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Tesla Model

The Tesla Model Y L is a type of electric SUV made by Tesla. It's a version of the Model Y, which is a popular electric car that can go long distances on a single charge.

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Volvo EX90

The Volvo EX90 is a new electric SUV made by Volvo. It is designed to be safe, comfortable, and run only on electricity without using gas.

Car

The Zeekr 009 is a big electric car made for families or groups, with lots of space inside. It’s made by a company from China and has modern technology and good electric power. People talk about it because it shows how electric cars are getting better and more popular.

Car

Kia Carnival

The Kia Carnival is a big family van made by Kia. It has lots of space inside and is good for carrying many people comfortably.

Term

dual motor

Dual motor means the electric car has two motors, one in the front and one in the back, so it can drive all four wheels. This helps the car go faster and handle better on the road.

Concept

third row seats

Third row seats are extra seats in the back of big cars that let more people ride inside. Some cars have these seats so families can travel together.

Concept

Japanese price premium

Japanese price premium means cars made in Japan often cost more than similar cars from other countries because people think they are better or because of extra costs to bring them here.

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drive away price

Drive away price is the full amount you pay when buying a car, including the car's price plus extra costs like taxes and fees. It's the real total cost to take the car home.

Car

Suzuki Vitara Hybrid

The Suzuki Vitara Hybrid is a small SUV that uses both gas and electric power to save fuel and help the environment. It's a popular choice for people wanting a reliable car with better mileage.

Term

front-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive means the car's engine sends power to the front wheels to make it move. Many cars use this because it helps with grip and saves space.

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all-grip

All-grip means the car can send power to all four wheels instead of just two, helping it drive better on slippery roads or rough ground.

Car

Suzuki Swift

The Suzuki Swift is a small car that is easy to drive in cities. It doesn't cost too much and doesn't use a lot of fuel, so many people like it.

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XPeng G6

The XPeng G6 is a new electric car made by a Chinese company. It doesn't use petrol and has lots of modern features. People are waiting for it to arrive in Australia.

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handbrake

The handbrake is a special brake you use to keep your car still when parked. You pull or push a lever to stop the car from moving.

Car

Toyota bZ4X

The Toyota bZ4X is a new electric SUV that runs only on batteries, so it doesn't use gas and helps the environment.

Brand

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a big car company from Germany that makes many different types of cars, from small ones to fancy ones.

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EV

An EV is a car that runs on electricity instead of gas. It uses batteries to move and doesn’t make smoke like regular cars.

Concept

electric vehicles

Electric vehicles are cars that run on electricity instead of petrol or diesel. They help reduce pollution and can be charged at special stations or at home.

Concept

used cars

Used cars are cars that someone else owned before you and are selling now.

Concept

electric vehicle (EV) ownership benefits

Electric cars don't need gas, so you save money and help the environment by not using petrol or diesel.

Term

E-10 fuel

E-10 fuel is a kind of petrol that has a little bit of plant-based alcohol mixed in. This helps make cars cleaner for the environment.

Car

Porsche Taycan

The Porsche Taycan is a fancy electric car that’s really fast and fun to drive. It doesn’t use gas and can charge quickly, making it good for long trips. People like talking about it because it looks great and drives like a sports car.

Car

Zeekr Zika 7X

The Zeekr 7X is an electric SUV, which means it’s a bigger car that runs on electricity and can carry more people or stuff. It has modern features and is made to be comfortable and easy to drive. People mention it because it’s a new electric car from China that’s getting attention.

Part

Harman Kardon speakers

Harman Kardon speakers are fancy car speakers that make music sound really good when you play it in the car.

Term

kilowatt hour

Kilowatt hour is a way to measure how much energy a battery can store or use. More kilowatt hours mean the car can go farther.

Company

BYD

BYD is a company from China that makes electric cars and batteries. They are famous for making cars that charge quickly and don't cost too much.

Car

Tesla Model 3

The Tesla Model 3 is a fully electric car that doesn’t use gas and can drive a long way on a single charge. It’s known for being fast and having cool tech inside, like a big touchscreen. People talk about it because it’s one of the most popular electric cars today.

Car

iX3 (G08)

The BMW iX3 is an electric version of a BMW SUV, meaning it doesn’t use gas and runs on a battery. It’s made to be fun to drive and good for people who want a bigger car without gas. People talk about it because it’s BMW’s way of making electric cars.

Car

Audi Q6 Etron

The Audi Q6 e-tron is a new electric SUV, which means it’s a big car that runs on electricity instead of gas. It’s made to be fancy and have the latest technology inside. People talk about it because it shows how Audi is making more electric cars.

Car

BMW M3

The BMW M3 is a fast and sporty car that’s like a regular BMW but made to be more powerful and fun to drive. It’s popular because it’s good for both everyday driving and racing on tracks. People talk about it because it’s one of the best sports sedans.

Car

Hyundai Ioniq

The Hyundai Ioniq is a car that helps save gas or doesn’t use gas at all, depending on the model. It’s made to be easy to drive and good for the environment. People talk about it because it’s a cheaper way to get a green car.

Car

Chevrolet Volt

The Chevrolet Volt is a car that can run on electricity but also has a gas engine to go farther if the battery runs out. It was one of the first cars to do this and helped people try electric driving without worrying about running out of power. People talk about it because it’s a smart mix of gas and electric.

Concept

Powerwall

Powerwall is a big battery you can put in your house to save electricity and use it when you need it, like during a power outage.

Concept

market share

Market share means how much of the total sales a company has compared to others selling similar things.

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Subaru Solterra

The Subaru Solterra is a new electric SUV, which means it runs on batteries instead of gas. It's made for driving on roads and some easy off-road spots, and it's Subaru's first fully electric car.

