Hot off the Press and just off the plane, Dave Humphries 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 quickly
• 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
• 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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