Since it’s not sold in the UK, I’d imagine the beeping is just the lane departure system warning you that you’re a lunatic driving on the wrong side of the road.
I hope it can be switched off. However.. the Chinese really love their cars beeping and bonging at them all the time! Other Chinese electric cars such as Nio seem to have the same problems/"features", and turning them off is not always possible..😢
@@joepverlaan575 From what I’ve seen, every new car in the EU has these warnings built in as standard. You can disable them, but you have to do it every time you start the car.
The beeping sound probably comes from the safety system which hasn't been calibrated for the UK road yet as it thinks you are driving on the wrong side of the road.
The car can seriously be better without the stupid led panel in the doors. the ones in front and back are super cool. And the wheel covers keeps whobbling like crazy, its triggering my adhd. Did u see the squat it made when it hard accelerate!! They gotta fine tune the real geometry to make it antisquat! They should remove the window regulator switches to analog, its just over the top!
In fact, with this machine, you can manually adjust the direction of the air flows :) On the climate settings screen, you need to move the drawn air flows :) You literally press the air flow on the screen and pull it where you want it to blow.
But that's still an abysmal design though... (Granted, I am happy you shared that at least it can do it). But still. Literally having to go into an infotainment menu to adjust the direction of the air vents is one of the worst ideas (relative to the subject at hand) I've ever heard of. If not being able to adjust them at all is the baseline at 0/10, then having to use a menu system is maybe at best a 1.5/10; if the needed menu is within 1 or 2 button presses.
I love how goofy & unique it is. 9/10. It’s as if a GT-R and I-Pace had a kid that ran away from home at 18, got three PhDs in China, and now runs a multimillion $ corp from home 3 days /wk so it has time for a semi-pro gaming career
I've been following the current generation of chinese cars, and boy am I impressed. From the very advanced but still raw like HiPhi, to the absolutely ready Nio, to the scandi chic Zeeker, to the volume king BYD and the delightful ocean line. I'm VERY impressed with what China can do.
The only complain i seem to have with modern chinese cars, they are so damn awful at naming and brands. They need something short but easy to remember, like honda civic, etc. SOmehow china always likes to create bazillion different names and companies for similar or the same products (their electric scooters, example). Otherwise i love the design and they went leaps and are actually interesting and awesome cars now.
@fukuoka33Culture is sort of only for gas cars tho, we Chinese already missed that period since when the culture was cooking in Europe and US, most of Chinese back then couldn’t even afford enough protein like meat and fish. If you show my mother in Shanghai a Ferrari Testrossa today, she would think it’s absolutely gorgeous and will really love it. But if you show her the first gen Tesla model S, she would consider it out dated despite the fact that the Testrossa came way way before the first model S. Tech evolves fast, if you put them in cars then it would soon be old without the culture even forming. On the contrary, if you put no tech in the cabin, it would be timeless for sure, like for example a Bugatti, but it just wouldn’t be practical as a car which you would drive to the market in city Traffic where you probably want the car to drive itself.
@fukuoka33 yeah European more picky while driving shitty cars with shitty interior. Stop living in "culture" all the cultural corporates are sinking, "culture" is the thg hold u back. Tesla aint restricted by culture, BYD ain't restricted by culture, the reason why I mentioned these 2 companies is because they are leading the EV section. Ppl putting vegan leather in cars, 11" infotainment or even bigger than that(Lexus). I bet u were talking about European preferences are brands, sentimental reasons, and also status. They don't take new things, hence they are cultural? Not just Chinese, japanese, Korean, SEA and more have no automotive cultures, right? Hahahaha "many years behind" is a good term to show u what happened to Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Btw, I'm not china Chinese. I'm an international Chinese person who lives somewhere very far from China. Can't believe ppl put "culture" and that's important. Btw, ur next EV car may not be so cultural because u may find Chinese batteries within. Lol
I got high... and i started watching videos. I came across this one and *the first thing that came to mind was:* Waw! That video is one big advertisement! You speak like a salesman, you even wobble the console to show the potential buyers that this car is not your regular "chinese" ... but when you mentioned the vegan leather and how no animals were harmed and how it STILL FEELS like luxury leather.... THAT GOT ME SOLD! ... you're squeezing it to the max, i LOVE IT !
Remember that Top Gear episode about the Chinese car market and how shonky they were 25 years ago? This is unbelievable progress. It just looks like a concept car. Incredible that this is available to buy!! Nice one Matt! Great scoop.
to this day I don't understand why all other car manufacturers are so AFRAID to release a concept-looking car... All their actual models turn out to be nothing like their concepts
@@Melbrz2025 I am talking about design only. So many models had such a cool looking concept, that would not be so difficult to make, yet the production version were always so.... tame
I actually love the design, as out there and different as it is. It's nice to see cars that look different from the dreadfully monotonous SUV copycat vibe every company goes for, and a lot of hatchbacks have the same shape. This is out there, and very well polished. I hope more companies go down this path of unique creations. Cars at the moment are dreadfully similar with each other, and all some shade of black/white/grey.
Although I'm not personally a big fan of the design, it's hard to argue with the social proof of the design. If people are guessing that it's worth over 2x the actual price and whenever you drive it, you get swarmed by people, it's a pretty decent value proposition off of design alone. Even hypercars don't get that much attention. That being said, the glitches suck pretty hard, but the specs seem decent. Hopefully, they get it all sorted by the release date in 2025.
Im surprised it got such a positive reception given how different it looks lmao, but I do like the look of it myself & the interior is actually really nice
@matttim5095 No need to worry about quality, you will never see one in the wild. This is basically boutique design house car company, their production numbers are tiny.
Omg I never thought Chinese could make a car this good. They seemed to have nailed everything Design, Technology, Drive, Handling. Only thing to concern about it is the reliability. Other traditional auto manufacturers would really have to up the game to stay competitive.
I know you're joking but you're probably right. The key needs a holder of some sort to stop it moving around and stay in the optimal charging position.
