Sydney EV Show Recap, Zeekr 7GT Reveal & Australian EV Market Update

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our co-host as always on the show. Hello, Riz. How are we doing?

Hey, Tom. Good to be back. I've been spending a lot of time in the Bonser Lounge over the last

basically week or so. And I did escape to come and say hi to you in Sydney and a few of our

viewers at the Eevee show. And then, yeah, back in the Bonser Lounge and back in Melbourne

now. So good to be on. We've got a lot of things to talk about, particularly some of the new Eevees,

the cheaper ones, the more expensive ones, and some of the more unexpected models that have been

announced. Yeah, that's right, Riz. Good to see that you got a leave pass from the Bonser Lounge.

I know you love it in there, but yeah, thanks for joining us. Mi Immortals down here in

Ludicrous Feedland. And it was really good to see you and Roland actually

during the Sydney Eevee show just on the weekend. And we saw a lot of our viewers as well. Thanks

for those of you who came up to say hello to me and Riz during the show. Riz particularly

was quite busy on stage and I was also doing a bit of running around as well and doing some

live reviews as well. So it's good to see people interested in the show and asking questions

and so on. Roland does send his apologies. He's got some family commitments this evening,

so we say hello to Roland. I'm sure we'll see him back soon. Riz, question to you. I guess what

was your highlight of the show? I'm sure you had many, but what were some of your highlights

over the weekend? I think it was just meeting some of our viewers. That was quite fun,

catching up with yourself, Roland, Daryl, a couple of the other guys that are usually

in the chat. And I guess just having a look around at the people that are looking at these Eevees

and those that came and sat down at the stage as audience to listen to some of the insights. And

we're getting past that early adoption stage now because throughout the whole three days,

I didn't get a question on how long will the battery last in an Eevee and is the grid

going to melt? All of those sort of things that we were used to getting a couple of years ago.

But yeah, it was really good to see the maturity in the market and some of the models that were on

display from some legacy automakers as well as some of the, let's call it, pretty hot sort of

Eevees at the moment like the Zika 7X, which I think you were at the live stage.

You know, that was quite good. What sort of reception did you get when you unveiled the 7X

to a few of the audience and partners that were coming into the show?

Yeah, I think that was quite a good reception, Riz. Yeah, I mean, yeah, you're right. There are

certainly, I think there's certainly a wide varied range of audience show goers these days.

It's not the early adopters. Like I said, some experienced campaigners looking for a new Eevee

or the second Eevee or third Eevee, but also there are some newbies lurking around as well,

which is good. Some of them are a little bit afraid to ask questions because, you know,

we are a little bit past that adoption phase. But yeah, it's good to just chat to them one-on-one

and get a gauge of what we're up to in the journey. And I did gauge every session I hosted

like who's curious for the first time about Eevees or who's buying an Eevee or who's

looking for the next Eevee purchase. So yeah, I think there was a wide variety of people,

which is fantastic. And yeah, the 7X was certainly well received. I think there's a lot of questions

about that. It was good to have Andrew or Melvin from Zika during those sessions I hosted

to answer those questions, as well as Andy from LeapMoto. We saw the B10 being

unveiled as well. And I did a few walk-arounds with Andy as well during those sessions. So

it was really, really good actually. But look at Riz, I think the car that stood out for

me must be the 7GT. I first saw this in China last or early this year and great to see that on

Australian soil as well. I'm sure a lot of our viewers saw it as well in Sydney.

Yeah, first time I think a lot of people got to see it up close and get a chance to sit in it and

sort of see how, you know, there's very few cars in our market that are like that.

I can't even remember the last time I saw a Taycan Cross Turismo on the road.

So usually you see them in sedans or a sashed wagon or shooting break.

They didn't confirm whether that was going to be coming to Australia. They did say if they could

gauge enough interest. So if anyone's interested, leave a comment in those Tom's videos specifically

about that car or the walk-arounds of the show. And that way at least Zika Australia knows

whether how hard to push for that sort of vehicle to get to the Australian market hopefully in 2026.

I told Andrew from Zika that I have never had such a positive response about a vehicle

as the 7GT did in the walk around that me and Riz did during the show.

Honestly, it was I would say 99% positive and mouthwatering kind of comments saying

bring it to Australia. I'll drop my 7X to positive for the 7GT comes tomorrow, that

kind of thing. So yeah, I think I can honestly say hand to heart never seen such a positive response.

So yeah, hopefully the Zika team take those comments to heart and we'll hopefully see that

next year. Who knows? I don't have any info. So I can't tell you guys publicly anyway. So

we'll see what happens. Yeah, well, I want to say hello to some of our viewers who've

joined us nice and early on the show. 126 viewers already. Let's say hello to Richard

who's now counting down to everything electric. Got some news about that as well. So stay

tuned about that and the AVEA show is as well the everything. So the Australian Electric Vehicle

Association conference is also on the set a few days before the EE show comes on too.

Hello to Sir Nakramanta. Hello there. Nice to see you. Hello, Aaron Crofts. Hello,

Jim. Yes, I saw Jim as well at the show. Hello, nice to see you. Hello, my coots,

me coots. I keep getting your name wrong. You did say hello to you, but hello there,

me coots. Meek, he went to the EEV show in Sydney met Tom and Riz. Absolutely, yes.

Thank you. Nice to catch up with you there. Hello, Gary. Hi from Melbourne,

nearly A2 EEV family. That's great. Hello, Andrew. Nice to see you. Hello,

Midge from Team Seal. Go Team Seal. It's been a great day in Sydney. Very nice weather.

Hello, Lewis. Nice to see you there. And everyone else who's joined us nice and early

too. So many comments, Riz. It's so good to see you. Hello, Gaffa. Nice to see you there.

