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INTERVIEW: BYD | 21 OCTOBER 2026 · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: to wake up. The circuit on 987. Sonia here with
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  Speaker 1: you this morning. I am solo and yours. Joakim is
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  Speaker 1: on MC today, unfortunately, but I've replaced him with three
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  Speaker 1: lovely looking people in the morning. Thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for joining me here today. Um, it's a shame that
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  Speaker 1: Joakim isn't here because I've been trying to convince him
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  Speaker 1: to like do a road trip with me.
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  Speaker 1: Um, firstly, have the courage to drive in Singapore. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's the first thing I wanted to let him know.
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  Speaker 1: But please join me in welcoming Marcus, Crizia, and Aiden
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  Speaker 1: to the studio. Thank you so much for joining me. Morning. Hi,
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  Speaker 1: good morning. Still waking up, is it, guys? 100%. Are
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  Speaker 1: you all OK? OK, so to give you some context, um,
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  Speaker 1: our friends over at BYD have very kindly been, um,
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  Speaker 1: working with us on our show for quite some time now.
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  Speaker 1: I think not just us here at 987, but plenty
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  Speaker 1: of stations here at Media Corp too.
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  Speaker 1: And um we're just very excited to see what else
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  Speaker 1: they have in store and what else is happening. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like when I think of BYD now, I
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  Speaker 1: think of all these road trips, I think of all
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  Speaker 1: these like fun things that you do, and Marcus, you
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  Speaker 1: actually had the chance to go on a trip recently. Yeah. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: tell me about the trip and where did you go,
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  Speaker 1: what did you do? So we went to Chengdu we
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  Speaker 1: were switching cars every day, so we were going to
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  Speaker 1: different places. So it's a long trip in the mountains. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: I was mainly in the B8 uh B and B5.
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  Speaker 1: B5 is already in Singapore and in China, uh, it's
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  Speaker 1: not called like Denza. It's actually under the under another
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  Speaker 1: brand called Fung Cheng Bao, but you can't like, it's
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  Speaker 1: hard to pronounce it outside of China.
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  Speaker 1: China. So they put it under like Denza, which is
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  Speaker 1: very interesting. And then when we're driving up the mountains,
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  Speaker 1: it's a lot of nature, you know, it's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of untouched nature. And then when you're driving an EV,
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  Speaker 1: when you're using like this sort of like you're reducing
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  Speaker 1: carbon footprint and then it sorts of sort of like
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  Speaker 1: helps you to
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate the nature because essentially when you're reducing carbon footprint
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  Speaker 1: you're like preserving this like untouched nature for your next generation.
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  Speaker 1: They won't see just through your like photos and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: So with and also because the EV is very quiet, right,
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  Speaker 1: when you're driving up this nature, you tend to be
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  Speaker 1: more appreciative because you can, your, your senses get heightened.
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  Speaker 1: Like there's a lot of like cows, a lot of yaks, not,
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  Speaker 1: not cows, yaks, a lot of yaks because yaks live
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  Speaker 1: up in the altitude, tons of them.
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  Speaker 1: And then, uh, you just, you're just more appreciative of
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  Speaker 1: like this whole like nature when you're driving an EV.
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  Speaker 1: Would you say that this is your alley in terms
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  Speaker 1: of your I mean we all follow you and we
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  Speaker 1: see some of your stuff out there as well. What,
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  Speaker 1: what about this trip challenged you in terms of your
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  Speaker 1: content creation? Hm, I don't think there's a content creation.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's, there's a lot of like
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of angles we can, we can do
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  Speaker 1: with content creation, but the one challenge I have is
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  Speaker 1: when we're going up the altitudes. I am very, very,
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  Speaker 1: I consider myself to be more healthy, but you know
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  Speaker 1: when you're more healthy, you need more oxygen. When you're
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  Speaker 1: going up the altitude, so it's like 4000 m above
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  Speaker 1: sea level, there is no oxygen.
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  Speaker 1: Oxygen there. They were like saying, OK, they were like saying, right, you,
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  Speaker 1: you cannot, uh, breathe in like too, too deep of
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  Speaker 1: a breath, too hard. You must move slowly. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: excited teenagers, once they get out of the car, we
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  Speaker 1: started running teenager and Gladys.