Aesthetically nice looking car, it's definitely different, and people have been asking for different... I think people will bash the car just on the sole reason that it's Chinese; but personally, i don't care, if a car is an all round good car, i couldn't care less were it comes from; which brings me to were i will bash the car, they should fix the minor issues like the charging stuff.
I somewhat bash it because there are loads of new companies, like this, like Jetour, like BYD, and others, all popping out cars like crazy. Which, is very interesting, especially how much of a competition they are becoming to Tesla. - But I haven't seen the long term of these cars or the brand, And enough Chinese car companies are also going bankrupt at similar rates. - lets not forget that this hiphi is a company that started making cars in late 2020, early 2021.. you're essentially buying from a "start up" without the pedigree or proven reliability/support. And I'd like to know that when I purchase a car, I can have support for the next 8-10 years. (which is already a struggle for any electric car) But purchasing a lesser known Chinese brand in Europe comes with it's own challenges as they are still quite rare. Like dealers, maintenance, support, parts. It's similar to buying a Ford F150 Raptor in Europe.. you'd struggle to find support, maintenance, tyres, parts etc. because it is such an uncommon car. Hell, even Tesla right now struggles to get enough parts for Cybertrucks within their own country.... And, besides that, I've been in a few Chinese brands, and they do often feel quite cheap compared to European brands. Materials, button feel, operating system, suspension etc.
According to a Toyota Times interview with the Japanese company’s newly established BEV Factory’s president, Takero Kato, he was shocked during a business trip to China. “For the first time, I came face to face with the competitiveness of Chinese components,” Kato said. “In China, they were not simply learning and applying technologies, but also rapidly transforming manufacturing.” “Laying eyes on equipment that I had never seen in Japan and their state-of-the-art manufacturing, I was struck by a sense of crisis - ’We’re in trouble!’ At the same time, I began to think that I would like to spend the rest of my career in China,” he added.
The only thing that keeps people from buying chinese cars is the stupid names. They look and sound like GTA cars. I guess its not too hard to create a car name such as : Blackbird, CRT (Chinese Republic Technologies), Firefly or something else ... just fucking normal brand names and nbot shit like Lixiang, Zeekr or Hiphi where you already know its from china.
The displaying of messages is very useful. Too often someone is behind me flashing his lights when theres a Speed limit. Showing him "fuck off. The limit is 50" would be very satisfying
They could have spread the features and details of this car across three models, but instead they shoved it all into one. It looks like a running shoe, or something, I kinda like it. It's nice to see Chinese carmakers experimenting with different designs, and not being constrained by unimaginative suits that don't like change because it's "risky".
this is a Chinese spec car, the beeping caused by a safety measure system, but it didn't recognize UK road. same thing with the charing port, it is not a CCS port, so they don't want you to play with it. btw, this car has a dancing mode, it is pity you didn't show it in the video.
Ironically GB/T charging port is far superior to CCS. Sad SAE never figured out how to do their own version of Singular Port head without silly addons.
The next generation of cars will be extreme, with more participants to the auto industry. Building an engine, a transmission, mechanical drive trains etc have made the 20th century auto industry so hard to enter. But now, its almost as easy as making a phone. A phone with an electric moto. The most complex thing is the battery and e-motor. Everything else is style, software and workmanship. I like it 👌🏾
I'd love Tesla to borrow this... But things like that affect resale values, which affects the reputation and value proposition of their new car offerings.
@@ch4.hayabusa I dont think tesla would ever allow customisation like this. They sell cars with the least variations possible to keep market value high.
this is the first video i’ve seen from this channel and i absolutely LOVE the host’s personality! energetic and funny but not annoying, and it’s nice how you address cool AND uncool things about the car! the car itself is real cool too, definitely something i’d wanna drive in cyberpunk 2077 lol
Pleasantly surprised with this one, love how rich the accent colours are on the seatbelt (purple) - love how similar it resembles a futuristic GT-R, I would definitely buy this, glitches are to be expected with any new production car, luckily it's software and not so much mechanical issues! 2025 will be a good time to release in the UK as those glitches will be ironed out by then 😉 exciting times for futuristic designs on a large scale, our roads will look very different 10 years from now.
this car gave my many design choices similar to teslas... and that worries me if it will also have some safety missteps like them. notably, the electric doors. the exterior doors when the fob was dead appeared to have zero way of actually sitting inside besides recharging it. that leaves zero mechanical way to open the doors from the outside, making that actually worse than teslas (as teslas are only stuck when the car is dead). i'm not even sure if this car has interior emergency release handles to exit the car.
Looks terrible wtf you talking about... We don't want roads full of these Chinese knock off designs.. Will Look like a Sunday Market clothes isle if we do
@@robblly8112 Agreed, maybe something like an emergency mechanical key like a valet key can be used by popping off a plastic cover somewhere to gain access with no power. The other concern was with the doors flying open, and not having much of an object detection system for collisions (take from the video the baby in the pushchair) - also what about when parked? Do the doors extend fully potentially colliding into other cars and objects if the parked gap is too close? Not sure.
@@Addouk yeah... choosing the degree to which your door opens is mildly useful, but only if you know exactly how far to open your door. some sort of object detection would bee needed in that scenario to not cause a headache.
I loved this review.I agree with you Matt.If the Chinese company fix those issues, this is one of the best car in the market.it’s thousand times better than tesla.
honestly, i havent seen such a beautiful car in long long time, so stylish and so sporty, so cool and so futuristic, im just sad because i wish it was a car with a petrol engine not an electric engine
My 2014 Nissan hatchback has an even better door opening system. You just pull on the outside handle and it opens! Pull on the inside handle and it closes! Amazing!
This is an ideal example of how technology doesn't always make things simpler Imagine being three hours late for work because, "the new car I just got's battery-less key refuses to charge and open the door" Your boss would be pissed.
This is seriously one of the first electric cars I could see myself driving. It looks super cool !! Just consider throwing some cool wrap on it so that all the car's details stand out. Sick !!