And yeah, give us your comments about the Sydney EEV show. Leave that in the chat,

whether you were there in person or whether you watched our videos and just what was your

general impression? What was your favourite card that you saw in the video or in person?

Great to see your thoughts there. Hello, Strolling Sydney. Hello, Siam.

Yeah, great. Thanks everyone for joining us tonight.

All right. Let's just talk about the next show coming up, actually,

which is the Everything Electric show in two weeks time. So we do have a ticket offer in

the comments section. So leave that if you want to get some tickets. I've got a Ludicrous Feed

ticket offer. I think it's 20% off currently. So check out that link in the video description

below. But we are also giving away some tickets tonight as well. Five double passes

for you guys to win. So all you need to do is actually do a hashtag, everything in the chat.

So just hashtag everything, one entry per viewer. It's a little reward for you guys

for joining us live. And just be honest, if you're in Melbourne, try, you know,

obviously enter. But if you're not in Melbourne, or if you can't make the show, try not to

enter. Leave it for someone else who can enter the show or go to the show rather.

So hashtag everything will draw a few tickets tonight. So five double passes for

the Everything Electric show in Melbourne. First time in Melbourne is debut, which is

good to see. Yeah, that's right. I think that'd be, you know, first time's always very hard in a new

location. So at the show grounds, we will see how it sort of pans out. We do know that Tesla

is going to be there. We know that Zika is going to be there, but a couple of other brands as well.

And, you know, apparently the venue seems to be very spacious. So for anyone that's been before,

and a little bit different to all the other sort of EV shows we've had in Melbourne, which

have been at the convention center. Yeah, I had a look at the floor plan actually earlier

today. And I'm not sure if it's publicly available yet, but it certainly looks very

promising. There's some brands there that may not have been at the Sydney show and it looks

like quite a big footprint too. So looking forward to that. Question for us, Riz. Great

to see all the cars at the EV show in Sydney. Question for Tom between the Polestar 4 and

the Zika 007 GT. What would be your pick? Are they on the same platform? That is a tough

question. I think we don't know the price yet for the 7 GT. We did have a little guessing

little competition between me and Riz at the show. But yeah, they're both gorgeous looking

vehicles. I would say Riz, the Zika 7 GT still pips the post for me between Polestar 4 and

Zika. I mean, what are your thoughts on that? Yeah, I think the 7 GT is definitely own.

Basically, it's a 7X in terms of its underpinnings from our technology point of view. So it will

be one of the fastest charging, if not the fastest charging vehicle on the market.

Then I think, having driven the Polestar 4, it's a really good handling car. The software could

be a little bit better. So I guess we'll have to play around with Zika software, but yeah,

I'd go with the 7 GT as well. Yeah, good point on the software. I think the 7X software was

quite impressive. So just on that alone, I probably picked the 7 GT. And if the rumors

are true, it could be 0 to 100 in under three seconds, so the all-wheel drive could be very

compelling. And we know the 7X drives very well as well. So if the price is right, Sergio,

and everyone else, I think the 7 GT could be a bit of a winner from what we can see. But not

to say the Polestar 4 is not a nice car, the 7 GT could be a nice pick up next year indeed.

Question from Gaffa 48 month member. How good is that Riz? Four years as a member on the

channel. Well done, Gaffa, you are a legend. What's the biggest changes you guys have

seen in the EV space in the last four years? Feels like a long time now. That's a great question.

I think for me, it's got to be the rise of China, rise of Chinese cars. That has been

a phenomenal turnaround in the last four years. There was pretty much what in 2021,

Tesla, I don't think BYD had even arrived in the country. Tesla, the Koreans were around,

some of the Europe, not even the Europeans. I mean, we do some Audi's, expensive BMWs,

but it was Tesla or pretty much nothing, Nissan Leaf. But yeah, the Chinese cars have certainly

jumped on the same Riz. Thoughts? Yeah, I remember from memory, I think it was midway through 2022,

late 2022, I drove the Taycan. That was probably from the European front. That was what was coming.

But yeah, I mean, since sort of BYD started, 2023, we sort of got to see the Addo 3,

and then the war was next. I think the Dolphin was next, then the Seal, and yeah,

Sealine 7, Shark. But yes, MG was around. I think MG was around in 2021.

And they've obviously had a couple of iterations since. We've seen the prices come down quite a bit,

including those of Tesla. So yeah, just different price points have meant so many

more people can have EVs as an accessible vehicle, which just wasn't there a couple of years ago.

Yeah, so good. Agreed. I mean, and the charging network as well for me is really,

really populated the Australian landscape. Tesla, I think, has really stepped up as well.

They've really opened up the charging network to other cars as well, particularly in the last

one to two years. So I'm really happy to see that and other CPOs as well. Even the fossil fuel

companies, Ampol, BP, started to populate their service stations with chargers too. So it is

starting to get much easier to road trip at an EV. So yeah, I think it's only good times

ahead Riz, which is great. You know what? I'm going to reward some of the early viewers

who've put hashtag everything and do an early draw Riz. 15 minutes in. Let's do an early draw

for our early draw for the everything electric show in Melbourne. First time in Melbourne.

Remember, hashtag everything. And we will probably draw that right now for the first of five

double passes tonight. So let's do that right now. Only one entry per viewer. And look,

there's only 11 entries. So I've got five to give away tonight. That's a very good chance

you guys could win. So let's have a look first winner for tonight is make sure you are from

Melbourne or at least you can get to the show. Unfortunately, my name is there. I guess I had

to put hashtag everything Matt De La Cruz. Matt, you are the first winner of a double pass to

the Melbourne. Everything electric shows. So make sure you send me an email Tom at ludicrousfeed.com

and we will send you out those double tickets for the show in a couple of weekends. I will

be there on a Saturday night and Saturday night, Saturday, I won't be there Saturday night,

but I'll be there Saturday and Riz will be there as well all weekend, I believe. So

should be good. All right, we'll do a draw in probably about 10, 15 minutes time. So get

those entries in hashtag everything. Let's jump into our first story for the evening Riz. So

that is the fact that Tesla sales, the headline reads from the driven Tesla sales slump in

October as Model 3 numbers hit lowest level in years. Walk us through this one.

