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I had a couple of motor shows recently, the Paris Motor Show and the Tokyo Show as well. And it was a really interesting comparison. The Japan Mobility Show featured just one electric vehicle. Meanwhile, in

Paris, a load of vehicles unveiled, especially in the 20,000 euro-ish, certainly sub-30 grand. Market,

Volkswagen, Renault, Stalantis, Pergio, or the big brands with their Chinese brands are all in

Paris. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, one EV. That's because

Nissan had to show the aria off, which is a vehicle. It's been out a while now anyway. The focus,

instead in Japan, was on hydrogen and e-fuels. And it just shows the, maybe the cultural difference.

And some say the cultural missteps that are being taken by

Japan and the Japanese auto industry once dominant, certainly dominant in the electric vehicle space

with the Nissan leaf very, very early. And in hybridization and inventing the lithium iron cell

as well and why they are so far removed from what's happening globally in China, in Asia,

in the US, in Europe. The data just keeps telling us over and over again that EVs are here

to stay. For some reason, at the Japanese Auto Show, didn't want to recognize it. Very, very

interesting. Cultural shift. We'll watch that one.

A new policy from Cooper, which is the sporty bit of SEAP, which is the Spanish bit of Volkswagen Group.

You can now get a newborn, that's the hatchback, their version of the ID3. If you're like, here in the UK on a love me or leave me deal, you can have it for three months and if you don't like it, just give it back. It's not damaged or anything. And you get all your money back. That's fantastic.

Cherry, the Chinese company, say that in 26, they're ready to launch their all solid state battery

and that's going to have a 6C charging rate. Now, charging rate, the C rate indicates, you know,

it's the charging current compared to the

rate of capacity. But that is an indicator of how quickly it would charge and discharge,

particularly charging we're interested in. And it's one of those ones where you can add,

you know, just ridiculous, like 400 kilometres in five minutes on a typical efficiency

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