I’d be staring at this car on the street as well. Such a looker, and actually some really cool features. Love the over-engineering on that angle-adjusting infotainment screen XD
Those piston arm things on the back of the infotainment screen look SO COOL!!! Thats my favourite design decision for the interior! The seats look just like Tesla seats.
I've seen that one last Week Wednesday here in Frankfurt, Germany. Also explains the Frankfurt license plate. did i see Matt? I can say it looks much better in Person as well, has quite the Presence Prost & Cheers from Germany
The electric door opening feature which controls the door’s range of motion is not unnecessary at all. Specifically in cities where you often park close to other vehicles. Unless the door has sensors that automatically detect the distance from other vehicles or walls.
I thought th door thing was stupid until I realized you can open doors for people so you don't need to exit your car. Then again OTOH I can see Americans hating that because a big part of dudebro car culture is opening your door for your lady and seating her before going back to your drivers seat. Oh well.
Geez this could be my other dream car aside from the Delorean Alpha 5. Fun Fact: I saw this exact car in Germany when I was on an eletric motorcycle rally in Schnaittach :D I recognised the number plate! Sorry we were blocking the charger with our motorcycles... :)
@@lorenzbialas9157 in Mercedes rear wheels turn the same direction on the motorway at high speed as the front ones for smooth lane change, and opposite direction at low speed for better turning. If it doesn't do this then it will be jerky on high speed
I wouldn't really mind a car that looks like this, I find it nice! But that bootspace is... uh... But the messages, automated doors... everything seems made to be a TAXI!
Just get the HiPhi X then. Equally crazy looking. More boot space because it is more like Tesla Model X sized. And also have these crazy two piece separate opening rear doors. Less performance than the Z though.
@oxidalpha6350 WTF Germany BEV tech Where? Dude don't make up BS that does not exist. It's mostly British Commonwealth (Incl Aus & Canada) and US based EV tech.
Hi, Mat! I'm a big fan of yours, I watch all your videos and subscribed to you (or carwow, I don't know how). I liked your videos about a year ago, never missed one, and now I don't miss a single one. But I never wrote comments (I don't know why), but now I decided to write, so to speak, "one big one", I just want you to see my comment. But know that everything I have already written above is pure truth! P.S. I am writing through a translator Well, good luck to you and your whole team! :) 😄😃😁😅😉🙂
I worked in the company few years back when they were developing this car. Chief VD engineer is a British guy used to work for Aston and Jaguar, absolutely brilliant man. But for the price, I personally would go for Model S or Lucid Air.
A lot of annoying things with this car that would make living with it for 3y a royal PITA. The RVM; boot space; HVAC; keyfob etc. Great halo model and tech demo for attracting attention to brand but it would be a nightmare to daily.
@@cenciende9401 I would agree Ioniq 5 is a great EV at a much cheaper price tag. But as my point, at the same price point, Model S and Lucid Air are much more solid options.
@@cenciende9401 Umm Model S had a major refresh and the interior is now quite modern. I've driven a 2016 P85D alot long term recently, now that very much feels outdated. Something about the interior surfaces seems and textures soo 2010s.
Considering how Chinese-made products were soo bad in past decades, Chinese EVs are literally swiping the domestic market than Germans, Americans and Japanese. Look at the sales data, it's like a third-world market, but the best one than the other two. Hope mat can review more Chinese EVs in the future. Nice one.
Want a Third world market? I mean third world market How do you define it? China is now the world's largest consumer market and the most competitive market, especially the dominant electric vehicle industry industry standard industrial chain supply chain parts raw material extraction technology patents, etc., which other countries have caught up with or can compare with China?
It is the future and China has made it,,,,,it fun how Jeremy en may told us about it in old top gear,,,,we will all be driving Chinese cars the years to come,,,,get review matt🔥👌
That episode seemed prophetic even at the time. I just find it sad the reason why we're going to have Chinese cars because we're not manufacturing BEVs better domestically. Clinging onto Piston Engine fuel burning cars for too long has screwed us over.
Yes the are not prefect,,, it's a working progress but look how far Chinese cars have come,,,,in the 1990s and 2000s Chinese cars were a joke but look at them now,,,the have very interesting cars even some better than Germans and European,,,,,Jxt look at GWM cars then and now,,,,,
Well, this hiphi is a bit better looking than the first one, the SUV that combined Lambo doors with RR. I live in Beijing and there’s too much of that. But for me the best Chinese EV is Nio ES6. Just love it
@@notlahaan In my country fast 150 kw chargers are so rare and even then they are not working or working but not that fast. And of course they are usually already taken. And of course they are expensive. So no compared to benzine cars electric cars are a nightmare
@@TheEryk03 Electric Car owners charge their cars 95% of their time over night. So its not really a concern especially with 600 km range. Almost no one does 600 km a day without long breaks in the middle.
Saw this car when I went back to China to visit my family lmao. Absolutely stunned at the design. Thought it was some kind of concept car on test lol. Anyways, great review! Hoping they can get some of these Down Under.
I was surprised how much I liked this car. Drove well and just had this WOW factor to the design.
Wohoo nice car Mat
Yeah, guaranteed not to burst into flames.. I would rather walk than drive anything Chinese.
@@freshnotfresh7571Sakura Haruno also loves this car, Matt.
@@SubjectiveFunnythe car costed $9.000.000 when it on sale.
@@SubjectiveFunny many cars are made in china tho
Since it’s not sold in the UK, I’d imagine the beeping is just the lane departure system warning you that you’re a lunatic driving on the wrong side of the road.
just turn the lidar 180 degrees and the problem is solved, oh wait, what if it would still beep to tell you are driving upsidedown? XD
The color mix is also ugly
Pedestrian warning sound effect, automatically shut down when exceeding 30KM/H
I hope it can be switched off. However.. the Chinese really love their cars beeping and bonging at them all the time! Other Chinese electric cars such as Nio seem to have the same problems/"features", and turning them off is not always possible..😢
@@joepverlaan575 From what I’ve seen, every new car in the EU has these warnings built in as standard. You can disable them, but you have to do it every time you start the car.