Yeah, so, you know, October being the first month of the quarter and generally first months

in every quarter, a little bit slow. That's just the way the Tesla cycles work these days.

It's, it was one unit short in October compared to what it was in July. So in total, I think

916 Teslas were sold in October. The bulk of them were of course model wise.

And then the Model 3, you know, was 181 sales, which, you know, I had to go back a couple of

years to find a month where they sold less Model 3s. And I think sort of we ended up in 2022

when there were some months where they sold no cars,

purely because of the shipment. So yeah, that's that's Tesla story for the month. We don't officially

have the data for all the other brands. It was supposed to come, I think today, likely tomorrow

now. And then Polestar, of course, had a few 154 sales. Surprisingly, the Polestar 3

outsold the Polestar 4. And the Polestar 2 had 10 units maybe because the 2026 model

year is nearly here. And it's getting a little bit of a refresh. So yeah, that basically sums up early data.

Tom, sorry you're on mute.

Thanks, Riaz. Sorry, someone's trying to silence me. But no, I will say that. But Tesla sales

obviously tend to increase at the end of each quarter. Hence, as you said, sales will be down

at the start of each one, which is sort of understandable. That's the trend we've been

seeing. But yeah, I mean, 100 and something sales for Model 3 is concerning. But I think,

you know, the new refresh Model 3 with the Storks is coming, the long range

rule drive. Maybe people are waiting for that as well. So we'll see.

We'll probably need to average and average out these numbers for Tesla. Not excusing the brand,

but I'm just saying, you know, for a more balanced, realistic look, we should probably

average these numbers out over the years. Yeah, I was going to say, and also the Model Y

performance hasn't really had any deliveries. You know, I don't expect it to see a huge spike

on the back of the Y performance entering the market. But yeah, one other quick point in

quarter three, they had, you know, a trade in bonus. Like if you trade in in your old vehicle

and bought a model in stock Model 3 or Model Y, I think they gave you a $3,000 bonus or something

so off the price of your car that you're purchasing. Also, there's been a little bit of

noise off the back of the FSD supervised being released in September. I guess October sales

haven't really reflected, you know, that we've got it in as a subscription now as well.

So I guess keep an eye out on the inventory pages for Tesla and see if there's any

discounting occurring on used or not used, but near new or new inventory that they've got in stock.

And then I guess we'll closely follow in November and December to close the year off.

Should be good. Very interesting times ahead. I think some good numbers coming, I'm sure,

towards Christmas. Sim says, I think the facelifted Teslas look great. FSD is here.

I'd seriously consider one if I didn't have an amazing seal already. Yeah,

so much choice, isn't it? Gaffer says, yeah, people have options now, absolutely,

which is great. Love Model 3, but it's Hardware 3. So that is still a bit of a pain point for

Model 3 owners. Still can't access the full self-driving supervised software just yet. So,

yeah, we'll see what happens. We'll watch this space.

And then this week has been just while we're talking hardware very quickly.

This week on the social medias of the world, Elon Musk has been having a fair few design

review meetings with the Teslas chip design team on Hardware 5. And apparently, Hardware 5 will go

into limited production in the second half of 2026, with mass production happening in 2027.

They have two suppliers. One will be, what are they called? TSMC? Yeah, the Taiwanese

company, the biggest chip maker. And I think the other one was Samsung or LG. I get confused by

the Korean ones. But they will both be making them in the US for the US car make manufacturing.

And I'm assuming they're going to be doing the same thing globally. So,

yeah, it appears Hardware 5 is only around the corner.

Yeah, that's good. I mean, look, it's good to have better software and hardware. And hopefully,

Hardware 4 will continue to be supported in years to come as well. And Hardware 3.

And Hardware 3. Of course, we haven't forgotten you. We'll keep an eye on that for sure.

Yeah, let's keep pushing on. Don't forget to put hashtag everything in your chat, guys,

if you want to win one of five, well, one of four passes, now double passes for the

Everything Electric show in Melbourne. Roland can't be with us tonight, but he did

share with us that the acceleration boost is now here for Tesla Model Y long range for a low,

low price of $3,000. Gets you from 4.8 seconds to 4.3 seconds for 0 to 100 if you really want

that kind of thing. Look, the cheapest top spec option I've seen in a while.

So anyone that's interested, acceleration boost, Model Y long range.

What's interesting too is that with the advent of the long range rural drive Tesla Model 3,

the only all-wheel drive Tesla Model 3 you now get is the all-wheel drive performance, right?

