Deepal

Its planned range will include medium and large SUVs.

And the announcements, although it did not include a UK launch date, pricing or name dealer partners, Shanghai has already launched with its Deepal brand here and established a network of 60 dealers.

So when it's ready to launch, you know, it does have an established network now to sell the cars through.

Yeah, no, I think this was always talked about right at the start, wasn't it, when we first started to hear about Shanghai's entrance into the UK and European market, particularly being led by Nick Thomas there, who's the MD for UK and Europe.

GAC Group had the Aion, Hyptec, and their namesake brand.

Changan had the Deepal, Nevo, and Avatar.

So right there, that's four times three, 12 brands already.

You add Xpeng, Leapmotor, Li Auto, the three startup brands, that's 15.

2-1-2, let me just run it off.

2-1-2, Ion, Ito, Avatar, BYD, Deepal, Nevo, Cherry, Denza, Forthing, Photon, GAC, Geely, Hypetek, Jkoo, LeadMotor, Liado, Linktor, Linkinco, Maxis, Omota, Pix, Smart, Xpeng, Zeker.

So from A to Z, lots.

And Jaku comes with a bit of confidence.

It's called the Nevo Q05.

It's a family focused model below its Deepal or Avatar offerings.

The Avatar is the more premium one.

Here in Great Britain, we'll get the car early next year as well, but they'll call it the Chang'an 06, not Q05, and I've no idea why.

It had a bit of stitching around it for the base model.

I sort of thought it felt more Deepal than Mazda, David.

I mean, I think Mazda has set the bar quite high when it comes to quality of, of interiors, and I just sort of felt like it was more like a Deepal than a Mazda.

What can I say?

Well, that's what I say.

I've never seen many issues.

No. I've seen tilting screens like the Deepal do that.

I've seen...

I remember old like Audis from about 10 years ago, their screen used to like drop down, I think.

Do you have a sense of that?

अगर आप हर चीज से मिलाएं like e-bikes, scooters you know EVs and all that so I think more than 50,000। Because this number in 2020 2021 जब NEV policy आई थी and you know e-trons नई नई आना शुरू हुई थी तब 500 थी। So जो ये wave आई है ना I think 2023 onwards you know और specially जो Chinese गाड़ियां आई हैं all of these specially BYD, Deepal you know Jaecoo and all of these। uh तो अब तो you know every second car is an EV or a PHEV or a REEV now। So and this number is going to increase as well।

It's saying uh a total around 30,000 two wheel units as of last year.

Yeah.

Uh, oh, Genesis, 66.

[laughs] Deepal, 63.

Yeah.

Genesis I think would include, obviously, their petrol vehicles as well.