The beeping sound probably comes from the safety system which hasn't been calibrated for the UK road yet as it thinks you are driving on the wrong side of the road.
Yep. I see the similarities between this car on Carwow, to J-Coupe, one of the 36 cars in Burnout Dominator.
THANK YOU!! I was going crazy trying to figure out what it could have been. That makes sense!
I can’t believe the carwow crew couldn’t figure it out, plus they even attributed the beeping as a flaw😢
Yeah, you might be right that the safety systems weren't calibrated for right-hand drive countries.
however the beeping stopped at one point so its probably not from that
I'm surpirsed everytime I see this car on the streets of Shanghai. Catches everyones attention and looks super wide, massive and techy!
Yeah I came to know this brand when I saw a massive car next to me one day and asked my wife to search it out.
@@davidwang6791 the asking your wife part was really necessary for the story.
I've only seen one in Shanghai this summer and it certainly stands out in the crowd!
I saw 1 or 2 in jing’an but didn’t know the brand. Honestly, too much styling for my taste. Prefer avatar.
@@slammerw3 The one I saw was in Jing'an too
How overstyled do you want your car to be? Yes
Looks like a car from Detroit Become Human 🤖
This looks like Chinese music sounds.
More please 😆
The car can seriously be better without the stupid led panel in the doors. the ones in front and back are super cool.
And the wheel covers keeps whobbling like crazy, its triggering my adhd.
Did u see the squat it made when it hard accelerate!! They gotta fine tune the real geometry to make it antisquat!
They should remove the window regulator switches to analog, its just over the top!
Yet it somehow looks awesome
In fact, with this machine, you can manually adjust the direction of the air flows :) On the climate settings screen, you need to move the drawn air flows :) You literally press the air flow on the screen and pull it where you want it to blow.
I was surprised they couldn't figure that one out, even if it is pretty obvious, given the manufacturer copied so much UI design from Tesla.
ux designer here, yep they shouldve put arrow signs to let people know they can touch it.
But that's still an abysmal design though... (Granted, I am happy you shared that at least it can do it). But still. Literally having to go into an infotainment menu to adjust the direction of the air vents is one of the worst ideas (relative to the subject at hand) I've ever heard of. If not being able to adjust them at all is the baseline at 0/10, then having to use a menu system is maybe at best a 1.5/10; if the needed menu is within 1 or 2 button presses.
That’s what I thought too. Would have been the first thing I tried
I love how goofy & unique it is. 9/10. It’s as if a GT-R and I-Pace had a kid that ran away from home at 18, got three PhDs in China, and now runs a multimillion $ corp from home 3 days /wk so it has time for a semi-pro gaming career
I was saying the same thing the front look like a Nissan design and the back a jaguar.
I was saying the same thing,, i mean, literally the same thing down to every words
@@kejorafall😂😂
Took the words right out of my mouth
Took the words right out of my thesaurus
I've been following the current generation of chinese cars, and boy am I impressed. From the very advanced but still raw like HiPhi, to the absolutely ready Nio, to the scandi chic Zeeker, to the volume king BYD and the delightful ocean line. I'm VERY impressed with what China can do.
The only complain i seem to have with modern chinese cars, they are so damn awful at naming and brands.
They need something short but easy to remember, like honda civic, etc. SOmehow china always likes to create bazillion different names and companies for similar or the same products (their electric scooters, example). Otherwise i love the design and they went leaps and are actually interesting and awesome cars now.
Dont forget lynk and co by geely and volvo
Thanks to extremely picky Chinese when it comes to cars. Only champions stay, and they should be able to do well in the global market
@fukuoka33Culture is sort of only for gas cars tho, we Chinese already missed that period since when the culture was cooking in Europe and US, most of Chinese back then couldn’t even afford enough protein like meat and fish. If you show my mother in Shanghai a Ferrari Testrossa today, she would think it’s absolutely gorgeous and will really love it. But if you show her the first gen Tesla model S, she would consider it out dated despite the fact that the Testrossa came way way before the first model S. Tech evolves fast, if you put them in cars then it would soon be old without the culture even forming. On the contrary, if you put no tech in the cabin, it would be timeless for sure, like for example a Bugatti, but it just wouldn’t be practical as a car which you would drive to the market in city Traffic where you probably want the car to drive itself.
@fukuoka33 yeah European more picky while driving shitty cars with shitty interior. Stop living in "culture" all the cultural corporates are sinking, "culture" is the thg hold u back. Tesla aint restricted by culture, BYD ain't restricted by culture, the reason why I mentioned these 2 companies is because they are leading the EV section. Ppl putting vegan leather in cars, 11" infotainment or even bigger than that(Lexus). I bet u were talking about European preferences are brands, sentimental reasons, and also status. They don't take new things, hence they are cultural? Not just Chinese, japanese, Korean, SEA and more have no automotive cultures, right? Hahahaha "many years behind" is a good term to show u what happened to Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Btw, I'm not china Chinese. I'm an international Chinese person who lives somewhere very far from China. Can't believe ppl put "culture" and that's important. Btw, ur next EV car may not be so cultural because u may find Chinese batteries within. Lol
I got high... and i started watching videos. I came across this one and *the first thing that came to mind was:* Waw! That video is one big advertisement!
You speak like a salesman, you even wobble the console to show the potential buyers that this car is not your regular "chinese"
... but when you mentioned the vegan leather and how no animals were harmed and how it STILL FEELS like luxury leather.... THAT GOT ME SOLD!
... you're squeezing it to the max, i LOVE IT !