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Hi everyone, I am Tom and this is Julie. Hello

Welcome to another episode of ludicrous feed live

We are

Joining you on Wednesday the 11th of March, 2026. It's a very warm night here in Sydney

I hope you're all well wherever you're watching from

Got a big show lined up for you guys as always should be lots to catch up on in this EV space

But before we do that, let's welcome our co-hosts for this evening as always. Let's welcome

Riz and

Also, Roland as well

We'll see Riz very shortly. I'm sure hello. What's that with Roland? Hey Roland. How are we?

Hey Tom, I enjoy good evening everyone. I'm well, thanks. How you both?

Not too bad Roland. It's good to see you yesterday at the at the Suzuki Media Day

I'll just pop this up on the screen here. That's just to prove that all four of us were in the same room at the same time

Yes

It's Monday

There's a great day out at Sydney Motorsport Park and it's good to see you Roland and Riz as well in the flesh and a few others in this

EV space too

Do you have a good day today? Yeah. Yeah, good. Yeah, so some socials up for all our channels and so on so check them out

Riz will be back very shortly. I'm sure here he is. That's a let's say hello to him once he jumps back on that stage

Hello, Riz. How are we?

Hey Tom, Joey, Roland going well. I don't know what happened there. I thought, you know, it was Sydney that was having trouble

East is having similar problems today

Yes, I was just sharing with the crew that this photo is to prove that all four of us were in the same room at the same time

And it's definitely not AI. Trust me. This this happened yesterday. We have multiple witnesses that verify our

You know our company so to speak

All right, well, let's say hello to some of our viewers have joined us nice and early as always hello Rob from Adelaide

Hello JJ Janetti. Looks like it's raining up in Queensland. Maybe a bit more than rain

Hello Jim must have you to say he says the best time of the week on YouTube. Thank you very much for joining us

Yeah, very kind. I like wave head. Yes, out of two still loving it. That's good 1,700 K's already

Fantastic, but how much you've driven on the MGS five actually?

You've racked up a lot of K's already

Hello Mark. Hello Wayne. Nice to see you. Hello, Midge from team seal. Hello Scotty. Hello Andrew

Lots of regular viewers joining us this evening. So keep those comments coming. I've got a big show lined up for you

So stay tuned as always and before we do that, let's say thank you to our sponsors as always for the show

Thank you to Carlo data to empower Australia's even your evolution. Thank you

Riz and also thank you to power shop as well for some excellent EV charging deals check out the details in the video description as always

All right, so let's let's kick off

Let's kick off the show. I was just going to point out one thing actually

Just here we go Scotty. Thanks very much for years as a member. So thank you very much for supporting the channel Scotty much appreciate it

Alrighty so big show like I said, but before we do that, we're gonna start the show with a very special edition of spectre watch

You've seen spectres being spotted

Here in there at Hawk, but have you ever seen two spectres spotted in on the same street?

So there's one specter. This is probably Riz's

And then look at this two specters. There we go. There's one there

That's the same specter. We saw earlier and another one here in this corner here

So two specters on the same street. This must be your street Riz in Victoria. Oh, it really is now

I don't know if you guys have heard but I've started a new club. It's

Rocker Rolls Royce owners Club of Australia and when we meet we don't meet on the same side of the street because there's a code

If two of us in the same place

Then you know something's gonna go down

So that's why the code is I park mine on one side of the street and the other member of rocker parks on the other side of the

Street, that's how we know that's how we have our meets

That's our rolls. Literally

Eat your heart out Tucker rocker is here. It's gonna take over your neighborhood

And thank you to Gary for sending those photos in as well

These honest viewers know these were spotted in South Yara a very nice town as per my understanding

All right, so a bit of a trigger warning tonight lots of Tesla news to start off the night

So we talked about Tesla Model Y L last week

Spotted on Rollins 80 yards

but

Tonight we can present to you the fact that they've actually been spotted in Sydney believe it or not and Melbourne as well

So Roland these were spotted. I believe this is an Alexandria

Looks like Alexandria from that photo. Yeah, that I grabbed. Yeah, that one looks like Alexandria and

Yeah, the other ones were Melbourne the ones on the top down below

But yeah, I did I did do the register

I mean you can tell it's a it's a bigger recorder, but you know got a request for the people

It's got a big booty, so that's good. Yeah, look chances. I have it's wrapped the Tesla

It's gonna be a model YL at this stage of the game

And you're all spotted as well in Melbourne's look bring these photos that mix spotted in Victoria Parade in Melbourne

Let's have a look. There we go

Clearly a model YL you can see the triple Y at the back there on the trailer

Yeah, and I think this is quick silver probably

Looks like it's the gold whatever they call their gold color which is only available in the model YLs at the moment in China

Gold of course has to be gold

Yeah, what the hell I like that now. Absolutely

And yep another drinking game tonight every time I say booty except

Yeah, so that's good. I mean that's um, you know Tesla themselves released a press release this week actually

No sort of hard concrete details except to say yes, it's confirmed coming to Australia in the sixth seat of variant

It's I think hundred seventy seven millimeters longer than the current existing model Y

Yeah, and I think you know, I'm no pricing yet

But I think it'd be quite compelling gents and ladies on on the model YL

What do you enjoy what what this could possibly undercut all the six seven cities have sat in

So far the Hyundai. Yeah, I think it's just a

It's not as popular here as it is in China

Like you've got a lot of these kind of cars like six Cedar or seven Cedar cars, but you don't really see them here

Yeah, I don't know why they're not that popular. Yeah, not yet. Anyway with house prices in Sydney Melbourne

The way it is might not be able to move out of home very shortly

Roland, I mean, what do you think pricing wise give us a wild step? We always play these games at these motor shows, right? How much I

Think it's gonna be ten above the current long range

Ten thousand above so I

Think it was roughly the eighty five

Month off the top of my head. I need to look at what the retail price is now. I think it was like 65

or something is 58

68 and

Yep in my head. Yeah in my head. I was referring to a driveway. So yes, so I was thinking it's