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  Speaker 1: And then we started doing like headstands and everything and
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  Speaker 1: then after that we regret. Like my whole face turned white,
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  Speaker 1: my lips turned purple. I almost died. Yeah, they had
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  Speaker 1: to hook me up to the oxygen machine for real,
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  Speaker 1: for real, for real. Yeah honestly sounds pretty scary but
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  Speaker 1: it's pretty fun, pretty fun. But did you then, you know,
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  Speaker 1: more features about the car, for example, while you were
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  Speaker 1: on this trip because I feel like, and you guys
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  Speaker 1: can chime in at any time, um, you've been on
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  Speaker 1: car trips too, obviously.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when you, when you spend that much time
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  Speaker 1: in the same vehicle over the course of that, like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, 4 or 5 days or even 6 days,
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  Speaker 1: you start to become one with your vehicle, like you
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  Speaker 1: know everything about it. So what were some features that
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  Speaker 1: you found yourself using more?
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  Speaker 1: So it was very, our driver is very cute. He
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  Speaker 1: was just driving. He said this is a driver's vehicle,
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  Speaker 1: and then he turned back and he just gave me
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  Speaker 1: a thumbs up for like 5 seconds. I'm like I
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  Speaker 1: have a video of that just to prove a point. Wow,
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  Speaker 1: that's a big flex. And then, uh, you can, there
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  Speaker 1: is this function from the ZTG 9 where it's like.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, there's this light that comes up from the booth
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  Speaker 1: and then you just have to step on the, the
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  Speaker 1: light two times and then the booth just like opens up.
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  Speaker 1: So it's very intuitive. It's very intuitive, and also the
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  Speaker 1: massage function is very, very, it's very good. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think you, I don't think you can live
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  Speaker 1: without it, right? So, um, seeing how you're the head
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  Speaker 1: of sales over at Denza, if I'm, I'm not wrong, right,
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  Speaker 1: that is your title right now.
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  Speaker 1: Um, you are probably gonna tell us what we can
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  Speaker 1: expect to see over at the showroom and maybe we
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  Speaker 1: can even experience some of these features that Marcus has
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  Speaker 1: been talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's so nice to hear from Marcus
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  Speaker 2: about his experience, the adventure. It sounds so exciting, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, at BYD and Denzel, we do a lot
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  Speaker 2: of exciting things. Yeah. So this weekend on the 24th
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  Speaker 2: to 25th of October, we're gonna be having a booth
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  Speaker 2: for BYD.
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  Speaker 2: And Denza at the car expo. And aside from that,
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  Speaker 2: we're also celebrating our 30,000 customers. Would you believe BYD
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  Speaker 2: has reached an exciting milestone of 30,000 customers in Singapore.
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  Speaker 2: And if you're already a BYD or a Dza customer,
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  Speaker 2: you're part of this milestone too. And for us at
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  Speaker 2: BYD it's a great opportunity to say a big thank
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  Speaker 2: you to our customers and also to our media friends
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  Speaker 2: who get to try our vehicles on a daily basis.
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  Speaker 2: For their trust and support. It's really something worth celebrating
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  Speaker 2: and what a better way to celebrate this milestone with
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  Speaker 2: some super special deals at the car expo this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: right? And what kind of, what kind of prizes are
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  Speaker 1: you giving away? I heard some pretty good stuff. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: of course.
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  Speaker 2: So if you've been thinking about getting a BYD, this
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  Speaker 2: could be a great weekend to check one out. There
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  Speaker 2: will be 5 winners every hour with a total of
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  Speaker 2: $120,000 worth.
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  Speaker 2: Of discount up for grabs. And aside from that, customers
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  Speaker 2: get to enjoy attractive Sherwin prizes with every purchase. So
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of things going on aside from the
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  Speaker 2: vehicle lineup that we have, uh, and customers also get
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  Speaker 2: to enjoy up to 11,000 worth of BYD ownership benefits,
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  Speaker 2: and there are really plenty of reasons to come down
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  Speaker 2: to check out the BYD range and special offers.
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  Speaker 1: OK, yeah, for sure. I mean, look, plenty of our.