So interesting marketing strategy there. I wonder whether Model Y will have the same

treatment in what six months time. We'll see. There is just for our viewers and listeners

benefit, there is a Model Y long range, rural drive that has been submitted to the ministry

of information and technology I think in China, which is awaiting public

basically opinion on that car before it gets approved, which means it's about to go into

manufacturing. So yeah, 2026 we might see that the performance all-wheel drive variants are

the only all-wheel drive variants in Tesla's lineup. I feel like being in a relatively dry

climate like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, I think the long-range rural drive for any car is quite

the sweet spot in our climate. I would probably only buy the all-wheel drive if I was consistently

going to the snow or if it rained a lot maybe that might be useful if the roads were slippery,

but I think generally in Sydney most times of the year it's fairly dry. So yeah, I've always

got it sort of gone for the long-range rural drive option. So good to see Tesla jumping on board

with that too. All righty, Ben says loving FSD, good, I've driven about 3000Ks already,

oh that's fantastic. Few other EVs I'd love but FSD would keep me with Tesla. That's a fair point,

that's a fair point and yeah I think that's obviously the future I guess which companies

will bring out autonomy or you know high level two autonomy to the country, right? Obviously

the Chinese brands come to mind X-Peng, X-NGP, let's see what the Geely bring their cars,

autonomy, BYD, obviously Godzire is, will God's I be gracing our streets? These are the questions

for coming years, we'll see. Look at this, at this stage if we can get the add-on one and add-on two

here under Godzire, with the pricing we'll be pretty happy. God willing, that's right,

we'll keep an eye on that too. I don't think it's far away the add-on one, add-on two

official launch and pricing, so I think keep an eye everyone. I think it's getting very

close, a little birdie is told me. Alrighty, let's do a draw again. I'm feeling generous tonight,

so hashtag everything for one of five, which we've already drawn one double pass, so one of five

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All right, let's push on with some charging news, so it is, you spotted one, well at least you

reposted one that Tesla posted of a supercharger in East Lakes, East Lakes is, I believe this is

at the East Lakes, it's called East Lakes, East Gardens, I think it is shopping centre,

could be wrong, in south of Sydney, eight stalls.

Look, I had no idea Tom, I thought it was in Brisbane to begin with in North Lakes,

but I had to look it up on the map, some Tesla's website, and it looks somewhere

close to the airport, so you know, I put it there, usually I don't make it out of the

Bonser Lounge at Sydney airport, but apparently it's not far, is it far?

No, no, East Lakes, I think it's pretty close, let me just double check before I say

anything, if this is the same shopping centre I'm thinking of, then it's, I think that's the one,

yeah, East Lakes is not far at all, it's like, it's yeah, sort of the southeast corner of Sydney,

just it is close to the airport, might be a new shopping centre, it is East Gardens,

thank you Gene, I thought it was it, I thought this was in Pagewood actually,

but they're calling it East Lakes now, but it's, look, it's great, it's undercover,

we've got eight stalls, well lit, well signed, so that's very good, I'm glad to see.

I don't think it's Bondi Junction, could be wrong, I think it's actually close to the airport, I

believe, let me just see what Tesla's map shows, just so we are all over this before we

show you, hang on, could be, here we go, yeah, so let me just share this tab guys, so that's

that's the map East Lakes, so that is very close to the airport, yeah, oh look, Pagewood's down here,

so maybe it's not the same shopping centre I'm thinking of, but it is around that sort of new

proximity to the airport, check out the pricing, that's giving it away, that's cheap isn't it,

41 cents for Tesla owners after hours, that's phenomenal, 10pm to 9am is 41 cents, yeah,

just don't charge between 9 and 10 for everyone else, almost a dollar there per kilowatt hour,

if you're not a Tesla member, yeah, it seems those East Gardens are not far away, okay, yep, thank you,

East Lakes is in the suburb East Gardens, Westfield is in, right, okay, look, whatever it is,

it's close, it's good to see more chargers in Sydney, I'm very happy with that,

and speaking of chargers, we've got, we've got, this is one of our viewers who sent us

this picture, this is, let me just see, remind me, this is Graham W, okay, so Graham says he noticed

two new chargers pop up almost overnight in the Nixon Street car park in Shepparton, I think that's

in Victoria, courtesy of NRMA, 140 kilowatt charging, about 79 cents per kilowatt hour,

one Chatham-O and three CCS-2 points, which is quite sensible for that setup,

Shepparton's pretty big town, Riz, in Victoria?

Yeah, and these appear to be, I think, ABB units, so European tech in Shepparton,

but yeah, I think more charging, this must be part of that national network,

you know, that they received some funding for, so yeah, I wonder how many sites have been

rolled out, I think there were 117 as part of the original plan, so they are starting to pop up,

but yeah, good pickup, Graham. Yeah, thanks, Graham, and look, if anyone sees any, you know,

interesting chargers, even unusual chargers, make sure you tag me and Riz or Roland on

socials, and we'll talk about them on the next stream, of course. Yeah, let's push on,

now this is interesting too, Riz, so I think this is Graham's car possibly, this is a Ford Mustang

Mark II, the red one, so not many of those around, but they are a cool-looking vehicle, I must say.

They're pretty good to drive as well. A rural drive, yeah, biggest battery, I think some of

them have LFPs, right, in sub-parts level. Yeah, I think even here, the entry level one,

I think it's called the select variant was an LFP. Okay, thanks Darryl, good to see you in Sydney

as well, loved your IM5 charging video, such a great result, yeah, you're happy to see that.

Yeah, good to see more of those big, big fast charging units, 400 kilowatts, I know it's a

truck charger with the pull-through, but still going to test the IM6, which is technically,

I guess, well, not technically anymore, but one of the fastest charging EVs in Australia,

Zika 7x just pips it at the post once again. Yeah, Natan, just talking about fast charging and

generally we like to cover, you know, good news and other things around the EV industry,

but one of the fastest charging cars in the world that you and I I think saw for the

first time when we were in China in June last year was the Lee Mega and it is a very cool looking car

and in July, I had a chance to sit in the back of one and do a bit of an intercity trip,

really, really cool car, but in the last probably two weeks, one of them spontaneously

combusted. I saw that. Yes. Now, I think it's worth just raising the fact that on the back of that incident,

Lee Auto did an investigation fairly quickly and put out a recall for about 11,500

