CHINESE: From Copycats to Kings

How China Conquered the Car World – and they’re not done yet, they’re getting more ships!

Somewhere between the mockery and the memes, between jokes about “Range Rover rip-offs” and “plastic dashboards”, something rather extraordinary happened. The Chinese car industry grew up – fast. And now, while the West was busy sniggering, Beijing’s automakers quietly built an empire. An empire of design studios, R&D centres, global shipping fleets, and production hubs from Brazil to Budapest. Once dismissed as cheap copycats, China’s carmakers have now become the innovators – the disruptors – the ones pushing the boundaries of electric mobility, tech integration, and even automotive engineering itself.

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10/11/2025 1

REVIEW: BYD Sealion 7 EV

530BHP, 312 Miles, 24 Min Fast Charge and extraordinary Voice Control!

Usually, when you arrive at a media drive event for a new car, you’re greeted by some PR, there may or may not be a presentation, and then you jostle with the other journos for some keys and take the new car for a drive. However, BYD did things a little differently for the launch of its new Sealion 7 electric family SUV.

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24/03/2025 0

Tesla’s Stock Plummets as European Sales Collapse

What’s going on? Is it due to competition or controversy?

Tesla’s once-unshakable dominance in the EV world is facing its biggest test yet. In January 2025, while European EV sales surged by over a third, Tesla’s own sales crashed by more than 45%, with an even steeper 50% drop in the EU alone. The result? A 9% drop in Tesla’s stock price, dragging its valuation back below the $1 trillion mark.

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26/02/2025 0

EV UPDATE: Trump’s Tariffs Just Changed Everything! Carmakers Are in Chaos!

The rush to protectionist policies against the Chinese may actually play into Chinese car makers’ hands

The global automotive industry is in turmoil once again, and this time, it’s thanks to a political grenade lobbed straight from the White House. Donald Trump has just announced a fresh wave of 25% tariffs on imported automobiles, along with semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, sending shockwaves through the already uncertain EV market. If you thought the shift to electrification was on shaky ground before, buckle up—because it just got a whole lot worse.

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21/02/2025 0

Tesla Sales COLLAPSE

Is Musk to Blame?

Tesla, once the rockstar of the electric vehicle (EV) world, is now facing a spectacular nosedive in sales. From being the cool kid that made EVs sexy, to becoming the awkward uncle at the family barbecue who won’t stop ranting about MAGA — January 2025 has been a brutal wake-up call. In just a month, Tesla has gone from the top two spots of the UK sales charts in December 2024 to completely vanishing from the top ten in January. The question: is this a natural shift towards better alternatives, or has Elon Musk’s twitchy Twitter fingers tanked his own empire?

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