Auto Shanghai 2023 REVEALED - By Dave Humphreys
Hot off the Press and just off the plane, @DaveHumphreys gives us all the news from Auto Shanghai 2023 - China storming into Europe and beyond with many new brands and models - A super insight into the not-to-distant future - Thanks as always, Dave!
China
How big and diverse
Battery Technology
Different brands
Eyes on Europe
Car shows wind down
Big car market
BMW, Porsche, Mercedes
Bad, NIO, Conglomerate
Market hungry for new products
Snobbery
Rapidly changed
Chinese car brands iterate so quick.
Not scared to make mistakes
Size of the car market
VW was the biggest seller in China
VW has just been eclipsed by BYD
Compare Ireland to China
Every VW sold in Ireland in 12 months - In China, they sold in 40 hours
Multiple brands
More than 1 billion people
Shanghai alone has 24 million people
Beijing has 20 million people
Baoding (10 million people)
Great Wall Motors
Hydrogen R&D centre
1.2 million square metres
Built in 14 months from a green field site
Moves very fast
Reaching saturation
Expansion into Europe
Expertise with battery technology
Desire to grow
Eat a lot of people's lunches
BYD launched (Build your dreams)
MDL round since the 1950s
Couple hundred cars on the ground
Seal, Dolphin, and Seagull
Funky cat
Produce
Name is irrelevant
Brand relevance
Skoda
Twitter
Surprised
Not perfect Atto 3
Continental tyres
NIO
Battery swap
Hongqi
Wey
Habal
Tank
Jeep Wrangler
General Motors
VW Group
Stellantis
Geely
Cupra
Lucid
Electrification
Plethora of cars
MG
MG4
MG Cyberster
Watch this space
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