Lee Megas, which is half of all Lee Megas that have been sold. It has a CATL battery in it

and from memory, they've worked out that it's not the battery itself. It was something to do

with the thermal management system in some units where which they have pinpointed as the sort

of main cause. Luckily, in this particular incident, no one was hurt. The occupants got out of the car

and that was all okay, but Lee Auto really took the responsibility pretty quickly and said they've

worked with everybody and they're still continuing to work on the investigation

as to what has been the real, real root cause, but they've put out a recall pretty quickly

as they've identified some issues. So this car wasn't charging, but it is one of the fastest

charging cars available on the market. So yeah, just thought I'll raise it as more of a

community service message around that these incidents are occurring, but as soon as they

occur, there's a pretty serious investigation and at least it's not the battery pack itself

that has been pinpointed as the root cause because those packs could be in a whole variety of

different models, not only those by Lee Auto, especially if it's a CATL issue, which in this

case it wasn't. Yeah, that's good. Thanks for highlighting that. We tried to talk about the

good and the bad when it comes to EVs. I'm glad you said that. I did see this real this week

and obviously you got to examine each reel carefully these days to make sure it's not

fake or AI, but yeah, it looked pretty legit and you're right. People saw the occupants jump out

of the car pretty quickly, which I'm glad to see and it wasn't charging. It was just driving

like these pictures show. It was just driving across an intersection. They just suddenly

started to hiss and smoke and as EVs do when they go into thermal runaway and then it just

yeah, it's lit up like this and yeah, interesting that it's not the battery, but still it's

you know, it's still part of the vehicle. If it's the battery management system,

good that Lee is investigating this. They are rare, of course, but they need to be treated seriously.

So again, we're glad people weren't hurt, but hopefully Lee will come to the bottom of it and

yeah, sort out those 11 odd thousand vehicles that have been recalled. So good to see.

Yeah, well, I don't know. It's not necessarily just the LFP battery pack. Well, I think,

you know, if it's the BMS, it could be any battery pack, right? I mean, is the Lee

equipped with LFP or NMC? I'm not sure, actually. Yeah, I'm not entirely sure. It must be a big pack

because it is a big car. Yeah, it's a big car. I've seen those in China. They are massive people

movers. So anyway, we will keep an eye on that and keep you up to date with the story

as it unfolds, of course. Yes, they are rare, but they are quite spectacular when these EVs

fires do occur. Okay, let's push on. There is now the big banana and coughs,

however, anyone who's ever driven in northern New South Wales will know the famous landmark and

there were some temporary superchargers there at one stage and looks like they might be back,

which is great because it is a very unique, very iconic landmark in New South Wales.

Let's have a look. So it looks like there's like at least 10, I can see 10 stalls, possibly more

in the works. It's great because coughs harbour already has six at the shopping centre Pacific

Fair and then there's somewhere at Mooney Beach, which is not far away in about 15 minutes up

the road. It's like there's like 10 there, 10 or 12 there and now there's some more at the

big banana. So coughs harbour is now replete with superchargers, which is great.

Yeah, so these are obviously permanent 15 odd stalls and what I guess you can pick bananas

not far from there. Love these spy shots are great. It's really a banana canopy.

That's good. It's actually not a bad place to stop for lunch, to be honest with you.

So and the kids love it. There's like, you know, there's like a water slide and you can probably

spend half a day there to be honest with you. And so yeah, good to see, good to see.

And it coughs harbour being pretty much halfway between Sydney and the Gold Coast

and the trip between Sydney and the Gold Coast is now getting faster with better roads

and now with more superchargers, even easier road trip for EV. So thank you Tesla once again.

Yeah, it was not probably not quite in time for the bypass. Yeah, maybe you said

it meant to be in a couple of years time, the bypass, but it is coming. It'll make that trip

even faster. But then you might have to stop in coughs, I guess, if you have to charge up.

That's the only thing. I'll stop in Mooney Beach if you don't want to stop.

Yeah, that's right. That's right. Mecoots. Yes, great rest stop, laser guns. It's good.

Indeed, coughs harbour is a good place.

View from the big banana charters was great. Yeah, it was good in the past.

Yes, that's right. They were temporary, temporary. Good times, eh?

Good times for us early adopters before they took them down.

William says, Lee Mega uses an MC. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

Alrighty. Yeah, let's push on. So now we were talking about Ato1.

I still want to call it the seagull. I don't know. Ato1 is just not the same, right?

Seagull is like an iconic name.

Well, Tom, if anyone's looking for debadging and rebadging services on there,

Ato1's to seagull, we might offer that as a ludicrous feed special.

So in some parts of Australia, you can park a car and your wheels go missing,

we might have to debadge a vehicle and rebadge it with a little seagull logo.

I think it should be called up badging risk. Upspecking.

Upspeck, that's right. It may not be Roland spec, but it could be something else spec.

Yeah, but speaking of Roland, yeah, thanks Roland for posting this.

So Ato1 pre-orders now open. Deliveries commencing early 2026. So no pricing as yet,

but this could actually sell quite well, I think, for a nice little city car.

Hoping for a five-star in Capris or I reckon maybe four-star.

I think you've got five stars in Euro and Cap, so expecting something similar here.

Good. Yeah, Mitch says huge seagull decal in the bonnet like a 70s trans and eagle.

Yes. Awesome. Awesome. Yeah, Michael, seagull, I agree. It's got to be called seagull.

Santa says, Ato1 might be my first DV. Excellent. Just waiting for the pricing to be announced.

Yeah. I mean, there's been discussion on some of the media outlets saying it could be 25 grand.

It could be the cheapest new EV in Australia. So watch this space. I can come very close

to that price. Perfect for food delivery. Yeah, 100% Jeanette. I mean, I'd prefer to drive

this over an EE bike to be honest with you. Might be safer. We'll see.

Burpu on the windscreen. Oh, that's a lucky day. Leave that on the windscreen if it's a seagull.