6890 for the long-range oil life, so I think it's gonna be around

78900

Okay. Yep. That makes it way cheaper than like the Volvo EX90, isn't it? Yeah, and even the Kia Indy 9

Yeah, and I got like nine so on and definitely the Zika 7 Zika 009

Yeah, I mean as

Has raised says it's a it's a contender for the Kia Carnival King

Crown for sure. I think if I can get it at that price as Rollins suggests

Yeah, and Charles agrees it's probably 10k on top of the top of the long range

So, I mean surely surely they'll release this as a dual motor to start with. I would have thought I

Think it's only available as a dual only only only dual motor. Yeah, ADR was dual motor only

But then remember overseas the normal motorway

They're releasing the real drive. So is that potentially something that's

Signs to come. So if you only want to all drive, you can only get the YL. Don't know

Mm-hmm

Yeah

I mean obviously the big test is how comfortable those third row seats, right?

You're having the center portion removed. It'd be much easier to get in and out

But sitting in that third row long long distance. I guess we'll have to do that test eventually

Ah, yeah, that's good. I mean, that's good. That's probably

That'll be good for that six seven Cedar market

and Rahul used to join our show a couple of years ago has

Just retweeted this from Sawyer also spotted around Melbourne to looks like

So yes doing the rounds there

That's pretty quick guys. Isn't it like, you know, we only there's only rumored a few weeks ago now. They're in the country

That's like really quick

Do I say China time?

Yeah, very good. All right, we'll keep an eye on those those cars. Hopefully they'll be released to Preston

Hopefully released to the public for test drives very shortly

Let's take some comments from the crowd here so

Yeah, is asking any chance of the Mahindra XTV 9S 7 Cedar being launched here. Where is?

Not too sure actually. I know Mahindra has been

Selling a few models that are quite popular particularly the smaller SUVs. So

Yeah, could be on the cards if we are one of their major international markets. I

Thought I saw Mahindra today possibly. I don't know. Maybe I

Had to double take I wasn't sure

But yeah, have you any of you sat in the Mahindra yet? We'll driven one

Sat in one in at the Melbourne Motor Show last year. It was there more affordable

I think under $25,000 SUV they were launching but ice product at the moment

Felt all right. I mean like they are obviously a global

Vehicle manufacturer now. So, you know, so quality is definitely

Worldwide sort of automotive great. So yeah, they seem to be selling quite a few. So they're popular

Interesting too guys, obviously, you know the launch that we went to yesterday. It's a zoo key that the event are is actually built in India

So yeah, bucking the trend there with Chinese made cars

Just just on pricing speculation obviously they didn't announce the price. Let's go around the room here

What do we think? What what must this car sell out to be anywhere near as compelling as some of the other things cars

Are you asking? What do we think they're gonna sell it for or what do we let's do both?

Because I think there's a difference between

My prediction of what the price is gonna be versus what I think it should be you go first

Like what why do you reckon they'll actually release of hatch versus what you think it should be okay

I think it's gonna have the typical Japanese price premium on it

So it will actually be more than the Chinese cars, but I think it should be the other way around I

Think it should be like competitive with the add-on to and I don't think that's gonna happen

I don't see what 35 is it starting at their belts

Before on roads, yeah 31 990 as a starting for around 34,000 drive away. Yeah

Yeah, yeah, and also we can't talk about the driving pressures. That's still under embargo

But we can talk about things like this speculation about pricing

So either you reckon what price premium on top of the I think it's gonna be a 40 to 50

Okay, okay, Roland thoughts

You bet on yeah, I'm with joy. So the price I would like is I would like to see

Low to mid 30s as the entry spec which means mid to high potentially for the drive away cost

but I think if they are going to even do like a

Introductory special, I think you'd be lucky to even see it under 40. I think it's gonna be like low 40s at

cheapest yep

Riz

How do you compete with the dog friendly Jku J5 EV that is the benchmark in my opinion for a car like

Those smaller SUVs that are too, of course, as joy said a great car

I think it's it's it's all somewhat be buddies is delivering for the price. They're asking

But yeah, if Suzuki wants to be sort of somewhat competitive, they've got it's got to be under 40

And if they're serious about some volume because they need to sell some electric cars to

I guess meet their NMEs sort of targets

So they've got a price it similar, but I guess the thing we did see yesterday was the the Vittara hybrid

Was just shy of $40,000 drive away. So if the hybrid is just shy of $40,000 drive away, then

They would it would still have a little bit of electric premium. So maybe 43 grand 44 grand is what they may ask

Yep, yep, I have to agree with all of you actually

I think personally, I think it'll be yeah low 40s is what they'll start out for the for the front-wheel drive version

And then the all-grip by the way, it's the cool all-grip with the dual motor

Quite a nice thing. Uh, yeah, probably closer to 50. All right, again, unfortunately

Now as a counter to your jku-j5 is we've got the elite motor beat here at the moment

I must say that's my new favorite in that segment. So we'll do the full review with with joy on the channel. So

Stay tuned for that. Uh, yeah, lots of lots of compelling cars and that's very special

Uh, all right, let's uh, let's get some comments here. So yeah, $21,990 wouldn't that be nice if the ebatara was $21,990

That would just clean up that field, right?

Then you'll be like the Suzuki Swift. You'll just see them everywhere. Yeah, exactly

Uh, yes, um, and

Right, so we thought we should talk about this as some commentary about the x-pang at the moment in Australia. So

Yes, uh, hk unfortunately has some serious problems in Australia. Very sad

And what's going with x-pang? I asked pdob. Yeah, and delaying the launch of the g6. Unfortunately

It's in New Zealand as we know already the new g6. So we're just waiting for it here in Australia

Um, don't know guys. I mean, I don't think there's any anything public said yet about x-pang

So we can't I guess we can't

Mention anything too much, but I I have heard on forums that there are delays in getting parts for service at the moment

So if you anyone else in the comments knows more let us share with us or put it on the screen

It's a shame though because it is still a very good car the g6

I'd love to see the new g6 here, right?