Remember that Top Gear episode about the Chinese car market and how shonky they were 25 years ago? This is unbelievable progress. It just looks like a concept car. Incredible that this is available to buy!! Nice one Matt! Great scoop.
we've come a long way. Plus the EV market is arguably the most competitive one in the world.
to this day I don't understand why all other car manufacturers are so AFRAID to release a concept-looking car... All their actual models turn out to be nothing like their concepts
@@Sartherismost probably because of the cost.
@@Melbrz2025 I am talking about design only. So many models had such a cool looking concept, that would not be so difficult to make, yet the production version were always so.... tame
@@Sartheris Ioniq 5 is like a concept car.
I actually love the design, as out there and different as it is. It's nice to see cars that look different from the dreadfully monotonous SUV copycat vibe every company goes for, and a lot of hatchbacks have the same shape.
This is out there, and very well polished. I hope more companies go down this path of unique creations. Cars at the moment are dreadfully similar with each other, and all some shade of black/white/grey.
It looks beautiful like a crossover between a sedan and a hatchback hate the cabin and the black strips down the side though
I wholeheartedly agree
You go off topic with color. But the jaguar i-pace and acura zdx both have this shape.
I saw one of this in a car wash in China couple months ago, it's really a eye catcher and looks more futuristic in real life.
looks like any other car from the last 2 years or so
Which one@@jsnjsshshsu8248
@@jsnjsshshsu8248 you mean the next 2 years or so
@@XKS99 nope
@@jsnjsshshsu8248 Judging from the public response you're clearly wrong.
Although I'm not personally a big fan of the design, it's hard to argue with the social proof of the design. If people are guessing that it's worth over 2x the actual price and whenever you drive it, you get swarmed by people, it's a pretty decent value proposition off of design alone. Even hypercars don't get that much attention.
That being said, the glitches suck pretty hard, but the specs seem decent. Hopefully, they get it all sorted by the release date in 2025.
NO.
@@24k__J Sounds like a reply from a 4 year old after they learn their first few words. Have you got your diapers changed today mate?
this is a Chinese spec car, the beeping caused by a safety measure system, but it didn't recognize UK road.
It is already launched in 2021. Hardware glitch would only be addressed in a facelift
@@jasonw98 You can't be certain.
Im surprised it got such a positive reception given how different it looks lmao, but I do like the look of it myself & the interior is actually really nice
Lol, what a contradiction
What a surprise indeed.
@matttim5095 You're comparing a used car to a new car, and one company that had hundreds of years of producing sports cars
Good reception where? It looks horrible overweight and not worth 20k... 90k base 😂😂😂
@matttim5095 No need to worry about quality, you will never see one in the wild. This is basically boutique design house car company, their production numbers are tiny.
Omg I never thought Chinese could make a car this good. They seemed to have nailed everything Design, Technology, Drive, Handling. Only thing to concern about it is the reliability.
Other traditional auto manufacturers would really have to up the game to stay competitive.
That bonging noise is probably it telling you the key isn’t charging 😂
Or that the charging port is not closed.
@@ionelumthe charging port of this car is almost never closed down.
Or that you are driving on the wrong side of the road ...
Or your lane positioning is really bad, driving with your right wheels in the opposing lane most of the time
I know you're joking but you're probably right. The key needs a holder of some sort to stop it moving around and stay in the optimal charging position.
This car might be the ultimate flex machine. It gets more looks than a supercar.
Seems like this car apparently glitched out.
it's hideous
It looks like a gta car
Cause your eyes can’t focus lol
For the price I'd rather have a Lotus Emira.
I love how friendly Mat is with the strangers he meets on the streets
Aesthetically nice looking car, it's definitely different, and people have been asking for different... I think people will bash the car just on the sole reason that it's Chinese; but personally, i don't care, if a car is an all round good car, i couldn't care less were it comes from; which brings me to were i will bash the car, they should fix the minor issues like the charging stuff.
and also major issues like safety, similar to tesla.
Well said
I somewhat bash it because there are loads of new companies, like this, like Jetour, like BYD, and others, all popping out cars like crazy. Which, is very interesting, especially how much of a competition they are becoming to Tesla. - But I haven't seen the long term of these cars or the brand, And enough Chinese car companies are also going bankrupt at similar rates. - lets not forget that this hiphi is a company that started making cars in late 2020, early 2021.. you're essentially buying from a "start up" without the pedigree or proven reliability/support.
And I'd like to know that when I purchase a car, I can have support for the next 8-10 years. (which is already a struggle for any electric car)
But purchasing a lesser known Chinese brand in Europe comes with it's own challenges as they are still quite rare. Like dealers, maintenance, support, parts. It's similar to buying a Ford F150 Raptor in Europe.. you'd struggle to find support, maintenance, tyres, parts etc. because it is such an uncommon car.
Hell, even Tesla right now struggles to get enough parts for Cybertrucks within their own country....
And, besides that, I've been in a few Chinese brands, and they do often feel quite cheap compared to European brands. Materials, button feel, operating system, suspension etc.
A better explanation of Unreal Engine was probably due but can't expect you guys to know everything! haha
This car is the true example of how Unreal Engine 4 and 5 actually works.
According to a Toyota Times interview with the Japanese company’s newly established BEV Factory’s president, Takero Kato, he was shocked during a business trip to China.
“For the first time, I came face to face with the competitiveness of Chinese components,” Kato said. “In China, they were not simply learning and applying technologies, but also rapidly transforming manufacturing.”
“Laying eyes on equipment that I had never seen in Japan and their state-of-the-art manufacturing, I was struck by a sense of crisis - ’We’re in trouble!’ At the same time, I began to think that I would like to spend the rest of my career in China,” he added.
I’m really surprised how far Chinese manufacturers have gone ahead.. wow 🤩
Next cars for testing - Zeekr 001, Lixiang L7(8,9). Thanks
The only thing that keeps people from buying chinese cars is the stupid names. They look and sound like GTA cars. I guess its not too hard to create a car name such as : Blackbird, CRT (Chinese Republic Technologies), Firefly or something else ... just fucking normal brand names and nbot shit like Lixiang, Zeekr or Hiphi where you already know its from china.
its called li auto L7
yes please, Zeeker 001 is a looker
Zeekr 001 FR, right?