Yeah, William says go to Taobao by the Chinese letter seagull badge. Oh, yeah, that would be,

that would be something else. That'd be very special.

Yeah, Tony, 25K for the seagull. Yep, that's right. I'm hoping to.

Oh, Sergio says, once did the Brisbane and Sydney in a rented Tesla thanks to Tom's videos. That's

great. I think I met Riz charging Sydney as well in his pollster. Wow. Celebrity. Hollywood Riz.

Hope you got a photo. Very good. All right. Now, let's do another draw actually. Before we do

that, let's thank our sponsors for the evening. Let's thank you to put that up here, guys.

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Power Australia's EV Revolution. Let's do another giveaway for the everything electric show.

So again, tickets, we've got a link in the video description for discounted tickets. Otherwise,

let's do another giveaway. We've given two double passes ready. We've got three more to go. So

let's do that right now. Hashtag everything. If you want to get into the draw for these passes,

let's do that one more time for you guys. Let's see who's going to win.

Hakui. I'm sorry if I pronounced that wrong. Hakui. You have won our third double pass for

the evening for the everything electric show in Melbourne at the Flemington showgrounds,

which was quite utilised this week, I'm sure, with the Melbourne Cup. But yeah,

so send me an email at www.TomatLudacrisFeed.com for details on how to get your

double pass to the Melbourne everything electric show and making its debut.

Okay. Great. Thanks, guys. Keep those hashtags coming.

All right. Let's keep pushing on. So that's the Seagull and the Atto twos as Darryl has

highlighted in the country already ready to push out. Seen on the current affair with Overstock.

They love to post these pictures, don't they? These media outlets,

you know, these lots of cars sitting in parking lots around Australia. Plenty of

Atto twos amongst the vehicles. We can see there.

Some Sea Line 7s as well. Yeah, plenty, plenty there. A few Atto twos in between them.

That's good. Atto twos, we're thinking 35 grand perhaps, hopefully less.

Yeah, 35 to 37. Can't be too much further because then you get into the Atto three,

which just starts at around 39, 990 plus on roads, I think, for essentials.

Yep. Yeah, very compelling. Yeah, BYD certainly filling up their fleet for sure.

How many at Sydney Water Park Car Park? Yeah, yeah, every, yeah. Theme Park Car Park is getting

some of these BYDs. They're going to put them somewhere.

Yeah. Again, I think the launch price will be very soon, guys. So Atto could be good,

good pricing. Sergio, oh, yeah, about 35K fallen roads for me, could, yep.

And Sergio saying 1.88 finance at the moment for BYDs.

Okay, that's pretty good. In keeping with the 8.8 theme. It's good.

Okay, so now Jim, Jim also posted this week, what car is this? I think I don't know what this is, but

let's give our audience some time to think I'll look the answers already here.

There's no point guessing. Yes, it is the BYD out of one Seagull Dolphin Mini Dolphin

Surf, whatever you want to call it. Spot it in Sydney again with a bit of camo.

It's got a body kit with side skirts that are coming off.

Dangling. This is unusual. We normally see camo in gray or black. Blue is a bit unusual, right?

Yeah, I think that's a pretty typical BYD camo, which is there to be seen and spotted.

So I think that's its main purpose. It's not there to hide anything.

I do recall when the seal was kind of under wraps, they used the same colored camo.

I remember a picture of it on a tow truck. Yeah, Lewis was saying that's how my

wrap skills will look like. Yeah, that's me wrapping the kids' books in the summer

for the start of the new school year with contact. Jeanses love the Povopak steel wheels.

Yeah, harsh but fair. Yep. I think that is the entry-level model with those wheels that work.

Oh no, surely not. Essentials.

So Nils, there's this point of BYD didn't bring the larger battery with the 150

kilowatt charging version of the Auto 2. That's available in the UK. Yeah, okay.

Could be, I guess, price that they think they can win from a pricing point of view with the

base spec at Auto 2.

Richard's thinking maybe the Auto 1 and 2 might, the pricing might come out of EE in Melbourne.

Yeah, that's not a bad strategy. No, do the unveil. Like Jku did at the Sydney show.

That was quite interesting. Unveil with the J5, Range Rover lookalike.

I think the base model of those of steel wheels, I'm pretty sure it does.

Yeah, okay. Right. Okay, all right. Yeah, the MG4 was released or announced at the

electric show on Sydney a couple of years ago, so it could be the same strategy.

More cars under wraps. Here we go. So two deep owls. Jim spotted as well. Spotted previously,

and this Camo car arrived at the Crown Plaza in Macquarie Park. I think it was, it's a deep,

it's what, a Mazda 6E. What do you reckon, Riz?

Yeah, I think it's obviously one of those, well, I think there must be a couple because

sometimes spotted in Victoria and then obviously this time in New South Wales.

Yeah, definitely the 6E. I think they put out a press release, second quarter,

Australian launch and deliveries. Okay. And it's ready, six.

What do we honestly think about the 6E? I mean, look, it's a Mazda brand. We in the know look,

know it's a deep owl. Is it LS6? Which one is it? LO7? Something like that? It's a sedan?

I think Darryl might know. He's a deep owl guru.

Let me have a look it up. I forget the actual deep owl, but it is a deep owl underpinnings,

but look, people won't know it's a deep owl and it's okay, but people know that. Will

the brand name Mazda attract more EV buyers to that brand? Right? That's the question.

Yeah. And I guess the next question is, will anyone buy a sedan in 2026?

Very sad. I do love sedan as you guys know, but it is a hard sell these days, unfortunately.

Underpinnings is deep owl LO7. That's what it is. And SO7 as well. Same platform.

