James Kynge

And we don't have to remind any of our listeners that Ford's been around for more than 100 years.

So this is a true phenomenon that we're trying to describe here.

Do you like BYD or Teslas or, you know, have you driven any of these cars?

Yeah, I'm in Hong Kong at the moment, Alice, and I just had a BYD experience today, actually.

Well, not really a BYD, but certainly a Chinese EV experience.

I was talking to somebody at an event that I was at here, and they said to me, so I'm assuming that you drive an EV, and actually I don't.

Back in the UK, I drive an internal combustion engine car, like an old-style car,

And they looked almost offended that I would have the temerity to be using a gas guzzler at a time like this when oil prices are rising so much and the environment is such a big topic.

So I also think that peer pressure is going to have an increasing influence on this topic as well.

BYD has comprehensively overtaken Tesla now in terms of vehicles sold around the world

In 2025, it sold 2.26 million vehicles against Tesla's 1.64 million.

So yeah, BYD is really streaking out ahead now when it comes to EVs globally.

That would be amazing.

If that transpires, that really will be another game changer.

I guess it means that more of these Chinese EV companies will be able to make a profit because there'll be less players in the market.

Yeah, absolutely.

I was just going to mention the same thing, actually.

Only today was I going up the escalator in central Hong Kong island.

But this is, well, what can I say?

This is one long escalator or series of escalators, really, isn't it?