Exlantix ET - Drives Like An EV With The Range Of A Petrol

[@frankhardenbol9998]

Again... you never said 'uuuuhhmm' once. It's official, you're not human. Excellent executed as always.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Haha. I try my hardest never to say uhm. I'll fail every now and then but I do be l my best to know what I'm talking about first.

[@stjiko]

Amazing, a minimalist suv, loaded with the 'usual' tech and luxury touches... in such a bonkers pricings...

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Haha. It's amazing what counts as 'usual' in China.

[@wwbren]

This is actually pretty luxurious.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

It's very nice.

[@VanHaycrafttd]

The love child of a Cullinan and a Velar.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

I can just about see that.

[@1981zayn]

Thank you, I like it. Amazing interior and price point. VW can only dream of building a quality technology advanced interior like this 😂

[@InsideChinaAuto]

And you get four switches for the windows instead of that stupid 'click to change to rear windows' crap you get in VWs.

[@cloudpandarism2627]

you are correct! same as my BYD tang DM. 4.3s to 100 and 1000Nm instead of 630Nm here. but rest looks and seems to be very similar. i got a 2.0T engine instead of the 1.5T. its exactly as you said. you can use EV only in the city and charge at home in your garage which i have done for almost 6 years now. use EV most time except when i travel or want extra power for fun. with the current charging situation in europe i am sure hybrid is the way to go for now since there are not enough charging stations to get you around without worry. years ago when i bought mine it was similar here in china. now the amount of fast chargers increased like triple time and i have no problem to drive fully electric with the SU7 max. but for rest of the world i agree that hybrid is a fantastic way to get around. after i watched your zeekr mix video i went to test drive it and think this might be my next family car. if you are around shenzhen next time let me know.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Will do. Where can I reach you other than via the comments? The MIX is an ace car!

[@cloudpandarism2627]

@@InsideChinaAuto pandacat666

[@cloudpandarism2627]

@@InsideChinaAuto ugh i cant write here.

[@cloudpandarism2627]

@@InsideChinaAuto you got mail

[@CipherAjibola-ws2tp]

Happy for your zeekr mix🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Can't wait to get mine.

[@MichelHenriTonneau]

Very impressed by this dual motorisation which can be selected and enhance range target. Luxurious interior design, overall comprehensive tech support. Can discuss the non china front design but still pretty looking. Of course EU taxes will limit the success of this car but competition remains potential. Thanks for the video and the description, excellent as usual. Best regards to you and family.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Cheers Michel, and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@finroddd]

This is the type of EV that I am willing to buy!

[@InsideChinaAuto]

More coming your way I'm sure.

[@finroddd]

@@InsideChinaAuto I hope so. I am located in Europe and after the taxes on Chinese import are imposed, I am not sure if the European market will be of interest for China.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

@finroddd Oh they'll keep coming, don't worry about that.

[@finroddd]

@@InsideChinaAuto probably legacy manufacturers should worry. IMO their products are inferior to Chinese - or will be soon. What do you think?

[@markotrieste]

Announcement: I live in a city where most of the streets allow a maximum width of 180 cm (mirrors folded). Last time I checked, there is no way to move buildings further apart. While I don't plan to use the car to drive in the city, it is still nice to have the possiblity to park where I live rather than 10 km away in the suburbs. Will buy a reasonably sized car, i.e. 180cm wide, 450cm long, 150 tall and less than 1500kg. If you don't know where to start, I'll give you a hint: I know how to close the door by myself. Thanks for the attention.

[@deltajohnny]

@markotrieste My Renault Megane E-Tech fits your description and also fits European streets 😉😉 (I'm very happy with it)

[@markotrieste]

@deltajohnny Yes, this is the right size, very nice car indeed. I don't like the huge wheels and FWD, however. But yes, this is the size car makers should focus on.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Might struggle with those requirements here in China. Almost everything seems to be about 1.9 metres wide at least here.

[@deltajohnny]

​@@markotrieste Yes, we think alike!! 👏👏👏 I also would prefer rear wheel drive and smaller wheels! 😉😉 In fact, I purchased and installed the cheaper model 18" rims+tyres, stored the original 20" rims and low profile tyres and will reinstall them when I sell the car. I wish manufactures sold more rational vehicles... 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@deltajohnny]

​@@InsideChinaAuto I have no problems with an even huge car at my home, but when I go to my wife's parents home, their garaje is very narrow... 😮‍💨😮‍💨 I wish Chinese manufacturers had available fully equipped/loaded models, but not very wide, valid for European cities and garages...

[@Xiv2022]

Honda use a similar technology for the power train, however 40kWh battery give this a much bigger EV range. Hopefully they can get this up to 60kWh for 180mile EV range.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Honda's uses the engine to drive the wheels. This can't do that.

[@BaybieK]

60kw for 180 miles???! Maybe that atrocious range will be because you're ferrying around the weight of an ICE engine as well.