I love the design. I wish more car makers would go for bold futuristic designs.
Designer: how many design elements do you want?
Marketing: yes.
Naruto Uzumaki approves this car. 😂
its a chinese bro, they steal everyones design and said "lets have all of them" and some
@@lordbuckethead2022 What a poor boy, live in your dreams😂
@@chaojidan you and the chinese cant take a joke even if i lit one in your face 😂🤣😂🤣
"people in Range Rovers are generally... lovely! they are lovely!" lmao
The displaying of messages is very useful. Too often someone is behind me flashing his lights when theres a Speed limit. Showing him "fuck off. The limit is 50" would be very satisfying
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I'd like to see more of these quirky Chinese cars on Carwow please.
£90k for all that tech! That's pretty good value compared to some of the legacy manufacturers.
It’s expensive.
@@Lerppunen It's really not considering the amount of stuff they crammed into it
i like it but its actually expensive for Chinese cars
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a car design that made me do a double take. Cool stuff!
They could have spread the features and details of this car across three models, but instead they shoved it all into one. It looks like a running shoe, or something, I kinda like it. It's nice to see Chinese carmakers experimenting with different designs, and not being constrained by unimaginative suits that don't like change because it's "risky".
this is a Chinese spec car, the beeping caused by a safety measure system, but it didn't recognize UK road. same thing with the charing port, it is not a CCS port, so they don't want you to play with it.
btw, this car has a dancing mode, it is pity you didn't show it in the video.
Ironically GB/T charging port is far superior to CCS. Sad SAE never figured out how to do their own version of Singular Port head without silly addons.
The next generation of cars will be extreme, with more participants to the auto industry.
Building an engine, a transmission, mechanical drive trains etc have made the 20th century auto industry so hard to enter.
But now, its almost as easy as making a phone. A phone with an electric moto.
The most complex thing is the battery and e-motor. Everything else is style, software and workmanship.
I like it 👌🏾
Tbh I love the design of the car. It’s like a guilty pleasure..
i see some "mecha" factor in the design, and I like it
I love the small purple details, reminds me of the porsche configurator
I'd love Tesla to borrow this... But things like that affect resale values, which affects the reputation and value proposition of their new car offerings.
@@ch4.hayabusa I dont think tesla would ever allow customisation like this. They sell cars with the least variations possible to keep market value high.
@@ch4.hayabusawhat if Citroen Saxo borrowed this idea?
Looks like a dyson Vakuum cleaner
@@purwantiallan5089 bad idea
I really liked the part were all the people around were having a look at the car 😂
Is that a GT-R Shooting Brake Cyberpunk 2077 ☠️🤯
Well, it's a real "Look At Me" car alright.
Hell ya!
Its like Aliexpress made their own car with all the car-accessories available on that platform.
Nailed the comment section mate
You are not getting a 3.8 second 0-60 with aliexpress accessory. I can assure yiu that.
Im just wondering how long will it take to burn
@@Majkl. certainly longer than a tesla.
Looks like a hycade r36 gtr concept😭
this is the first video i’ve seen from this channel and i absolutely LOVE the host’s personality! energetic and funny but not annoying, and it’s nice how you address cool AND uncool things about the car!
the car itself is real cool too, definitely something i’d wanna drive in cyberpunk 2077 lol
Even a Lamborghini & Ferrari Owner will feel ignored in front of that! 😂😂😂
Pleasantly surprised with this one, love how rich the accent colours are on the seatbelt (purple) - love how similar it resembles a futuristic GT-R, I would definitely buy this, glitches are to be expected with any new production car, luckily it's software and not so much mechanical issues! 2025 will be a good time to release in the UK as those glitches will be ironed out by then 😉 exciting times for futuristic designs on a large scale, our roads will look very different 10 years from now.
this car gave my many design choices similar to teslas... and that worries me if it will also have some safety missteps like them.
notably, the electric doors. the exterior doors when the fob was dead appeared to have zero way of actually sitting inside besides recharging it. that leaves zero mechanical way to open the doors from the outside, making that actually worse than teslas (as teslas are only stuck when the car is dead). i'm not even sure if this car has interior emergency release handles to exit the car.
Looks terrible wtf you talking about... We don't want roads full of these Chinese knock off designs..
Will Look like a Sunday Market clothes isle if we do
@@robblly8112 Agreed, maybe something like an emergency mechanical key like a valet key can be used by popping off a plastic cover somewhere to gain access with no power.
The other concern was with the doors flying open, and not having much of an object detection system for collisions (take from the video the baby in the pushchair) - also what about when parked? Do the doors extend fully potentially colliding into other cars and objects if the parked gap is too close? Not sure.
@@Addouk yeah... choosing the degree to which your door opens is mildly useful, but only if you know exactly how far to open your door. some sort of object detection would bee needed in that scenario to not cause a headache.
@@Addouk It has sensors so it knows how wide it can open the doors
I was in moscow a few months back, and saw this on the roads.. absolute turned my head 180 degreed
The Human Horizons HiPhi Z looks super futuristic! It definitely looks like a Cyberpunk version of the Nissan GTR Nismo!
Exactly
It looks like the tesla cybertruck designer got inspired by BMW i8
what an organic comment
@@tomhan Are you an inorganic human? Are you made up of Fe, O and H instead of C, H, O?
@@ghostoutoftheboxTesla Cybertruck? Was that the car from Epic Turismo 2 meme mod?
When the Chinese make traditional models you say they are plagiarized, when the Chinese are mavericks you say they are ugly. just cope guys
I loved this review.I agree with you Matt.If the Chinese company fix those issues, this is one of the best car in the market.it’s thousand times better than tesla.
You have no idea…this car wasn't even on the list of top sells EV in China, the competition of EV here can be called deadly and extrem.
