China EVs & More
Electric Vehicle (EV) & mobility experts Tu Le and Lei Xing plug you in to all the latest going's on in the 🇨🇳EV & mobility space that are sure to have effects on the 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 regions. Specifically, Tu and Lei dissect the week’s most important news coming out of the China EV/Autonomous Driving (AV), chip, battery, ride-hailing, shared & micro-mobility verticals. Learn more about companies like: #NIO #XPeng # LiAuto #BYD #Arcfox #Seres #Voyah #Xiaomi #Huawei #Tesla #GM #Ford #VW #Audi #Merc #BMW #Didi #Meituan #WeRide #Pony.ai #AutoX #Baidu #Apollo #Hesai #Seyond #RoboSense
Episodes
183 episodes
Episode #179 - VW Hits Panic Button, August Sales, Tariffs - Tougher for Some
Tu and Lei kick off this podcast with the news that Volkswagen would like to close factories in Germany for the first time in decades. They spent a long moment to discuss this because this news sent shockwaves across the industry and is the rea...
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Episode #178 - XPeng MONA M03, BYD 50% Global, Vauxhall Goes Low (£24K LOW)
The podcast starts with Tu and Lei's thoughts on the XPeng's Mona M03 and the aggressive pricing that was announced for the vehicle. This evolves into a recap of XPeng history on product launches and the hope that this launch can be more succes...
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Episode 177 - REVISED: EU Tariffs, XPeng and Zeekr Earnings, Autonomous or Intelligent?
Tu and Lei start the podcast out with an update on the EU tariffs on Chinese EV makers, this time including Tesla. Some initial tariff rates were reduced but not substantially. Tu moves the conversation over to the improvement in X...
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Episode #176 - XPeng Celebrates 10 Years, GM Restructures 🇨🇳, Merc Catches Fire in Seoul
Tu and Lei open this podcast with a discussion of Polestar launching production of it's Polestar 3 in the US, South Carolina. They quickly shift the conversation over to XPeng's 10 year anniversary and discuss what they remember about XPeng ove...
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Episode #175 - More than Not: China's Take Rate, Restrictions on Chinese Tech, Clearing up a Bad Take
Tu and Lei start the podcast out with a discussion on the China take rate on NEVs exceeding 50% in July for the first time. The discussion then shifts to reports that the Biden administration is looking at restricting Chinese conne...
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Episode #174 - July Sales, BYD Keeping Busy, Tesla FSD's China Competition
The podcast begins with a review of July sales by Lei and then they both transition into a discussion about the upcoming important product launches and why they are important to those Chinese brands. They both transition the discus...
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Episode #173 - China AV Inc US IPOs, Windrose the first Domino, Cheap Batteries for EVs
Tu and Lei begin the podcast talking about the US IPO announcements for Pony AI and WeRide, two Chinese autonomous vehicle (robotaxi) startups. This leads to a broader discussion about autonomous vehicles and regulation in the US and China.&nbs...
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Episode #171 - Legacy Auto Needs a Hug, BYD Manufacturing Footprint expands, AV Companies - What's Next
Tu and Lei start out this podcast with a broad discussion about how virtually all the foreign legacy automakers are doing so poorly in China with Tu detailing Porsche's recent, severe challenges. Tu and Lei then move onto Xiaomi's ...
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Episode #170 - EU Tariff fallout, VW Group + Rivian Mashup, New Robotaxi Pilots in BJ
Tu and Lei unpack who they think could be the winners and losers from the recently announced EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and how they may react to tariffs being considered in other markets. Tu and Lei then look a bit fo...
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Episode 169 - Tu at MOVE London, JLR + Chery and FSD in China reception
Tu starts the podcast out talking about his experience at the MOVE London event where he hosted two panel discussions. Lei then pivots to update everyone on the latest news about potential tariffs the Chinese govt are considering i...
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Episode #168 - Unpacking EU Tariffs, Tu's Cali EV Adventure, For VW - It's Complicated
Tu and Lei begin this podcast with a quick download of the EU tariffs, who was slapped with what and who the winners are. They also take a step back to discuss who currently exports the most to the EU and how the tariffs may affect their quanti...