Can't let the kiwis beat us on that front. We need to get these cars here

Uh, it's only down says back on the ebatara has to be under 40k if you want to sell any I agree with you

And just I guess with the interior, I think being the interior snob here

Like it's it was a hard pill to swallow, right?

I'm sure is a roll and agree with me having been spoiled by some of the chinese

Brands with their interior. It just felt a little bit

Generationally a little bit behind am I being too snobby here or you guys agree from yesterday's launch

Tom go ahead. Tell us more. Tell us what you really think

I've said what I think

Some people like it to look old-school though. So I think it does

It does suit, you know, like for some people who kind of want their car to be like

What they remember from 20 years ago, then it's like, oh, like this is a car, you know what I mean? Like

I know there was one part when I was driving the hybrid and I and I had to

Change the gear shift down and then pull up the handbrake and I was like, oh my goodness

This brings me back. So, you know, I guess

For that some people might like that pulling the handbrake on the hybrid. That was actually quite nice

Just to stop the car. It was a nice apart. It brought me back

I forgot there was a handbrake. So I'll admit I was the person that just stepped on it. I planted my foot and he just went

That doesn't surprise me wrong that you don't you forgot the handbrake was there

But on a serious note, come on. Come on. I can't be the only one to thought that right this

There is the Chinese of the sport is with their interiors, haven't they the last five years like that's

You drive the bz-4x the Subaru Saltero

Even the Nissan ios to some extent it's just even the vw's I'll go vw's right the interiors just don't quite stack up at the moment

And the Japanese I think they need to play a little bit of a catch up, right? I'm gonna say it there

But

Some people just don't want to feel like they're sitting in a computer. Yeah, well

Okay, fine

Yes, what about the interior? Well, I said the interior there. It's important. You're gonna drive in this thing every day. It's really important to me

Did you read about one of the legacy motors having a patent as a manual gearbox for an ev what?

Yes, I think it was to her

That's it. Okay

This a couple of years ago. They were talking about it

Yeah, the the stalk is not good enough for some people, right all the little twisty knob in some cars you need to actually shift

To feel old school. Okay. Maybe that might sell more cars. I don't know. I have to say I am not a fan of the twisty knob like I'm like

I don't mind like a toggle like that like if it's on the gear shift, but

Definitely not a scream

Someone in the comments is going to say well now you can twist the wheel and it's fine and to be honest

We've had the model wife the last week and I'm sort of getting used to the fact that you can twist the wheel and it'll shift the

Car from drive to reverse and vice versa automatically. That's yeah, it takes a little more to get used to but it's not too bad

Okay, so we should probably talk about this because this is quite topical the moment

So low cost secondhand evs getting a big leg up if your price was gop with the war in iran and middle east

I think that's that's probably a reasonable. I mean, look, it's it's the obvious step, right the next step

High fuel prices

Evs surely will be in the front of some people's minds

Um in the next six months or phvbs or phvbs. Yep. Yeah

Um, there's definitely data on this. I was gonna ask you like with the war in ukraine

You know couples that's the one going but like three years ago four years ago when it all happened

Energy prices went up. Do you have data on whether tesla sales went up at that time or?

Well, when the war in ukraine happened

uh tesla sales in europe fell

uh for various different reasons

Uh, obviously last year was the worst of them in terms of how badly they fell

So that's a little bit harder to say what we did see in covet was when the there was a truck driver shortage

In europe and uk in particular. There were really really long queues

for people to get petrol

And that made you know media headlines and people said well, we thought evs were gonna have long queues for charging

But it was the other way around so

petrol prices went up and

Ev sales died to go up and they haven't come back down. I think last month they were

20 over 24 percent of all

vehicles sold in the uk were

battery electric people

Yeah, I mean they do have an impact at least if nothing else

There is quite a lot of coverage of this type of topic in the mainstream media, which obviously perks people's ears up

I was asked by abc radio today about the same thing and I said to them

well

Yeah, that's um, there's that but also price parity

The technological shift that we're seeing the range has gone up. There's more charges around the place

um, all of those factors

But we're just getting people to pay a bit more attention that electric cars are there as an alternative

Whether it means that you know use dvs are going to jump up in price. It may happen

um, but we saw that for used cars in covet

But I think there's a lot of supply now

Given the number of brands models and things we speak about

That it's unlikely going to have an impact on

Used ev prices going through the roof anytime soon when you can buy a new ev

These days four under 30 grand

Yeah, don't forget in 2022 when the war in ukraine broke out

By dl only just launching australia. So it was a definitely a different world back then four years ago

So we have as we know the regular viewers of this show will know that there are plenty of brands to choose from now

So lots more segments to fill all they have to use down to the other one many lambo

So yeah, lots more choice for everyone now too, which is good. Look, I know obviously being eb owners is great

Not having to fuel up but yes

obviously

Logically the price of the cost of living is going to go up regardless with with your prices going up, unfortunately

Yeah, and it's it's not so much like the cars themselves. I think it's just everything right like every everything that gets

Moved around in australia is generally on the back of a truck and they're not going electric anytime soon from the looks of things

So all those prices the diesel and everything else that they consume will be passed on to the supermarkets who as we know

Uh are not generous enough to not pass it on to us

So we will all see it one shape way or form

Yep, agreed, but it is nice not having to to feel up at the stage seeing two dollars 20 and so on

Just the e-10 just on our regular petrol stations here. Not good

I don't know. I think we'll go up to three bucks if this goes on honestly

I agree. Yeah

Yep

Uh, here's a question. All right throwing to the floor

Question for us if you could have any EV currently for sale in australia

Apart from the Rolls Royce Ruiz, which you already have

What would it be? We'll start with Roland. Which one is it?

