted in Sydney,

wondering if any of you has seen it lately or where has it gone?

If you see it around Australia, you know what to do, tag us on socials.

And Richard's saying the C-Line A technically has Blade II. It just doesn't come with a super

fast charger. Interesting. Yeah, I don't know. I'd love to see those chargers from these OEMs,

like obviously Xperia, Zika Power, BYD's fast charger. They need to come to Australia, I think,

to really show they're serious in Australia. BYD Electric Eel, that's a good name, Justin. Very

fitting. Each young Wang has to go back to service after each water excursion. I don't know. I hope

not. Be good for flood water, I guess. Yeah, with charging that fast, they'll need to put

them in. Especially because they put these chargers, like Amphol and Eastern Creek, they've

got the chargers right at the back of the service station where the truck chargers are. So you're

going to walk to the main service station. That's a five-minute walk already and then

Hodel Fees is rolling after that. Yeah. All right, gents, that might be it for tonight. If there's

a time, same in the audience. Richard's saying, yeah, the service after water entry is a real

thing. There you go. Yeah, I wonder how many they had in Guangzhou, if they had to service it every

time, because they were doing it on the half hour, every half hour. Yeah, there was a huge crowd. I

mean, I only popped my head out just out of the BYD hall to have a quick look at what the hype was

about. But yeah, it was too hot to get close to it. Just too many people and people are very excited

about that sort of tech. So yeah, we'll have to see what new vehicles, but from all the things

that are coming out from BYD so far in the last 12 months or so, they really are looking for that

luxury high-end sort of, there's a sedan equivalent of this car coming. So next couple of months before

Beijing show, we're going to see like a huge amount of cars being unveiled by BYD and others.

Can't wait. Yeah. This is the year, I think. Lots of new cars. Roll, thanks for joining us.

Anything coming up this week for you? Nothing yet. Just working on my video for the IM6.

That's about it. Excellent. Can't wait. And Riz, how about yourself?

I'll be taking my first Bonserjet tomorrow for the year. So I've been on the ground for the last

month or so, but back into it. So yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I think we're going to be covering

quite a lot on these streams in the coming months and how good is our audience already sharing

some pretty good sort of things that they're spotting on the road in the real world.

Yes, thanks guys and girls in the audience. Yes, you are what makes the show special. So

if you see anything, Tagus, you are our eyes and ears on the roads around Australia. So keep up

the good work and thank you Riz and Roland as always for a fantastic Wednesday night. As always,

we'll see you next week on the show. So thanks very much guys and everyone else. Thank you.

See you. See you guys. Thanks for joining us.

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