[@scott8919]

I keep reading it as Exlax.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Sounds like a pill to help you poo when you write it like that. Haha

[@JohnBBuck]

​@@InsideChinaAuto Legacy auto watching this needs no such assistance 🤣

[@flipptyfloppy2817]

and probably is😂😂😂💩🤣🤣🤣

[@AJames-jr8kw]

Another great video, but where/how do you find such empty roads in China?

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Haha, with great difficulty! Best places are on the outskirts of cities where there's new development and grid roads put in place but nothing actually built yet. That or industrial parks. I put a lot of effort into finding these places.

[@baltazarkosa29]

Chinese version reminiscent in appearance xpeng G9 - looks very similar...

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Very much so.

[@MBB617]

Great review.. I was wandering about a brand nobody had reviewed, they just have 2 cars a saloon and SUV. Dayun Yuanhang Y6 & the SUV why there's not much information about this brand?

[@InsideChinaAuto]

I've tried, trust me. Reports are they're pretty much on the verge of going bust, but let's see. The parent company is rich so they shouldn't be too badly off. They have four cars actually, something like Y6 and Y7, and H8 and H9, essentially two models but one variant is sporty and the other more luxury focused.

[@jimbrutan_senior]

Looks so good

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Bit bland for my taste but it has its angles.

[@SomeoneAbstruse]

Car looks good and got some nice specs. Sadly don't think will sell much in europe and especially not norway ... EREV got same taxes as full fossils while EVs are tax free up to ~330k rmb equivalent Edit: also curious if it does the Kia plugin thing where if you drive 80 kph + engine fire us, or temp goes below 0 engine fires up :/

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Definitely a detail worth knowing. Wonder if Chery are aware of that. Are there any other EREVs you can think of in Europe?

[@SomeoneAbstruse]

​@@InsideChinaAuto MG and BYD have pledged erevs to europe (and norway), also speculations on Nios Firefly brand coming with an erev in 2026 maybe

[@AJames-jr8kw]

The Chinese need to be more strategic. If Norway taxes PHEVs and HEVs but not BEVs it doesn't make sense to send a EREV there, especially as it is the opposite on continental europe. Also Norway market is tiny. Australia's BEVs accounted for just 6.7% of its total market but by volumne it almost matched Norway's BEV sales. In Australia the BYD Shark has been a smash hit. 2000 sales first 24hrs. I read a report saying 4000 sold all up and on their way. So with long distances and poor charging infrastucture outback the EREV concept works here. Additionally if you go to any car park most of the vehicles are similar size and shape of this Chery (sorry forgot how to spell the name). ME, Oz, SE Asia and Sth&Central America should be the targets. Let Europe and the US stay in the past.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

@@AJames-jr8kw It's a fair point for sure. Sometimes I do feel they throw stuff at the wall to see what sticks and it doesn't always do well. Some are better than others on this, some have very Chinese management with very little idea of the countries they are entering.

[@SomeoneAbstruse]

@@AJames-jr8kw it seems the future is electric and hybrids are the stopgap For Norway it has been an interesting market as EV is prim6ary vehicles for families. Long roadtrips, running the kids, groceries etc. All electric That is also why you see teslabjorn stress the 1000km challenge so hard. Cuz it's actually done. So BYD FinDreams Blade is very disappointing despite good figures on paper Disclaimer: norwegian speaking. Truckload of salt warranted

[@deltajohnny]

I like everything about it 😍😍😍 Oh, speaking about the massage of the seats: is it a strong one? In my VW and Renault, both with massaging seats, it is barely noticeable... are Chinese massaging seats like those available in coin operated seats, where you can even see some "balls" moving in the seats? If it's like that, perhaps you could try to show the balls' motion in a future video? 😉😉

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Haha, i think showing balls in motion might be for another kind of platform. But in all seriousness, I don't think any are super strong because it would unseat you and those things can be plain painful at times if they grab a slice of back fat or something and squeeze it just a bit too much.

[@deltajohnny]

​@@InsideChinaAuto 😂😂😂😂😂 I have laughed with the beginning of your message! 😂😂😂😂😉😉😉😉 And I feel better now, as I was thinking that Chinese car seats' massage were much stronger, and I fully agree with your thoughts 👍👍👍 A strong massage could be dangerous while driving 😅😅

[@Roberto-uk3ml]

Extellantix😆

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Haha, nope, they won't be getting hold of this brand.

[@cloudpandarism2627]

sounds like somebody from asterix comics. 🤣

[@freetheworld247]

Why cant the engine power the wheels It seems straightforward

[@InsideChinaAuto]

It's not connected to them, that's the set up of this particular drivetrain. Engine is like a generator, it just burns fuel to make electricity and that goes to the battery. The wheels are driven by motors, so it drives like an EV.

[@davidreynolds3082]

And they"ll be the size of a truck to account for all the extra batteries needed! Look out for a 3+ ton EV near you soon. You'll probably need an HGV license to drive one soon lol.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

They are getting far too big.