Is it my money or am I spending so well for the money? Do we have a budget?

If it's a rolling stick

If I could have any car purely because it's like a wagon shape

Porsche Taycan Costa Rismo

I think that is one of the best-looking cars out there. Would I ever buy even if I could afford it? Absolutely not. That's nuts

Hopefully not. Maybe if the car still works in like, I don't know how many years depreciation

But for a everyday car

If I had to be more realistic

I think I would

put

Probably two key cars. I would put a model y there purely because of the space

and

Zika 7x

Very good

That choices. Yep. I like your Costa Rismo. Definitely. I see that every time I see it. I have to double take

Riz

Yeah, look that's a tough question. I mean

There's so many so many options right now

All different sort of price points. I like the way

cars handle

Um, and you know to be honest even in 2026, I'll have a very very boring answer

It would be the model three performance

still

The way that car handles there is nothing else. Uh, yes, Roland, you're right

The the Taycans definitely I've driven the gts and the turbo gt and they are really really good lovely cars

Um, I just can't justify spending money to build auto barns

So, um, and the Porsche premium that comes with it. Um, but yeah, for me, it will be the model three performance

Joyce

Can I sort of

Say it's like if it looked like the x-peng on the outside and on the inside

But it drove like the model y performance and that would be oh

Yeah, so homo's car like it's the conglomerate. Yes, the conglomerate. Yeah, because I I still like to sit high

Yeah, okay. Um, yeah, okay

I actually really like just

Like I said, I'm very I've said this many times on all of the videos. I'm very shallow

So if the car looks really nice on the outside and it looks nice on the inside

Um, I'm already in a good mood. So that's that's all it

You know, you're like 90 of the way there if if um, it looks, you know

If it's a smile on my face when I see it like even when I see an x-peng on the road

I squeal because it just looks so cute. I'll always and then the kids will be like, oh my goodness

like she's

Squealing again because there's a

You know, there's a cute looking x-peng car going along on the road. So yeah, nice

Uh, I'll finish up with uh, okay, so I'm I'm still the interiors from not here being the oldest here

I think I'm the oldest um, so I I've I've not felt so as serene as I have been

As the dual motor performance pole style for with the gold sash

So that's the one I would want every day with the Harman Kardon speakers

I can just play my soppy music and just enjoy the very plush ride and just sail through sydney streets

None of the care in the world. So that's the one I would want

If I had the money and uh, yeah, I like the white handles. I like the suspension. It's just built perfectly

The software. Okay. I'll agree. It's probably not as good as say some of the brands

But uh, it's it's a compromise. I'm willing to accept. So I mean, that's that's my deal

I will not cut like for me the tech has to be

Yeah, it's fair. They got four different answers. Yeah, that's fine

But uh seven gt maybe the zika seven xg the zika seven gt might might sway me

So we'll see once that arrives

Uh, yes, so much choice so much choice, isn't it? It's great

A good question though, uh

dwa great great. We should probably answer that every month just to see what what changes

so, um

Speaking of what changes have a look at this. So this byd blade 2.0 demonstration

Is ice dead 10 to 70 in five minutes. Boom. That's quicker than number one

That's incredible 10 to 97 in nine minutes quicker than number two

20 000 flash charging stations in 2026. This is absolutely incredible

Uh, look, I know this is like obviously like borderline prototype, but just to show that this can be done, right deal guns

Uh charging a car that quickly just to show the people who are skeptical about evs that it really can be done one day

Yeah, it's good to see

That's like petrol timing basically, isn't it like

Except you don't have to stand there. You can get back into the car. Yeah, I'll don't tell the folks at Toyota

Remember those ads were the guys standing at the car charging his car

A few years ago. What wasn't at the last uh, liberal's election campaign

with Dutton in front of a turd are filling up

This is pretty cool tech. I followed the flash charging first version of it. That was cool. This is

Even better in many many ways

They announced 11 models

I touched on it in the live live stream last week that they're going to be talking about some interesting stuff

and it was way more than even what

Most people were expecting blade

battery 2.0

I love the way these charging stations

are set up

The gantry with the sliding cable

um, we always talk about how heavy cables are

problem solved

It's uh, also, it's basically like Tesla. You'll plug it in and it will start charging

So they've solved that problem as well

um, and yeah 20 000 of them each one of these stations will be backed with a

200 to 300 kilowatt hour

uh, by the battery pack

That's how they're able to get the speeds that they can get up to 1500 kilowatts

At each gun so you don't need dual gun charging

It's at each one of those guns

11 models they unveiled

um, including the thai 7 the function bow thai 7

That is i'm really excited about that car because that is an off-roader

Um, they had the silo 7 which in austrian dollars

Costs under 35 000 austrian dollars

Now these are not, you know, like the the thai 7 is out of reach for a lot of people

but

The silo 7 and the c-line 06 that they also showcased

Are under 35 000 and song I'll try things under 30 000. So these are no longer

Premium cars that can charge that fast. So very very cool take and it's for the mass market

I mean look at these charging times right like five minutes sub five minutes sub nine minutes

With respect to 10 to 70 and 10 to 90 10 to 97 percent

That's absolutely incredible. And that's how I can do it in the cold. Uh, yeah, that's right

I mean, it's a little bit slower, but do you remember that time we were in? Um, where were we? Oh colorado? Yeah minus 15 degrees

Sounds like an hour I think to charge slows right down

Uh, yeah, charles makes a good point

You would actually have to stand there because it would be so quick. You have to be ready to move away to not receive idle fees