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  Speaker 1: Listeners tuning in right now, they might be making plans,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for the next week or so, and they
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  Speaker 1: might just want to stop by, see what's up. Yeah. OK,
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  Speaker 1: but also at these events, you will see a lot
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  Speaker 1: of automative journalists at these events, and that's where Aiden
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  Speaker 1: comes in in just a little while. How are you
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  Speaker 1: doing today, Aiden? You still good? It's too early. It's
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  Speaker 1: too early to function. But I'm glad to be here.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. Dude, you know what, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think I've ever seen you this early in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Have I? No, right?
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  Speaker 1: No one should see us this early in the morning. It's,
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  Speaker 1: it's criminal. Um we're gonna take a very, very short break.
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  Speaker 1: When we come back, I want to find out a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more because whenever I see it, and he's
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  Speaker 1: always very busy, he's making videos, he's taking notes, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's over at these launches.
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  Speaker 1: We'll touch on that in just a little bit. Talking
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  Speaker 1: all things cars this morning. I really wish Joakim were
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  Speaker 1: here for this to convince him to finally get on
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  Speaker 1: a journey to find a car of his choice, perhaps,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I hope that happens in the next, like,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, year or two, hopefully. Need your help
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  Speaker 1: to convince me, uh, convince him. Please welcome back Trizia, Marcus,
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  Speaker 1: and Aiden. Thank you for joining me here this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for your energy. Um, and I think we
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  Speaker 1: were just about to get to Aiden just before we, uh,
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  Speaker 1: got cut off and we took a short break earlier on.
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  Speaker 1: Now, speaking from a view of an automotive journalist, which
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  Speaker 1: you've been doing this for how long now? How many years? Yeah, um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in this day and age now in Singapore,
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  Speaker 1: there's so many options when it comes to like EVs
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  Speaker 1: or people are still thinking like, how do I start
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  Speaker 1: my EV journey? Um, what would you say to that
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  Speaker 1: person from a point of view where you've tried so
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  Speaker 1: many EVs already? What would you say you're most excited about?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I, I, I mean, what I'm most excited about, there's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a couple of different options coming out, but
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  Speaker 1: for what people should look at if they're looking to
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  Speaker 1: get into the whole EV space is to focus on
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  Speaker 1: what they need. Do they need 7 seats? Do you need?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if you've got a big family, if you
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  Speaker 1: ask my mother, she, she'll always say she needs 7 seats.
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  Speaker 1: I don't agree, but you know, that's what she'll say.
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  Speaker 1: So it really is a case of
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  Speaker 1: Looking at what you need from your car and then
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  Speaker 1: tailoring your car to what you need instead of looking
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  Speaker 1: at the car and then tailoring your needs to what
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  Speaker 1: the car, the car has. You know, you see a
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  Speaker 1: car with 7 seats, for example, the Sea Lion 8,
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  Speaker 1: and you think, you know what, I could use 7
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  Speaker 1: seats even if you don't really need 7 seats when
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  Speaker 1: they are, you know, much more.
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  Speaker 1: Shall we say economical options available such as the CO6
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  Speaker 1: EV or the you know incoming A21 that's just been
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  Speaker 1: launched that I'm about to go try and I'm quite
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  Speaker 1: interested in that one. So I, I don't need 7 seats,
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  Speaker 1: but I do like, you know, a nice small nimble car.
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  Speaker 1: So that's why I'm quite looking forward to taking out
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  Speaker 1: the A21.
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  Speaker 1: And then of course, I'm also looking forward to the
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  Speaker 1: Z9GT because who doesn't like big power numbers, big luxury,
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  Speaker 1: and you know all sorts of bleeding edge technology that
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  Speaker 1: the Z9GT has. So I think that's also one of
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  Speaker 1: the big cars that
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  Speaker 1: BYD Dza releasing in the near future that I think
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  Speaker 1: people will be really um really interested to see some
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  Speaker 1: of our incentives. So with incentives in 2027, what do
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  Speaker 1: you think if I'm if I'm a buyer in 2027,
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  Speaker 1: what do you think I should consider before like making
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  Speaker 1: a decision, for example?