[@tjaaaaaa]

the use of 60/40 rear seats instead of 40/20/40 seems like a missed opportunity... especially in the norwegian market.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

40:20:40 seats seems to be a bit of a hang up in Europe yet I've rarely seen a car with that.

[@lazziebardakos2956]

The European looks so much better. BYD is by far the most 'mature' and classy Chinese brand.

[@cocoaiscool2709]

LI AUTO, ZEEKR , XPENG would like to have a world here

[@lazziebardakos2956]

@cocoaiscool2709 they're nice but not classy. As much as I love Zeekr and Avatr the light show up front is tacky, they're great for the Chinese market but looks tacky to everyone else. Xiaomi also looks classy and not over the top. My opinion of course. Looks are very subjective

[@Xiv2022]

I love the crazy front lights for the Chinese market.

[@notagain2856]

The European brands are starting to employ more in-your-face lighting as well. BMW started the illuminated grill trend and more brands are offering the same feature. Audi EVs have the dancing front and rear lights for years now

[@SMJ-l6r]

​@@lazziebardakos2956 yeah terrible opinion. Especially since you don't have to purchase the lights and the lights can just be solids. It's just have a feature vs not having it. Xpeng doesn't even have those lights so this sounds made up. Same with Li Auto. Doesn't seem like you know these brands.

[@SMJ-l6r]

Looks like a great vehicle with an unfortunate name...

[@deltajohnny]

It sounds similar to Stellantis... 😅😅😅

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Bit of a mouthful isn't it.

[@AJames-jr8kw]

Nice, but way too big for me. Would have been perfect for the States... at least for those who aren't anti-China. Oh well, the world is a big place and I am sure it will do well in the Middle East, Australia and Sth America. Norway? I am not so sure. They have great EV charging infrastructure and 93.6% BEV sales last month (petrol 0.6%, diesel 2.1%, HEV ~2% PHEV ~1%) but also perhaps unlike China which also has good EV charging there is more of a "green" culture I suspect than in China.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Yeah, Norway might not be the ideal spot to drop this, but some other countries might quite fancy it.

[@TheMojojara]

The name of this brand is just unpronounceable in so many European countries... 🙃

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Guess they didn't think of that. Not too different from Atlantic though.

[@E.Tnotification]

Look like a fisker

[@InsideChinaAuto]

I think that's an insult to Fisker.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

Yeah, yeah, yeah... It's all fun and games until one of these brands decides to pull out because they don't sell enough or your retailer decides to go and sell something else or the brand goes broke and then you are toasted....

[@InsideChinaAuto]

How did Rover owners feel when they bought their cars?

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

@InsideChinaAuto Waw! Waw! I really wasn't expecting that... Not from the official channel, I didn't. Let me educate you on that: it so happens that a lot of my relatives used to have Rover cars. As they had a long standing presence and there were tonnes of them in the streets, nothing happened. They still could get parts, maybe a little bit more hard to get them but that is it. That's not the case with a smaller and not so established brand. If they pull out, and some will do, there aren't enough cars to justify importing parts and providing service. It's not like you can go to your local scrap yard and get parts for you Xinjin Ping 5XL35 blue sardine as you would for an extremely mundane Rover 25.... Thanks for not addressing any of my concerns or giving any further facts or any reassurance whatsoever for my questions. That's not a good way to make people trust what you said. Have a nice day.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

@@TheAllMightyGodofCod How about I tell you the parent company is China's biggest exporter of cars for the past 21 years straight and is state-owned so won't be going busy any time soon? Oh and that they sold more 1.4 times more cars in November alone than Rover and MG in the entirety of the year 2000?

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

@InsideChinaAuto why don't you tell me why you are being so aggressive with a simple viewer comment? Is this how you treat your viewers? Is this how you take a question? If this is how you react to questioning, I wonder how you would react to criticism. Is your message unquestionable?

[@InsideChinaAuto]

@@TheAllMightyGodofCod The aggression is all in your perception. I'm not responsible for what you perceive. If you ask for counter arguments, get them, then complain about receiving them and feel insulted by a simple factual statement, that's not really on me. Sorry buddy.

[@markotrieste]

SUVs are boring

[@InsideChinaAuto]

Agreed, though there are some good ones.

[@mrkring1526]

Prpbably another brand thats here today and gone on 3 years.

[@InsideChinaAuto]

These ones are owned by Chery, China's largest exporter of cars for 21 years and state-owned. Think they'll be fine.

[@mrkring1526]

@InsideChinaAuto doesn't mean they'll hang around.

[@cwdjdsd-36321cs]

​@@mrkring1526Chery group has sold more than 2 million cars so far this year. This is a sub brand of Chery, not a joint venture. Plus Chery is not holding a minority stake of this brand. Also Chery is not a start-up, they are a large state owned company.