CHINA: Xiaomi SU7, BYD Targets Premium Foreign Brands and Tesla Dangles Incentives | 27 Jan 2026

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Martyn Lee

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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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 are shaping the global EV landscape.

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XIAOMI SU7 OVERTAKES TESLA MODEL 3 IN CHINA https://bit.ly/4sZtwrt

BYD AIMS SEAL 08 AND SEA LION 08 AT GERMAN PREMIUMS https://bit.ly/3LOAZsG

TESLA DANGLES CHINA MODEL 3 INSURANCE SUBSIDY https://bit.ly/4t5z1VC

NIO TESTS NEW EUROPE PLAN WITH HUNGARY LAUNCH https://bit.ly/4jZLgPp

NIO SWAP STATIONS START TO LOOK LIKE MINI POWER PLANTS https://bit.ly/4k4CBLp

CHINA LAYS DOWN HARD RULES FOR STEER-BY-WIRE https://bit.ly/4qHdZLl

CHINA TAGS EVERY EV BATTERY FROM CRADLE TO SCRAP https://bit.ly/4r7TYNC

NEVS DRIVE CHINA’S CAR MARKET MORE THAN GROWTH https://bit.ly/4qIvmvp

CHINA’S RELY DRIVES EV TECH INTO PICKUPS https://bit.ly/4k2gkxT

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0:00.0	This is Sarah's last game before she does her self-assessment.
0:03.9	Like her last last-last game, and the last last-last game before that?
0:08.1	Classic.
0:09.7	Come on, Sarah! The deadline is 31st of January.
0:12.5	Less distraction, more action.
0:14.3	Don't be like, Sarah. Visitgov.uk.org.
0:16.4	Forward slash self-assessment today.
0:18.5	Payment support may be available.
0:20.3	Craig's never shown an interest in beekeeping before, but that's the sound of him buying
0:24.9	2,000 worker bees rather than doing his self-assessment. Craig, you live in a sixth floor flat.
0:30.7	The deadline is 31st of January. Less distraction, more action.
0:34.6	Don't be like Craig. Visitgov.uk.org.org.org slash self-assessment today. Payment support may be available.
0:40.4	Welcome back to EV News. China. Today, the Xiaomi S.U.7, B.Y.D. targets premium foreign brands and Tesla
0:47.4	dangles incentives plus stay tuned. Because later in the show, I'll tell you why rivals will be closely
0:52.9	watching China's first pure B-EV pickup truck.
0:57.4	Hey, welcome back to EV News, China.
0:59.0	The podcast dedicated to the world's largest electric vehicle market every day, I bring you headlines, insights and analysis from the very heart of China's booming EV industry.
1:08.5	And we decode how fast-moving developments in the East shape the global
1:12.3	EV landscape. This is a huge headline from China in the past 24 hours.
1:16.8	Xiaomi's SU7, that's the saloon sedan, not the YU7, the Model Y competitor, just pushed Tesla's
1:24.6	Model 3 off the top spot in China. Last year, the firm delivered 258,164 units of
1:32.5	its first saloon. That's about 50,000 more than Tesla Model 3s. According to this data
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