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Episode #167 - Huawei will SMASH FSD, Hyrbid Highlights, Detroit Is Open for Innovation
Tu and Lei start out by discussing a provocative statement from Richard Yu, the Huawei executive in charge of their intelligent driving, who said in a much less kind way that Huawei's system would beat Tesla's FSD. They then talk m...
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Episode #166 - China EVs & More Celebrates 3 Years, Chinese IP in Euro Brands, Carlos Speaks
This podcast starts with a discussion on the NEV take rate hitting 52% and Tu points out that it's a massive number that is also getting help from the steep dropoff of ICE sales. They also both take a few moments to discuss the sof...
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Episode #165 - US Tariffs, BYD's non-Chinese Global Unveil, Autonomous Vehicle Continues Progress in China
Tu and Lei start the podcast out by debating about the recent increased tariff announcements made by the Biden Administration and whether its all politics or if there is some real fear about the US Three not being able to compete. ...
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Episode #164 - AutoBeijing 2024 Recap, NIO's 500,000th, Reflections on GBA (Greater Bay Area)
Tu and Lei spend the first few minutes of the show recapping their overall feelings about Auto Beijing 2024 (the show) and how it was a bit different from Auto Shanghai 2023. They both reflect on what the legacy automakers revealed...
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Episode #163 - Tu & Lei headed to Shenzhen in a G9, Elon visits Beijing (but not for the show)
First, Tu and Lei recorded this episode while driving from Beijing to Shenzhen in an XPeng G9 Performance. XPeng kindly lent it to them for the three day trip where they stopped into Zhengzhou & Changsha before hitting their final stop - Sh...
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Episode #162 - Tu's First Few Days in China, Zeekr 009 Grand, Li Auto L6
Tu starts off the podcast with an update on what he's been up to the last few days including visiting Jiyue and getting a sneak peek of the Jiyue 07 and attending the launch event for the Zeekr 009 Grand, a 4 seat executive MPV.Tu also ...
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Episode #160 - March sales, Snapshot of the Price War, BJ auto show expectations
Tu and Lei kick this podcast off by going over March sales numbers and move into discussing some of the recent incentives that have been offered by EV brands in order to keep sales momentum going. The detail some of the challenges ...
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Episode #161 - No Model 2 (for you!), Overcapacity - but in what?, Looking forward to Auto Beijing 2024
This podcast begins by dissecting the Reuters article about the Tesla Model 2 being cancelled as a passenger vehicle.The conversation moves over to Tesla sales in China, predictions about total sales for 2024 and what Tesla could do to ...
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Episode #159 - All About the Xiaomi SU7, New York Auto Show / World Car of the Year
Tu and Lei get right to the Xiaomi SU7 launch. They talk about Lei Jun's showmanship and the popularity of the Xiaomi brand in China which all helped to build excitement for this product launch.After an extended discussion about ALL THI...
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Episode #158 - Li Auto Surprises (not in a good way), The Role of Social Media on EVs in China and the EV100 & Nvidia GTC Conferences
Li Auto adjusting their Q1 sales guidance downward was the first topic of discussion in this week's podcast. Of the three WeiXiaoLi triplets, Li Auto has been the darling of Wall Street but their sales have very suddenly hit a wall
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Episode #157 - Porsche Update, NIO's ONVO and BYD Abroad
Lei headed over to Germany for Porsche's Annual Press Conference so much of the podcast was dedicated to what Lei learned about during his visit and led to a broader discussion about Volkswagen Group and what Tu thought about VW Group's annual ...
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Episode #156 - EU leans PROTECT, Outcomes from the Two Sessions, Global Auto Heads to Brazil
Tu and Lei start this podcast out with going over the latest news on the tariff situation on Chinese EVs in the US and EU with the EU now also seeming to lean towards increasing protectionism. Lei then moves the discussion over to ...
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Episode #155 - Lunar New Year Hangover, 电比油滴, US Govt Investigation, HiPhi for Sale
Lei begins this podcast with a brief explanation of the effects of the Lunar New Year on passenger vehicle sales traditionally. Tu points out BYD's social media campaign about how 'electric is cheaper than gas' after they'd cut pri...
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Episode #154 - BYD Leading the Price cuts, When tech is too tech, Thoughts on the next couple MAX episodes
Tu begins the podcast talking about how the price war still has legs and will likely last through the end of this year into 2025. BYD has been leading the way with price cuts on their more popular vehicles daring their competitors to do the sam...
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