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I don’t list everything here, just the projects that best show what I love doing – telling stories about cars, clean energy, and the people shaping the electric age.

SC01 Behind the Scenes Factory Tour

I put a deposit on the SC01 sports car long before most people knew it existed. In February, I finally got to meet founder Feng Xiaotong, see the car in person, and tour the factory ahead of its official launch later this year.

CATL Factory Tour

Rare access inside CATL’s battery production lines – where cells powering millions of EVs worldwide are manufactured at a scale most people can’t comprehend. This is where the electric transition actually happens.

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BYD: Factory Tour & Full Range of EVs

Exclusive access inside BYD’s Shenzhen facility producing 400 cars a day – plus batteries, buses, and pretty much everything else electric. Vertical integration at a scale that’s hard to grasp until you see it in person.

NIO x Silk Road

So where to go next? Well of course it had to be the west of China, exploring the Power network from NIO, in possibly my favourite EV of all time, the ET5 Touring.

Living in an XPENG X9 for 5 Days: The Caffeine Trail

Matt and I drove the Xpeng X9 MPV across Yunnan province for five days, testing what long-distance EV travel in China actually looks like. Spoiler: we made several foolish mistakes along the way.

Xiaomi SU7 Ultra

Xiaomi’s 1,500-horsepower record-breaking sedan is genuinely absurd – but can you actually use any of that power on public roads? I finally got wheel time to find out.

Nissan Sakura - Japan's Secret Cheap Electric Car

Nissan’s Japan-only electric kei car is compact, surprisingly spacious, and tantalizingly affordable. Why isn’t this available in other markets yet?

Inside LONGi's AI-Driven Solar Factory

Rare access inside LONGi’s “Lighthouse Factory” in Jiaxing – where AI-driven production lines manufacture some of the world’s most efficient solar panels. Nothing makes me happier than putting on an official factory tour blue jacket.

Busting Chinese EV Myths: NIO F2 Factory 360 Tour

A fully interactive 360-degree tour of NIO’s F2 factory in Hefei – because the best way to answer questions about Chinese EV quality is to let people see the production line themselves.

The City with 16,000 Electric Buses & 22,000 Electric Taxis

Shenzhen didn’t just talk about electrifying public transport – they actually did it. Sixteen thousand electric buses, twenty-two thousand electric taxis, and infrastructure that makes it all work seamlessly.