Kia's EV3. Photo: David Leitch.
On Saturday, I went to the Everything Electric car and electrification show in Sydney. I came away very happy with what I saw.
There are some great deals on offer. The GWM Ora is a very cute town runabout. It is comparable in size to a VW beetle or a Mini. At just $33,000 it would make a great second car
However, the EV that caught my eye was the Skyworth BE11. This new bran’d wont hit the show room till later this year. It’s a large medium SUV with an 86 kWh battery for $49,000 drive away. That’s a very sharp price for a decent size battery. However, it may be cheap for a reason.
In the luxury people mover space, the Zeekr 009 looked good. It is much better value likely than the Xpeng G9, its interior screen is like a TV in the back, but most of the grandkids grow up looking at their own iPads so do they want a big screen?
In terms of cars I could see myself in if I wanted a replacement for my Hyundai Ioniq 5, they would include the Zeekr 7xm, the Xpeng G6, which out Tesla’s Tesla Model Y and undercuts it on price, and Tthe Polestar 3, which has a lovely interior.
I think the other car likely to do well is the new, good looking and built for the Australian market Kia EV3. This builds on the EV5 (good value for money) and the EV6. The EV3 has improved little details about the EV5.
I also saw a Cement Australia premix truck converted to electric( I always thought pre mix trucks very well suited to electric. In this case it uses a swappable battery that was quickly moved in and out with a forklift that I saw demonstrated) plus some great looking electric vans and other equipment.
The general vibe was that the Chinese wave has yet to really hit. There were lots of left hand drive models shown, but not obviously launched in Australia. 2025 might not be the year for mass adoption of EVs, but the underlying ground swell is strong.
David Leitch is an energy analyst with ITK, and co-host of the Energy Insiders podcast.
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Charging network ubiquity and price parity and below is when mass adoption will occur.
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Google Translate does a better job than that.
Scamming in plain sight?
What's with all the typos, did the author literally phone this in, i.e. write this on their phone? And then there's the statement "However, it may be cheap for a reason." with no reason give, so pure speculation, basically the author just made something up for no reason. The quality of journalism across the board has taken a massive nosedive in the last couple of years.
Near enough is good enough, mate. This is Straya. It's how we roll, yo. 👍
Pretty sure he's a financial analyst not a journalist. He's giving personal impressions of what he sees walking around the show. Anecdotal, sure, not really journalism, but useful as a general impression. And not pretending to be more than it is.
Replace your Ioniq 5 with the Polestar 3? Big upgrade!
Wasn't there meant to be a $20k car announced? Very keen to hear any more on that front, whether it's the Leapmotor T03 or something else.
David. Lovely to see your contributions here.