Hello and welcome to Business Daily. I'm Theo Leggett. In this program, electric cars from China may soon be coming to a dealership near you. We'll be hearing what's driving Chinese brands headlong acceleration onto international markets.

Typically, everything that makes a good electric car, which includes obviously

the software and the battery, are made in China, developed in China. In fact, they're further ahead

than many European manufacturers. We'll be looking at how established car makers are having to

tighten their belts to compete with low-cost rivals. What is important is we must make our cars affordable for the customers

and our target is, of course, to reduce our production costs

to be better than our competitors.

And some claim Chinese cars are a security risk,

but could they really be used to spy on you?

Thank you. risk, but could they really be used to spy on you? New car launches are rarely what you'd call low-key.

Flashing coloured lights, thumping loud music, and extravagant claims are absolutely par for the course.

Yet all too often, what's actually revealed is a pretty mundane and boring set of wheels.

Not in this case.

Hi, everyone. Chow in this case. Hi everyone.

Chow Totti.

When BYD's Executive Vice President Stella Lee took to a stage in Rome last month,

she took the covers off a machine whose appearance is likely to send shivers down the

spines of industry executives across Europe.

Are you ready for the Green Wave? Yes! and shivers down the spines of industry executives across Europe.

Are you ready for the green wave?

Yes!

Let's say hi to the Dolphin Surf.

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