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An intelligence source, not a dealer.

Cathay EV reads the Chinese car market first-hand and brings it back for British buyers: who really makes a car, whether the brand will last, and how the UK version differs from the one sold in China - honestly, with a source and a date on every claim.

準: accuracy over completeness

We'd rather publish one figure you can trust than ten you can't. Behind every page is a small editorial team and an AI-assisted research process, with a person on the high-stakes facts.

Gather

Source material most UK sites can't reach

AI-assisted research pulls Chinese owner reviews, China-market pricing, China-vs-UK spec differences and parent-company background.

Check

A person on the high-stakes facts

UK range, price, warranty, safety ratings, brand survival - a human verifies them against primary sources before any of it counts as a claim.

Sign off

Named, dated, accountable

Kai signs off before anything goes live. Every page then shows its sources and the date it was last checked - so you can judge it yourself.

Three questions, answered with sources

Who really makes it

The group behind the badge, not the marketing - because the parent group is who backs your warranty.

Whether it will last

Our brand survival read: scale, financial health, export commitment - honestly, with sources.

How the UK car differs

What changes between the China car and yours - range, spec, price - with UK and CN figures clearly labelled.

Not a dealer. Not a cheerleader.

We don't sell cars. We don't run affiliate deals on the models we cover. Our job is to be the most reliable intelligence source for UK buyers considering a Chinese EV - which means saying when specs look optimistic, when resale data is thin, and when a brand is too new to rate.

Every claim ships with a confidence label: Official figure Estimate or No data. We show you our work.

Primary sources we use

汽车之家 autohome.com.cnChina's largest owner review platform
懂车帝 dongchedi.comOwner real-range and reliability data
ev-database.orgUK WLTP figures and battery specs
cheryinternational.comManufacturer group data

Updated 23 Jun 2026

By Kai Zhang, Editor-in-Chief, Cathay EV.Kai reads the Chinese market first-hand and signs off every decision-grade claim on this site. Nothing goes live that hasn't had a human check the number against a primary source.

Decoding Chinese EVs for the UKUpdated 23 Jun 2026

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