Welcome back to the podcast today. Jaguar fires its EV design boss. Kier's EV2 is coming and BYD extends its warranties.

Plus stay tuned later in the show. I'll tell you why everyone seems to be excited about in-wheel motors.

On EV News China today, our spin-off podcast, I've been talking about the BYD Denza D9, Dolphins million deliveries, and Neo's

third generation ES8, getting a sales surge. Let's get into it. Jaguar Land Rover's move to

EV has been thrown into doubt after the sudden firing of Chief Creative Officer Jerry

McGovern. The design force behind some of its most successful

SUVs and, indeed, Jaguars planned, high-end EV reboot. AutoCar reports that McGovern,

who has held the top design job since 2020, was dismissed by the new chief executive and

escorted from the building. The leadership change comes at a really

fragile moment. JLR is still recovering from a major cyber attack that disrupted production at

several plants while Jaguar delayed their flagship electric Grand Tora, worth about $130,000,

a halo model meant to signal where the brand is heading.

McGovern had pushed a radical plan for Jaguar, an all-electric range built around fewer,

more expensive, limited production cars.

Instead of competing head-on with mass premium rivals, Jaguar would chase the ultra-luxury buyers, who might also

consider Bentley or top marks from Germany. That vision took shape in what became a controversial

Jaguar-type-O-O concept, and that triggered fierce debate inside and even outside the company

about what Jaguar should be in the EVH.

Of course, there was the very famous rebranding video showreel commercial, whatever that was,

using bright colors, which went down pretty poorly with the internet.

But, well, you know, a lot of people who are very

online tend to have an opinion about just about everything. Maybe they should keep their opinions

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