It's a good point for anyone that's interested. Check out byd's vapor page. They had a three and a half minute ad

Talking about all the things you can do and in one of the ads they show a lady pull up in her thai 7

Uh, she

Plugs it in it's so easy and they also show what she had to do before this charging

Which it looked like she was lifting dumbbells

That's how heavy the charge ports were

And then she plugs it in and then she comes and sits inside the car and she starts to put on makeup

And by the time she's put on makeup the car is done charging

So then she walks back out

And they also show she doesn't have to do any heavy lifting anymore with the other charging cables

So really really cool ad they're trying to showcase even things like um, even the winter bit

They show that there's this couple freezing inside a car

And they plug the car in and they get back inside the car and it says it's going to take like over an hour

And they're going to freeze there, but then they come up to these flash charging stations

It's going to be like for nine minutes or 12 minutes. Whatever they say

It's um pretty funny stuff. So a lot of real world applications

Yeah, I mean look we just need more charges in Australia, but this hopefully is a reality in in my lifetime surely

Like 10 years maybe we'll see well in the past. I think it feels like maybe it's longer

Six months ago. It definitely was last year where we only hit one megawatt charges

And it was dual guns. So you look at it now

You've got single guns that do even quicker

So we'll we'll be in six months

China time. Yep China time. Yeah, absolutely incredible. Yep. Thank you

Um, you speak about cars that you wish you had like the denser z9 gt. That's another one. That's another nice one

But we uh, love to have especially big in charge like quickly five minutes

It's good

Yeah

It's very very fast in that

Well, hopefully byd will roll at least some of their charges out here in Australia. So

Keep an eye on that

Uh, all right, let's uh move on a more news from another chinese brand zika

Now zika we talked about model y claiming the car of the year

from drive last week. So zika seven x

Claims top spot in february 26 vfax premium svv segment for the over 65 000 dollar segment

There you go. Well done zika

Uh, and they're also delivering cars as well, which is good and on the back of that

So zika now unveiling the all-new seven x black edition

um, and for another 3000 bucks on top of the

Uh all drive already you get pretty much all black as the name suggests on x gloss black exterior front and rower

Front sorry front and rear lower bumpers in gloss black

Lower door exterior trims in gloss black roof rails black wheels black badge black napper

It's all black. Once you go black batman spec. Yep

Well, one thing they don't mention in their press release, which would be interesting to see

Is if if if the power train remains the same as a performance or wheel drive

But it's sitting on 20 inch wheels instead of 21 inch wheels

Will it get more range?

Yeah, the the black the black. Hmm. It should right theoretically. Yeah, so that's that's going to be interesting to see we

Oh, well, I think the configurator is up now. I didn't get a chance to look at it

I think it was going to be 7 p.m. Or something

But yeah, we will investigate and see if it gets more than I think was 547 kilometers of wrtp range that

The 21 inch wheel equipped performance or wheel drive got

Hmm

Yeah, I don't mind a black car. Like they're very nice

A bit hard to keep clean sometimes, but nice to look at when they're fresh and clean

I've owned a model 3 black. It's nice not right up

Yeah, so we'll see we'll see how many how many these are solders keep keep it on

And one last thing according to zika themselves

They reckon that this is on the back of what they've been

listening to their customers and

People that are interested in buying a 7x what they would like to see or what else they'd like to see aesthetically

And apparently this variant is on the back of what they've learned from their owners in international markets

Okay, very good. Good to see them. Listen to feedback

All right now

From zika to bmw. So

Uh now join i've seen the new like the way classa in melbourne and riz has to as well

Uh, so no price when we did those videos, but now bmw have said 109 thousand nine hundred dollars recommend the retail

Apparently this includes luxury car tax as well

and gst

So probably 120 odd drive away. So we went too far for the market. We uh, guess the price

Back in

more grave

When we did that walk around

Yeah, really surprises with that with that price

No, I think it's pretty much up there. It gives them room to be able to launch

Other models that may come under the luxury car tax

You know and and who knows by the time those models come out whether we'll have the

Fbt exemption in the way we know it today

With that sort of high 91 or thousand dollar cap

But if it does then they've got a model under that 90 000 because the current ix3 the last generation

They are believed to have a variant that sits under that 90 000 dollar price point

Um, so that will help a whole lot more people

Um get into one. So yeah, this price is pretty good for the

For the tech you're getting in that car from a german brand made in europe

But that ix3 you're talking about is uh, I assume it's an entry level ix3, isn't it like a single motor? Yeah

So this 109 is actually the top spec the rolling spec ideal motor

etc, etc

Top range

The works so, you know, there may be one about this

There may be one about this. We don't know which is you know, like black all bmw

There's always an m spec 60 or the m spec. Yeah

That is the true rolling spec when that happens

Uh, but but no it for the time being this is sort of this is what they're launching globally

Yep, yep

So yeah, maybe the uh, the single motor spec might come under the lct. We'll see

Hmm still 805 k's will give it to give it a test I guess

Um, potentially just the one stop Sydney and melbourne. Maybe even no stops if we go slow enough

How do I slow on the bmw right? That's just not just not bmw. It's no such thing. Oh, I don't and make sure you don't indicate

That's right

Uh, you know a driveway price in perth 124 800 you change colors and add the m package reaches 135

Sweet spot for range is 500. Yeah. Yeah, maybe maybe even 400 for the city

Having said that this particular model the ix3 like

What has Audi or Mercedes got in this space nothing

Nothing with this sort of tech with this sort of

I mean, yeah, if we think about that car that I guess we saw

there's a lot in there um and

You know last time I think I drove the q6 s q6 e-tron that was

155 plus on roads

It's a lot of cash a lot of cash

seriously

Yes, so

Now roland you said that the new bmw 3 series was spotted as well. I assume based on the annoy class of platform 2