This is a type of car that you don't like the look at first but when you get used to it it's actually pretty cool 😅
Ikr
It also has the BMW i8 prototype vibe. Mostly because of the color scheme but also because of the black bar on the side for instance.
i8 Prototype and Mitsubishi i-Miev vibes.
The back bar is giving Lincoln mkz
This is definitely my favourite Chinese car. Even my favorite EV if the issues are sorted out. Amazed by every bit of it!🎉
Ewww no, easily NIO ET7 Wagon. Classically beautiful and realistic.
@@Neojhunnio ep9 for me
@@Neojhunhe said it's "HIS" favorite lol
You don't have to agree 😅
@@Neojhunhe stated an opinion, not a fact
Actually, it's a Korean Car. it's made by KIA.Ownership structure :80% Chinese. but it is manufactured by Kia's joint venture plant in China
honestly, i havent seen such a beautiful car in long long time, so stylish and so sporty, so cool and so futuristic, im just sad because i wish it was a car with a petrol engine not an electric engine
Looks like a future video game car waiting to be added by Rockstar Entertainment. Even the naming got me thinking out loud 😂
Yep. Possibly Torque JX Super Prototype?
Annis Elegy X?
tell dev needs some bug fixes
How many people got into cars from Midnight Club?
I saw this car in Beijing about 2 months ago. Definitely caught my attention.
I've never wanted an EV so bad. This is so cool and looks really nice to drive :)
too expensive
My 2014 Nissan hatchback has an even better door opening system. You just pull on the outside handle and it opens! Pull on the inside handle and it closes! Amazing!
This is an ideal example of how technology doesn't always make things simpler
Imagine being three hours late for work because, "the new car I just got's battery-less key refuses to charge and open the door"
Your boss would be pissed.
The idea of the electric doors being "cool" minutes after he's shown us the key not working is hilarious. People will buy everything these days.
@@bogdanrus9402yep.
@@saberszthe drivetrain in this car is like Toyota Vitz F.😂
Manual? Eugh. 🤮
Those Chinese are getting supper cool. One of my favorites is the BYD Han.
This is seriously one of the first electric cars I could see myself driving. It looks super cool !!
Just consider throwing some cool wrap on it so that all the car's details stand out. Sick !!
I love when Mat says the name of the car then says "Its a little bit like (description)" its a nice touch
I’d be staring at this car on the street as well. Such a looker, and actually some really cool features. Love the over-engineering on that angle-adjusting infotainment screen XD
Unfortunately the manufacturer has gone bankrupt recently😅
No they didnt . U know which company sent bankrupt 4 times ? Aston Martin.
No it’s not it was bought by a another big automaker it still exists human horizons
has more road presence than most supercars. id buy it just based off how it looks
The Uighurs, Tibetans and the citizens of Hong Kong won't thank you though!
Where was the phone made you're making that comment on?
@@80y3r9 it's a Samsung. So I guess Korea
@@joshuaminke6629most likely made in vietnam. Very few samsung models are now made in korea
It looks shoddy
Those piston arm things on the back of the infotainment screen look SO COOL!!! Thats my favourite design decision for the interior! The seats look just like Tesla seats.
yeah, NO. Tesla seats are a piece of boiled shit.
This car is totally badass🔥🔥🔥
I've seen that one last Week Wednesday here in Frankfurt, Germany. Also explains the Frankfurt license plate. did i see Matt?
I can say it looks much better in Person as well, has quite the Presence
Prost & Cheers from Germany
Yep. Amin. I appreciate it.
The electric door opening feature which controls the door’s range of motion is not unnecessary at all. Specifically in cities where you often park close to other vehicles. Unless the door has sensors that automatically detect the distance from other vehicles or walls.
This car reportedly has around 610bhp.
At 23:27 it seems to do have sensors to detect door-to-obstacle.
They have sensors, but it's useful if you are opening the door on the road and don;t want to fully open it into incoming traffic.
actually it does!
I thought th door thing was stupid until I realized you can open doors for people so you don't need to exit your car. Then again OTOH I can see Americans hating that because a big part of dudebro car culture is opening your door for your lady and seating her before going back to your drivers seat. Oh well.
Oh OMG! I love the ground turning signal light 👌👌👍👍
Finally something different and kind of outstanding compared to the current market where everything just looks the same.
Great to see different designs, even if it looks like it was stolen from a movie set...👍
Geez this could be my other dream car aside from the Delorean Alpha 5. Fun Fact: I saw this exact car in Germany when I was on an eletric motorcycle rally in Schnaittach :D I recognised the number plate! Sorry we were blocking the charger with our motorcycles... :)
that car is gorgeous, that will turn way more heads than any lamborghini or ferrari ever could
That "on/off" feature for the rear-wheels steering is a long overdue feature. Hope the rest of the manufacturers take notes
Why would you want to turn it off? I can't think of an advantage
@@lorenzbialas9157 for similar reasons to being able to turn off traction control 😃😃😃
@@lorenzbialas9157 in Mercedes rear wheels turn the same direction on the motorway at high speed as the front ones for smooth lane change, and opposite direction at low speed for better turning. If it doesn't do this then it will be jerky on high speed
@@moto-moto But every rear steering system works in this way, including on this HiPhi.
That interior!! 😍🤌🏾
It's great, really refresing design
BE BOLD, NOT BORING. Love this car... I would get two if they allow it in California...
yes a press car that is broken and doesn't work. Enjoy that heap.
@@Fylo-Kalist That's far from uncommon...
Brilliant review of the Hiphe❤!
Old Top Gear called it, soon we shall be driving Chinese cars. It is crazy how far they have come in such a short amount of time.
2:34 even more solid build quality than a european brands 😂
Because it's expensive, funny how you get better quality when you pay alot.
Matt become the best Britain people promoter ever … every body in this show seems so nice … the old good Brit’s … with proper values …
I wouldn't really mind a car that looks like this, I find it nice! But that bootspace is... uh...
But the messages, automated doors... everything seems made to be a TAXI!
