CHINA: New Year Trips Shift Electric, Geely’s Starshine 6 PHEV and NIO Sets More Battery Swap Records | 19 Feb 2026

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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CHINA’S NEW YEAR TRIP SHIFTS FROM BIKES TO EVS https://evne.ws/4rtBXKw

GEELY FILES STARSHINE 6 PHEV WITH 28.3 KWH PACK https://evne.ws/3OyEZhN

GEELY ROBOTAXI ARM HITS 100 CARS IN HANGZHOU https://evne.ws/3ZL1pPq

NIO SETS NEW DAILY BATTERY SWAP RECORD https://evne.ws/3OsGKx0

NVES FIRST REPORT SHOWS MOST BRANDS BEAT TARGETS https://evne.ws/4rsHEs3

XPENG PUTS XNGP TO UN REGULATORS ON ROAD https://evne.ws/4aryh5Z

SUPERPANTHER BRINGS E-TOPAS 600 TO EUROPE https://evne.ws/3OsGy0K

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0:00.0	Potential.
0:02.0	Potential can sometimes feel daunting, scary.
0:06.0	But today's the day you decide to act on it,
0:10.0	with a higher technical qualification.
0:13.0	Designed with employers, it will give you the skills you need to land the job you want,
0:18.0	because today is your day. When anything is possible, if you make it happen.
0:25.3	It all starts with skills. See how you can get started. Search skills for life. Potential. Potential can
0:33.5	sometimes feel daunting, scary. But today's the day you decide to act on it with a higher technical qualification.
0:43.2	Designed with employers, it will give you the skills you need to land the job you want
0:47.8	because today is your day.
0:51.5	When anything is possible, if you make it happen. It all starts with skills. See how you
0:57.6	can get started. Search skills for life. Welcome back to EV News, China. Today, New Year trips shift
1:04.3	electric. Gileys Sunshine 6 plug-in hybrid and Neo sets more battery swap records. Plus, stay tuned later in the show. I'll tell you about
1:13.1	Super Panther. The Chinese electric truck startup that plans to enter Europe with contract manufacturing.
1:20.5	Welcome to EV News, China, the podcast dedicated to the world's largest EV market. Every day I bring in
1:25.5	the latest headlines, insights and analysis from the
1:27.6	heart of China's booming EV industry and decode how fast-moving developments in the East
1:32.5	shape the global EV landscape. Now, let me tell your story, 21 years ago, Wei Shaoyi,
1:41.7	a migrant worker in Foshan, in Guangdong, spent 18 hours riding his motorbike home for Chinese New Year.
1:51.0	Today, he covers that 700km or 435 mile journey, not in 18 hours, but in just six hours by car on the expressways.
2:00.5	And the change shows up in the small details
2:03.5	in 2004. A dozen neighbours from Mr. Wey's village gathered their bikes and all rode home in
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