Yes, yeah, that that platform is going to paint picture for I don't know. I'm sure they'll milk it

Right, they need to make their money's worth for getting a whole new architecture class

So it's based on the same thing

Question is when it comes out

Are they going to do the same thing as what they did for the ix3 just release a one high high spec variant and then see how they go

Yeah, one would think so right it's a common common strategy for a lot of these brands release that top spec first

There rumours going around. I think question that was asked

Uh around what car we would buy if it was available in australia

But there's rumours going around of a car that I might consider which is the m

Well the m3 equivalent

Whatever that's going to be called

And apparently it's quad motor

Sign me up

Yeah, so I think that

We'll hopefully hear a bit more. Uh, that was a bit of a tip that was given by

Uh, james one of our regular

viewers

That it's likely to be

Under people unveils shortly

So if it handles and drives like most bmw's and it's a sedan and it has quad motor type of power

Um, I think roll and roll order two on the live stream

And then back to sydney motorsport park straight after that

It it's definitely coming soon because I remember posting last year

There was quite a few spice shots of that car of the m3 electric whatever it's officially called

I'll have to think of another name, right the bmw fanboys will only help you with an m3 electric

It doesn't sound good is my opinion sounds odd

Let me turn the m like just 90 degrees anti clockwise. Just have an e

m turns on eb m3

Yeah m3 e m e. Yeah

Yeah, 250k. I yeah, you're probably not wrong michael with that kind of uh tech

I agree considering current m3 is bottom line 200. It is now. It's crazy and before you go

competition

Correct. Yeah, I'll buy for for roland at cosco. Yep

Um, at least 10 at least 10 of those m. Yeah

Yeah

And now this makes me happy this interior of the the new su7 new su7

This is my cup of tea right here. That looks really plush

See now this is the interior to look to write home guys come on after coming on the ebatara, please

Like this is what I'm used to now

I won't do that

Wow

That that is a plush ride

Yeah, not those boost buttons

See that brand came here that would sell like hotcakes. Yeah, that would be very close to my top of my list

The su7 the new su7

Very nice

How much realistically Riz will this sell for if this ever came to australia?

Uh the su7

See in china it's priced pretty close to the model three funnily enough like the the base models

Not the ultra

You know the the challenges we just don't buy sedans in this country anymore

You know given the volumes and if xiaomi used to bring it themselves and if it's just the market share grabbing exercise

Then they would price it

just a little bit above the

the

model three

We saw that with the zika 7x, you know price just a little bit above the model y

And it seems to be a good sort of spot that people are happy to pay for

So yeah, I mean I saw you know, you'll enjoy his video of these cars in china

You've sat in them. You've had a quick look around as well like

The interior wise my thinking is it's

Next level in terms of the interior quality and tom, you know interior is better than most of us. Oh, yeah

Yeah, yeah, why my inner snob was happy that day sitting in the su7 and the u7 in guangzhou

Yeah

You look like I think I think you're right

I think if this price is about model three people will go for it just because it's the value is right there definitely

Yeah, I mean they're probably having trouble fulfilling their own demand

Domesticly right in china. So there's no reason to come here just yet, but we'll see

Uh hk says both xiaomi cars are similar to zika prices in china. Yeah makes sense

Um Ioniq six n level uh, oh, okay

I will say that this year finally

Yeah

Yes, yes indeed

That that needs a track date rolling the six n

Yep

now, um

My poll star page is not loading. So just chat amongst yourselves while I reload this

I was going to talk about the fact that the poll star three

Now has a

800 volt architecture

Is it worth the exorbitant price tag now now that's 800 volts. That's the question

Uh, I I personally like the poll star four better, but I can see the appeal of the three like a more traditional suv shape

Let's let's talk about this car compared to the bmw that we just finished talking about. Thank you. Yes

Chalk and cheese in terms of the tech. I mean, yes, 800 volt is it's great

but

That 127 is that drivable?

Uh, that's the msrp. Oh, no, it is sorry. You're right. Yes 127 like drive away

So 127 drive away and let's say, you know the driveway of the um, um the bmw is 350 is

125 um way more power

way more range

and

Yeah, like it's

very different type of car

And that's dual murder as well the bmw

Yeah x50. This is real the real remurder is 127. If you want dual murder, it's actually 142

for equivalent expense

And if you want the gold sash the addition I did

So tom I did do the addition for the ix3 with all the options

So if you selected every single option you could pick on the ix3

Before on-road cost it is just under $134,000. So you got to add those on-road costs on top of that

That's not bad. Hey, that's not bad. Yeah for a bmw

Not bad

I mean, Roland, is there any other spec worth considering apart from everything, right? I mean, that's

It's gotta be

At the top and work your way down like if you don't tow or you're never going to tow throw that out you've saved $250,000

See if you're configuring the take-hand

Across charisma

Then you put every single option on and it starts at about you know 200 and about time you're done with it

It's about 450

And then you get turned off and then you're basically trying to want this

This is still too compared to the spectre gents ladies

Yep

Uh, I don't forget bmw. We're adding subscriptions for the seed heating a couple of years ago. I'm not sure that's still a thing

I'm sure

Yeah, all right, um

And speaking of luxury brands, so just sharing this quick story. Yes Porsche profits are dropping and that's no surprise I guess

98 percent according to this report

It's a lot of money

And

They do make nice cars though, that's one thing

And finally to finish the show off, uh, finally

Powerwall 2 is now compatible with power 3. I don't know why this took this long. I'm sorry. I'm just gonna go my ranty

Why didn't they do this from the beginning right instead of upsetting all these customers who had power or twos?

