Steph Chalmers
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So, you know, a bit ahead of the game, but we have not received that yet.
And we actually, we went into the showroom about two weeks ago now and
Yeah, it was a really interesting look at, you know, just the absolute deluge of demand they're experiencing.
The salesperson essentially ran away from us and then the manager came out and he was just... A salesperson running away from a customer.
You know, these things are selling themselves, I think, at this point.
And the manager was just saying, you know, we can't even sell you...
You know, these demo models, they're sold.
We literally can't get them on the floor fast enough.
They're already gone.
The shipments are being delayed.
So this is a Chinese-made EV.
So they're kind of beholden to what's happening with shipping as well.
you've got BYD as the third best-selling car company overall in Australia.
Exactly, and they only sell hybrids and electric vehicles.
So, you know, it's really evident that the demand's there.
But I think just on that issue of the shipping and the vehicles getting to Australia,
the car sales manager was saying to us, you know, oh, the cost of shipping is increasing.
So that kind of raised questions for me.
You know, we do have more affordable models, but if we do, as you say, we don't manufacture here.
So if we're relying on these coming into the country and we've now got, you know,