Craig's never shown an interest in beekeeping before, but that's the sound of him buying 2,000 worker bees rather than doing his self-assessment.

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This is Sarah's last game before she does her self-assessment. Like her last, last, last game, and the last last game before that? Classic. Come on, Sarah! The deadline is 31st of January. Less distraction, more action. Don't be like, Sarah. Visitgov.org.org. Forward slash self-assessment today. Payment support may be available. Welcome back to EV News, China today, the BMW I-X-1, B-Y-D's Yang-Wang that goes a thousand kilometers, and China denies Tesla FSD. Plus, stay tuned. Later in the show, I'll tell you why CATL is already putting sodium iron batteries to the tests.

Welcome to EV News China, the podcast dedicated to the world's largest electric vehicle market.

Each day, I bring you the latest headlines, insights and analysis from the heart of China's booming EV industry and decode how fast-moving developments in the East is shaping the

global EV landscape. BMW has launched the 26 I-X-1 in China, pushing its smallest electric

SUV further into the country's crowded premium segment. Unveiled on January 21st,

the all-electric compact SUV comes in four trims and

starts at 228,000 R&B. The car target spires weighing up the Audi Q4 ETRON or the Mercedes-Bens

EQA as foreign brands try to hold ground against the fast-moving local EV makers.

BMW keeps its familiar look, a large closed-off kidney grill with diamond pattern accents

and some chrome trim as well, smooth sides, semi-retractable door handles and L-shaped

tail lights. The compact SUV is 4.6 metres long with a 2.8 meter long wheelbase.

Now inside, the IX1 gets a big tech boost, dual screen layout, a 10.25 inch digital instrument

cluster and a 10.7 inch central display, both running BMW I Drive 9. Standard kit now includes 5G,

some driver assist tools like parking sensors, reversing camera and lane keep.

But they'll need to do a lot more to appeal to the high-tech buyers, maybe the younger buyers,

that are going for Chinese domestic brands because they're

coming with a lot more than reversing cameras and lane keep. So the E-Drive 25L uses a front-mounted

single motor. It's 150 kilowatts and thus 510 kilometers on CLTC range at least. The X-Drive 30L adds a second motor, all-wheel drive. That's the X-Drive thing.

It's 230 kilowatts and CLTC of 450. So taking a bit of a range hit on that. Both have a 66.5 kilowatt hour battery and BMW dealerships in China, even though the car

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