They should have done this from the very start and it's compatible

You would have you would actually gain a lot more market share tesla

Uh, instead of losing this to sick energy and all the other batteries on the market

Anything guys surely they should have had this from the very beginning

Yep, this is my two cents

Not sure what happened here because yeah, because you know, they're powerwall 2 owners

many of us

That were like, well, we don't know what's gonna happen

Will we have to go onto facebook marketplaces and find

Powerwall twos that people just want to upgrade to powerwall 3 and rip it off their

walls and bring it over who can do that what will happen

but um, yeah, but even then it's

Not still not a lot of clarity as to what this means like

What other things do we need to make that happen if you're a powerwall 2 owner?

and yeah, I mean

It's

I think you're right that they should have advertised that from the beginning

It's like when playstation

You know we're selling playstation twos. They were saying hey, we could play ps1 games on this

People like yeah, I love great now. I mean this is going back like 20 odd years

But that's that's what they should have done people would have been like, yeah, I'm gonna get a powerwall 3

It's it's it's almost borderline insulting because

You know if this is just a software unlock

Right when this three came out, we so many questions were asked that can this be compatible with two

And they kept saying no they kept saying no it's it cannot happen and then for this to happen like I'm sorry

I'm getting angry here like it's

I'm losing trust right

For this to just be a software thing they should have done this from the very beginning

They don't even need to have anyone come and install anything different in

Well, I mean the powerwall 2 as we said that the details are still to be noted out

But the press release said yeah, it was just a software issue that they can unlock now

That's pretty bad. It's pretty bad right at least pretend to have someone come over and like stick something there and go

Okay, now it's compatible and you know what I mean

Yeah, new gateway or whatever but yeah like to have absolutely nothing and to have it like as an over the year update

I think would cause a lot of people to be like hang on a sec

Yeah, because what else are they gatekeeping?

Yes

It's a it's a bit of a slap in the face

But I mean there's still real limitations, right? This is not a three phase product like thick and the other batteries on the market

So it's still a single phase product

Um, so if you want that then yeah, Michael looks no more else

Yes, unfortunately the powerwall 3 cannot go off grid through the app

Uh through the app powerwall 2 uses allows me to go off grid through using the app. I see. Okay. Thanks

Yeah, it's look without selling too cynical. It is it is yeah, it's a bit upsetting being a formal powerwall 2

formal power powerwall 2

I'm trying to say power power power wall 2. Yes

You still got powerwall 2 right riz?

uh, yeah

Yeah, considering going to 3 with this news in light

well

I mean

Who knows I think one of my friends today got a powerwall 3 quote

Uh for about 12 grand

Which I think includes the government rebate and stuff. Um, yeah

I mean I would but of course the technology is changing so quickly, right like

I love the modular products like I mean, this is modular, but it's modular in 13 13 and a half kilowatt

increments

You know, why can't we just get another five kilowatts like, you know, so

There's a lot of changes. Um, but yeah, ideally

I'd add another one and I might just you know add two powerwall 3s

and

Try and figure out who on marketplace wants to meet me at a dodgy server

around the corner to pick up powerwall 2

so as you pick up

What about that street with the two specters world? That's that seems like about a safe street

It's it's it's it's exactly it is it is safe. Um, but yeah

Um, look, I think it's a lot of it's a lot of people around the country are thinking about the same thing

But then you hear things like, you know, see the energy being pretty reliable

Some people are saying foxy ss sun grow

And the list sort of goes on and you know, by the way, where do they sit in all of this because they've got their modular home batteries as well

supposedly or technically the safest plate batteries out there, so

lots of options

Yeah, I mean, I agree as well. I trick all these, um, brands who just cross

Platform compatible, right? I mean, there's just they're just electrons aren't like really

Sitting in the shell. So that would be nice, wouldn't it?

It's probably just a software thing, isn't it? You just do that if you really wanted to

Um, and yeah, the question is is it too late for this to happen? Have they lost too much marketry?

I don't know. I'm sure it's too late. I think probably better than late than never

But we're still still at early stage, right with all this battery adoption stuff

I know we've seen a huge search since the federal government

Grant but we're still at very early stage in the grand scheme of things

Um, so yeah, I mean anything's possible. But as we discussed, I think it was last week when Roland pulled up the

What I am was offering as part of an offer

You know, like Tesla if you're listening have been saying this to you guys for years

Like bundle up with a car like, you know, sell people the whole thing

Of all connector to power all, you know the car

Sell them as a package finance it together

And you know person will be really really happy because that's what you know

Um, that's the whole ecosystem

Tesla's previous mission

Not the not the mission about abundance, but previous mission was around sustainability. So

Yeah, the idea is here. I won't even trademark it. Just just take it and do it

And bundle optimus while you're there with the new

Even the mission as well, right cooks at least does everything for you. That's right

Okay, well, I think that's pretty much it for today. I've run out of articles this year, but um, yeah

Thanks for joining us everyone in the comments and audience. Thanks so much. We had I think 200 plus viewers at one stage live

So that's great. Thank you for sticking with us for this long

Uh, leave a comment if you're watching us on replay and also thank you for watching. I listened to us on the podcast as well

So, uh, let's uh, ask Reese. What have you got on for the rest of this week or next week for that moment?

I'm up in brisbane tomorrow. So I'll park my spectre at the airport

Then when i'm back and I'll have more to share where I am next week. So

And on our next episode of dragon ball. I mean the eb show

Always a man of mystery riz. I love it. Oh on the playstation right dragon ball

Well, are you rolling? What's up?

I've got something that your interiors love doesn't approve. I've got a subaru solterra

The new one

I've seen it

my tears not was not happy

Um, but it is an improvement. I gotta say. So I've enjoyed that as well with the drive quality at least

Uh, and as I said earlier, we've got um the leap mode of beat 10 as well. So that's uh, something we're looking forward to reviewing for you guys too

Alrighty, so until the next episode, which should be next week

Uh from rolling from riz from joy and from myself tom. Thanks for watching and we shall see you all

Next week on the show

Until then it's spy for now

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