Agree.
In China, most cars are geared to be used as a taxi. You can even hire a Rolls Royce as a Didi to commute (similar to Uber)
@@JonathanNichollsjono well technically a rolls royce is basically a taxi for rich people, it always has been
"You will own nothing and you wil be happy" Claus of World Economic Forum
Just get the HiPhi X then. Equally crazy looking. More boot space because it is more like Tesla Model X sized. And also have these crazy two piece separate opening rear doors. Less performance than the Z though.
It definitely stands out from the crowd and the outlook is amazingly futuristic.. great review as well 🎉
Great video Mat! More please ❤
Reliability left the chat
it’s not a Range Rover or Jag:)) so it’s good
Even the review car has shat itself in multiple ways
@@coolguy_2997 dude it has loads of electronics even on outside
its not german so it will be good
@@coolguy_2997 Range Rover are reliable thats why Clarkson and Harry has one
This designee is crazy but I think its crazy enough to work. I like it!
reminds me of BMW i8
Looks amazing. Peaople do not want dull cars anymore.
Dude your review is so entertaining
A sign of things to come! I think the Japanese (and probably the Europeans) are toast!
@oxidalpha6350 not for their EVs apparently.
Also Koreans did the same thing.
@oxidalpha6350 WTF Germany BEV tech Where? Dude don't make up BS that does not exist.
It's mostly British Commonwealth (Incl Aus & Canada) and US based EV tech.
@oxidalpha6350 Got a source for that obvious lie?
Hi, Mat! I'm a big fan of yours, I watch all your videos and subscribed to you (or carwow, I don't know how). I liked your videos about a year ago, never missed one, and now I don't miss a single one. But I never wrote comments (I don't know why), but now I decided to write, so to speak, "one big one", I just want you to see my comment. But know that everything I have already written above is pure truth! P.S. I am writing through a translator Well, good luck to you and your whole team!
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If we are already talking about Chinese cars... you should review the Wey Coffee 01
this is an interesting car!
Yeah and any Nio car.
I worked in the company few years back when they were developing this car. Chief VD engineer is a British guy used to work for Aston and Jaguar, absolutely brilliant man. But for the price, I personally would go for Model S or Lucid Air.
A lot of annoying things with this car that would make living with it for 3y a royal PITA. The RVM; boot space; HVAC; keyfob etc. Great halo model and tech demo for attracting attention to brand but it would be a nightmare to daily.
There's no way in hell I'd get a now very outdated car like the Model S over this, my #1 pick right now would be the Ioniq 5 N
@@cenciende9401 I would agree Ioniq 5 is a great EV at a much cheaper price tag. But as my point, at the same price point, Model S and Lucid Air are much more solid options.
@@cenciende9401 Umm Model S had a major refresh and the interior is now quite modern. I've driven a 2016 P85D alot long term recently, now that very much feels outdated. Something about the interior surfaces seems and textures soo 2010s.
i wish editor put ""that's what she said" when you said oh, dear, it's rather small at 7:25🤣🤣
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Considering how Chinese-made products were soo bad in past decades, Chinese EVs are literally swiping the domestic market than Germans, Americans and Japanese. Look at the sales data, it's like a third-world market, but the best one than the other two. Hope mat can review more Chinese EVs in the future. Nice one.
Want a Third world market? I mean third world market How do you define it? China is now the world's largest consumer market and the most competitive market, especially the dominant electric vehicle industry industry standard industrial chain supply chain parts raw material extraction technology patents, etc., which other countries have caught up with or can compare with China?
Because China brushed over petrol cars and just focused on ev, so they are on the forefront of ev vehicles
Algorithm perfectly pushing this video atm😂
It is the future and China has made it,,,,,it fun how Jeremy en may told us about it in old top gear,,,,we will all be driving Chinese cars the years to come,,,,get review matt🔥👌
That episode seemed prophetic even at the time. I just find it sad the reason why we're going to have Chinese cars because we're not manufacturing BEVs better domestically. Clinging onto Piston Engine fuel burning cars for too long has screwed us over.
we will all be driving Chinese car?? see the key fob issue? and its brand new, certainly you have to throw the car in the bin after 4 years
Yes the are not prefect,,, it's a working progress but look how far Chinese cars have come,,,,in the 1990s and 2000s Chinese cars were a joke but look at them now,,,the have very interesting cars even some better than Germans and European,,,,,Jxt look at GWM cars then and now,,,,,
For anyone wondering… the infotainment system is built on Unreal Engine, which is the same engine that Fortnite runs on. (As mentioned)
What they didn't mention was that Unreal Engine is running on Blackberry QNX in these cars
Cool car. Hope that its reliability is as good as its design.
Well, this hiphi is a bit better looking than the first one, the SUV that combined Lambo doors with RR. I live in Beijing and there’s too much of that. But for me the best Chinese EV is Nio ES6. Just love it
Drag race with the Z, taycan, 3 DM and finally the Xpower.
Would be funny to have Yanni in the X power.
I have 2 Tesla which I love. If I could find one of these, I would sell both my Tesla and get one of these. dream car for me.
Hmm. An electric car that can do over 600 kilometers. ABOUT BLOODY TIME!
Tesla model S 2016 long range plus
and after that you have to charge it for a day XD
@@TheEryk03 well that's just not true is it now
@@notlahaan In my country fast 150 kw chargers are so rare and even then they are not working or working but not that fast.
And of course they are usually already taken. And of course they are expensive. So no compared to benzine cars electric cars are a nightmare
@@TheEryk03 Electric Car owners charge their cars 95% of their time over night. So its not really a concern especially with 600 km range. Almost no one does 600 km a day without long breaks in the middle.
Saw this car when I went back to China to visit my family lmao. Absolutely stunned at the design. Thought it was some kind of concept car on test lol. Anyways, great review! Hoping they can get some of these Down Under.
headlights with messages. roadrage will never be the same!
Bing chilling car
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