EPA1, Chang'an owned platform. Richard says, does anyone want to feel like

wrapping their car in camo just to wind up the car spotters? Yeah, why not, right? Why not?

Yeah, big plates. That's right. Good spot as well. Yeah, registered in Victoria.

Yeah, thanks Jim for that pick. Couldn't sneak up to take more picks as someone in the back.

Yeah. Okay, fair. You being respectful. Don't look too creepy.

Are they bringing the Mazda EZ60 electric SUV? Yeah, that could do well actually.

Yeah, we'll see. Keep those spy shots coming.

Okay, and Sennacherim answer says, only if the car stands up to the badge, people will still buy it.

Yep. I guess that's for us to decide, us to test and let everyone know.

Okay, now Riz, this might get you excited. Honda, another Japanese brand launching its city EV

in Australia in 2026 with noises to mimic gear changes.

Now, if that's what all Honda fans have been waiting for, for those that know VTech just kicked in bro,

that's what this is about. This is basically, think of a Honda Civic Type R, but in a hatchback

format and all electric. So that's what this thing is unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show,

expected to arrive in middle of 2026 in Australia. What price, I don't know,

it's got to be cheaper than a Hyundai and stuff. Surely. It does look cool though, it does look cool.

3.6 meters, so it is tiny. It is smaller than the A0 ones, smaller than the Insta.

Insta's 40 grand driver, well before on roads, it has to be, has to be sub that, surely.

And in true K car fashion, it looks fantastic, looks zippy. I know Riz will get one,

I've asked him that before, he'd get a K car in a heartbeat.

2026, that's good. I mean the Honda E was kind of hopeful for our markets, but this looks more promising.

Yeah, Honda E went to the UK, right hand drive. So this, it does, I mean, the biggest thing in

that shot is the steering wheel. So, Honda, if you can supply one with a Momo steering wheel,

which is a lot smaller, there'd be a lot of, you know, race K car enthusiasts that would

consider one very strongly. And obviously, they are keeping on with that minimalist interior.

There's very few buttons in there.

Minimalist is one thing, Riz, but this feels like a retro 1990s kind of car. We've owned

Hondas, our family, in the past. And this feels like, it brings me back to my childhood,

or at least early teens, when we had a Honda. Yeah, I do like the Honda brand,

just for what it stands for. So yeah, love to test more Japanese EVs, that's for sure.

35 kilowatt hour battery pack. So kind of on par with the Atto one.

So this, these were sort of the specs I could pull up for the Honda E.

So Honda E had 113 kilowatt motor and 35.5 kilowatts to 120 kilometers a range.

Yep. That is a tiny car. Now, that'd be so much fun, honestly. Yeah, hopefully we get invited

to something like that, Riz, some sort of media day or just to check it out.

That's right. And if BYD, if you're listening, there's competition coming. We need the BYD

Racco or the BYD Sea Otta. That's right. Thanks so far. Thanks for reminding us. Yes, BYD Racco,

aka Sea Otta. Very good. Yeah. By the way, good to see Zofa at the Sydney EV show as well.

He popped in and yeah, it was a good, good, good bit of chat in between running the stage.

And I'm sure he ran into you as well, Tom. Sure, dear. Thanks, Christopher, for saying good day.

And yeah, it's a necromancer that would own a K electric in a car in a heartbeat. I'm 100%.

They are very cute. Okay, look, cool. Here we go back to Jim, who says just

remote on the other side of the Mazda D-Powell. There was some camo missing. Interesting. Okay.

And he says that I'll just pop this pickup once again. So this is back on this picture here.

To my surprise, it was a bronze color. Ooh, snazzy. That's different, a bronze Mazda.

Okay. Yeah, hopefully it gets a bit interesting colors. We'll see. Any news on the firefly

runners since we last spoke? Not much for the Australian launch, but I did get some

insights on the interwebs earlier today that it's heading to Singapore in early 2026.

So it's been pushed back a little bit. So I expect maybe late Q1, early Q2, 2026 for us.

Okay. I have to make another trip to Singapore to check it out.

If it's coming there, it's good. All right. We are coming to the end of the show,

everyone. Just a few more stories. Just wanted to touch on this one, just a quick PSA,

the SIG Energy 25 kilowatt charger, which I'm waiting on. I won't play this whole video,

but in this video, there was a point here that the 12 kilowatt charger can be upgradable.

Here we go. Upgradable to 25 kilowatt with the right license. There you go.

So that might be a bit annoying if you paid that kind of money for the 12,

and then you're going to pay extra to get 25s and the prices come down. So that is the

nature of new tech, unfortunately. But yeah, so keep in mind, there is a software update

potentially coming. Just looking at this video here from SIG Energy for the DC charger,

which is bi-directional as well. I would, if I had bought a 12 kilowatt charger,

I'd be pushing hard for a free software update for 25, just because we were early adopters,

right? So that's something I'd be doing just personally.

And just pushing on with the rest of the show. So thank you, Robes,

for highlighting the fact that there's a new law coming soon. I think that all EVs need to

emit low-speed pedestrian noise, which is good. That's, no. No, we don't want that.

No, all right. I'm missing out apparently. But yeah, anyway, this is saying that the

pedestrian noise is coming. That must be a thing in Australia.

Clearly Honda is taking safety to the next level with the super one,

because not only pedestrian noise, it's noise on the inside to ensure that even the occupants of

the car are as safe as they can be with those gear shifters. That's right. And yeah,

Lightning says, can we just turn up the noise on the stereo? Yeah, you could. I mean,

you could do that if you want. Or just yell at the people if you really want.

The seal is audible in the cabin. Yeah, that's true. A lot of the cars are audible in the cabin.

That's true.