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  Speaker 1: In Singapore, no matter whether or not there are any
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  Speaker 1: incentives or rebates or surcharges, the bottom line is that
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  Speaker 1: it is still rather pricey. So to me it's if,
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  Speaker 1: if you've already set your mind on buying a car,
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  Speaker 1: not much is going to change between now and, you know,
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  Speaker 1: 2027 in terms of it's not going to get any cheaper.
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of people like to, that I've seen,
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  Speaker 1: they do like to waffle on about, oh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see, or let's see how it goes.
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  Speaker 1: To me, it doesn't make sense because if you've already
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  Speaker 1: set your mind on knowing you're going to buy a
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  Speaker 1: car and you know what the regulation change is gonna be,
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand what the weight is for because, exactly,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't think the price is gonna go down,
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  Speaker 1: you know, any further than it currently is. For example, when,
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  Speaker 1: when my family bought our last car, um, we bought
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  Speaker 1: it in 2020, and they were thinking, and they, they
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  Speaker 1: were saying, you know, should we just wait and see,
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  Speaker 1: you know, until the, you know, COE runs out and
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  Speaker 1: then see how it is, then I was like, no,
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  Speaker 1: if you want to buy a car, just do it
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  Speaker 1: now while the COE is a reasonable amount.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a very, I don't know whether it's
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  Speaker 1: an Asian parent thing like we say wait and see,
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  Speaker 1: wait and see, maybe a better thing, better thing will
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  Speaker 1: come by or something you know you're going to make the,
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  Speaker 1: make the change. Yeah. Alright. Thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: sharing that. Um before we let you go, Marcus, one
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  Speaker 1: more question for you here. If you could choose one
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  Speaker 1: BYD model for your next road trip, what would it be?
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  Speaker 1: Definitely the B8, but I don't think it's coming to
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  Speaker 1: Singapore soon. But because I sat in it and it
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  Speaker 1: was like very life-changing. On the outside it's very robust.
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  Speaker 1: It's like a
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  Speaker 1: You'll feel that it's a kidnap vehicle, but I wanna
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  Speaker 1: get kidnapped in it. I wanna get kidnapped in it.
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  Speaker 1: It's very comfortable and very spacious inside. Yeah, yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you're the people that you kidnapped inside, it's gonna have
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  Speaker 1: a lot of good time inside. Yeah, very. It's very,
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  Speaker 1: very big inside, very unassuming. OK, I got you. I
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  Speaker 1: hear you, I hear you.
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  Speaker 1: Suzie, before we let you go, anything else you would
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  Speaker 1: like to fill us in on looking forward to over
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  Speaker 1: the next, um, month or so?
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  Speaker 2: So again, I'm inviting everyone to come down to the expo,
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  Speaker 2: see the BYD and Denza booths, see the CL7 DMI Z9GT,
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  Speaker 2: Dnza D9, Densa B5, and all the vehicle lineup of BYD,
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  Speaker 2: but I think I can share that.
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  Speaker 2: As customers compare these vehicle models, it goes beyond the
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  Speaker 2: uh vehicle ownership because we have the BYD and then
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  Speaker 2: the lifestyle membership. Recently we launched the partnership with 88
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  Speaker 2: partners that we have over 100 partners. So we go
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  Speaker 2: beyond just selling vehicles, but giving a good ownership experience
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  Speaker 2: to our customers wherein they can.
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  Speaker 2: this benefits across different categories like dining, shopping, travel, and
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things. So there's really a lot of
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  Speaker 2: uh exciting things that we can offer to everyone.
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  Speaker 1: So it's all-rounded experience. Yeah. Thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: taking the time to come out and share with us
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  Speaker 1: this morning. I know it's incredibly early, but we appreciate
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  Speaker 1: it because you're catching people right at the spot where
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  Speaker 1: they're driving to work right.
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  Speaker 1: Now, they're thinking of what to do. Maybe they want
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  Speaker 1: to get an explore a new vehicle, a new car.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you so much for being here. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for having me. Yeah. We're still live on TikTok, gonna
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  Speaker 1: officially say bye proper over there. But of course, like
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  Speaker 1: they mentioned, um, I think all of their social media
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  Speaker 1: platforms will be full of content over the next few
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  Speaker 1: weeks or so. So we're looking forward to that as well.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks guys.