Welcome back to EV News Daily and a bonus podcast looking at the implications of one of the big deals that's happened in the electric vehicle world.

What it means for the cars that you and I can buy, the prices that will pay the tech that we get for that,

and whether this is a blueprint for others to do the same, does the Stalantis and Leap Motor Deal rewrite the EV rule book?

Now I ask that because today those new models went on sale.

So let's get into it.

I think there's a lot to talk about with not only the cars, but also what does it mean for the industry, for electric vehicles in general?

Could this be a way of circumnavigating the tariffs,

not only in Europe, but in the US and Canada as well? And how are the other car makers at the

minute looking to get round those tariffs or embrace them and argue against them? Or could they

be copying a deal like this? Well, that's why I made this a bonus podcast today, because it's

probably going to be five, eight, ten minutes long maybe by the time we get into all the details. And that's quite a lot

of time on the regular podcast to devote to a single topic. And so let's get into it. Leap Motor is a

Chinese EV manufacturer recently embarking on their journey to expand their footprint in the European

market, today introducing two of their prominent models, the C-10 and the T-3.

And we'll get into what they are.

The T-3 is a little A-segment vehicle, and the C-10 is more of an SUV.

And I'll talk about those vehicles in a moment and look at the specs.

It's a significant move.

Yesterday in Italy was the formal launch.

There was a media test drive event in Milan yesterday.

And that's when this news was announced that from today,

those vehicles can be ordered. What it means for other

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