Clearly, Mazda ICE owners might be willing to upgrade to an EV to stay with the brand they

know. And also true. Yeah, assisting Mazda dealer network. I guess the question is with the

NVES. Are these brands starting to bring out these cars for compliance? Are they serious

about EVs? Right? That's the eternal question.

Well, that's right. I mean, the 6C is Mazda's second EV. The first one that makes 30 electric

was not very popular. I think this could be a bit of a turnaround, because if they can sell

somewhat reasonable units, which is hard for a sedan, but if they get the SUV equivalent in,

I can see them selling, you know, slowly chipping away and getting some of their

existing customers that would normally buy an ICE Mazda product to consider an EV.

I mean, it could be a hard push because usually the dealers, it takes them a little bit of time

to get their head around EVs because previously we've heard some dealers are saying Australia

isn't ready for EVs yet. But maybe if they are pushed by NVES to sell them, then Australia

might suddenly be ready for EVs. So options are always a good thing. 100%. Yeah, we know

Nissan said that about the Aria that Australia wasn't ready three years ago, which I found

disappointing. But yeah, we'll bring them on. We'll review them all, that's for sure.

All right, guys, almost at the end of the show. One more thing I just want to point out before

we draw the last two winners of Double Passes for the EE show in Moen. That is that

Australia has to get three hours of free electricity every day under a proposed solar

scheme. So there are some energy plans already out there that allow you to get

free charge or free electricity use during the day, which is great if you have an EV or if

you want to charge your battery up. But it looks like energy retailers will be forced to do this

for everyone regardless of solar ownership status. So that's good and bad, I guess. We'll

see what happens. Yeah, well, if anyone's got spare graphic cards, I need to get ready to

mine crypto between 11 and two or 12 or three or whenever that is for those three hours.

So feel free to donate them, PO Box, Bonser Lounge, Melbourne Airport.

At least you got to charge a spectre as well, right? We know that doesn't charge itself that thing.

Well, that's it. I think Spectre is powering all this free electricity they'll be handed out,

which of course, we got to see the spectre at the Sydney EV show as well. It's the same one

that was in at the June show. So, you know, I had to drive it up for the Sydney

viewers to check it out. Yeah. It's a curious proposition there for value,

buying a spectre for V2G considering it's a million dollars on the road, right?

Each of their own. Yeah, there are some plans already. OVO is doing AGL three hours for free,

but this is irrespective of your solar, you know, solar status or solar ownership status.

I think this is quite beneficial if it does happen, like you said,

those that don't have solar can currently get onto those plans. OVO, AGL, PowerShop,

and a couple of others. But yeah, it means even apartment dwellers that may not have solar

could get access to free electricity. If it goes that way, I'm not sure how far

it needs to progress before it does. Those retailers are pushed to do it,

but it is a good thing. Absolutely. And it's just a reflection of the fact that there's too

much solar in Australia. Like today, I was checking the AMBA app and between the hours of

11 and 1 or 2, there was 90% plus renewables in the grid on such a beautiful day in Sydney. So,

yeah, I personally won't be getting more solar. I just feel like that's not quite good value

for money at the moment, considering now everyone get free electricity for three hours

with so much solar during the day. If you can afford it, I'd buy the biggest battery I could

find right now and take advantage of the federal government's very generous rebate so you can,

if you want, either use AMBA or just charge up the battery during the day and just use it

at night. So, it makes sense to me. Yeah, exactly. It would make sense for those without

solar who are renting. That's right. Correct. All right, everyone, let's draw our last two

double passes for this evening for the Everything Electric Show in Melbourne. So,

two more winners to go. So, let's do that one more time. Hashtag everything is the secret code you

need to put in the chat to win. So, let's do our first draw or fourth draw, I should say,

first of two, remaining. Everything Electric Show in two weeks time, 13th to the 15th of

November. Let's see who gets our fourth double pass. Andrew Bartram, congratulations.

You are our fourth winner for the Everything Electric Show in Melbourne, making its debut

in two weeks time. Riz and I will be there. I'll be there on the Saturday. Riz will be

helping out as well during the weekend. And last one, last double pass. Everything Electric,

let's do it. We've got five more passes next week as well. So, join us next week for the show

for five more double passes to win. John Leeann, congratulations. You have won

our fifth and final double pass for this evening for the Everything Electric Show in Melbourne,

which should be really good. Send us an email at tomatludicrisfeed.com

and we'll send those passes out to you in the coming days. Riz, that unfortunately comes,

brings us an end to today's show. Thank you once again for joining us.

Anytime, Tom. And I think our viewers and listeners are always participating, sharing

things during the week. So, keep doing that. I think we're about to get into a very

interesting phase when today we've covered how many, probably at least two cars from legacy

automakers that are looking at bringing in EVs into our market. So, yeah, I think more options

are a good thing. And thank you to those that came out and saw us at the Sydney EV show and

anyone that's in Melbourne, come and say hi at Everything Electric, which is,

what is it, a weekend, two days? Yeah, not this weekend. Yeah, not this weekend, the weekend after.

Yeah, not far away. That's right. Yeah, good point, Riz. Yeah, that both Japanese brands as well,

Mazda and Nissan, so not Nissan Honda. So, yeah, we want to see more competition,

not just the Chinese or Tesla taking over. We want to see Europe, Japanese, Koreans,

make it compelling to buy an EV. So, yeah, the modern area. And Australia is one of the

best markets to buy an EV, honestly. Our prices are pretty good because of our competition.

That's what makes our country great. I think the good market competition, consumer choice.

Alrighty, well, thank you, Riz. Thank you, viewers, for joining us tonight. It's been a great one.

As always, we shall see you next time on Ludacris Feed. And congratulations once again to our

winners for the Everything Electric show. We shall see you all next time. Thank you, Riz.

See you then. Take care, everyone.

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