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BYD is expanding their Denza brand to the European market.

BYD sold 4.2 million vehicles last year globally 90% in China.

But the Denza brand was about 3% of their business. Sales in Europe will start

by the end of the year with the Sport Wagon, the all-electric Z9 GT, 1,000 horsepower, very

impressive vehicle. Denza's the posh bit of B.YD. All denza vehicles will be made in China and shipped

to Europe. So here in the UK, no tariffs applied to that, but in Europe, of course, that's still all TBC. Now that Europe and China having a bit more

of a loving since the US imposed their tariffs, Europe and China saying, let's work closer together.

So maybe if the EU can persuade China to do a bit more investment, built some more factories here, build the

vehicles on European soil, that'll probably get round the objections to the Chinese subsidies

and incentives. The Lucid gravity has been tested by famous EV reviewers Tom Malogany from

State of Charge and Kyle from out spec. And in both cases, the second vehicle from Lucid, the gravity charged exceptionally well.

Up to 400 kilowatts in Kyle's case, Tom was on a EV-Go station, and that is a 350 kilowatt unit,

but it actually charged at 375.

Either way, you are at that speed and efficiency. That's the key. Efficiency of Lucid talking about

adding 300 miles of range in a 25, 26 minutes stop and then you're on your way again. And frankly,

if you can't handle driving for 300 minutes and then stopping for 25 minutes, if you want to do

more than that, go on my diesel car will go 600 miles.

Frankly, sir, your bladder is better than mine. Volvo is introducing the cross-country version

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