Shanghai Shows ‘How’ & Volkswagen’s ‘Glow Up’

“Dazzling, dizzying & disorienting” was how the Fully Charged team described Day 1 of Auto Shanghai. The Chinese EV market has exploded into life in the last few years and legacy carmakers seem powerless to resist. And yet, several long-standing car manufacturers are leaning into an ‘in China, for China’ phase and have produced some of their most compelling cars for years. Plus see some of the smaller, more affordable EVs that are headed to our shores in the months ahead. Join Robert Llewellyn and Elliot Richards for a quickfire tour of this week’s show… it’s incredible. 0:00 Introduction 01:23 Geely Geome Xingyuan 02:34 Hongqi Tiangong 05 03:33 Mazda EZ-6 05:37 New Audi Branding 07:06 VW 10:02 Huawei/AITO 12:58 Chery iCar V23 15:46 Wuling Bingo 17:12 Wuling Mini EV 18:46 SAIC Brands 19:26 IM 21:28 MG Cyber X 22:56 An EV For Petrolheads? 24:23 AION UT Ultra 26:05 Stelato s9 27:26 Maextro s800 29:15 ONVO 30:51 Honda P7 33:20 Xiaomi SU7 36:15 CATL Stand & CATL Shenxing Battery 42:00 Firefly 44:09 Denza 45:45 Toyota 46:49 Robert & Elliot's Highlights 49:06 Interview With Li Bin, Founder & CEO of NIO This episode is sponsored by Duracell Energy! Enter the Free Prize Draw to WIN your own Duracell Energy bunny here: https://www.duracellenergy.com/givaway/ Get a free quote for solar and battery from Duracell Energy here: https://bit.ly/3Qvm7Ow Free Prize Draw Terms & Conditions can be found here: https://www.duracellenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Prize-Draw-2025-Puredrive-Energy-Ltd.pdf Why not come and join us at our next Everything Electric expo: https://everythingelectric.show Check out our sister channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EverythingElectricShow Why are our episodes now sponsored? https://fullycharged.show/blog/dan-caesar-on-x-insta-youtube-and-why-we-made-a-contro[…]s-on-fully-charged-everything-electric-electric-vehicles-uk/ Support our StopBurningStuff campaign: https://www.patreon.com/STOPBurningStuff Become a Fully Charged SHOW Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fullychargedshow Become a YouTube member: use JOIN button above Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : https://buff.ly/2GybGt0 Subscribe for episode alerts and the Fully Charged newsletter: https://fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/ Visit: https://FullyCharged.Show Find us on X: https://x.com/Everyth1ngElec Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/fullychargedshow To partner, exhibit or sponsor at our award-winning expos email: [email protected] Everything Electric CANADA - Vancouver Convention Center - 5th, 6th & 7th September 2025 Everything Electric SOUTH (UK) - Farnborough International - 10th, 11th & 12th October 2025 Everything Electric AUSTRALIA VIC - 14th, 15th & 16th November 2025 #fullychargedshow #everythingelectricshow #homeenergy #cleanenergy #battery #electriccars #electricvehicles