Auto Shanghai 2019

​Here's one we missed from last week's electric car avalanche at Auto Shanghai. Sitting on around a billion American dollars' worth of investment, Enovate Motors showed a neat concept sports car built around a high capacity, fast charging solid state battery pack.

Auto Shanghai is a different from other international auto shows. Staple brands that dominate the rest of the circuit get diluted in a pool of names you don't see much of — SAIC, JAC, BYD, etc. Suddenly, you're a young kid at his very first auto show, where everything is new and wondrous.

Karma Automotive, the company formerly known as Fisker, ushers in a "new dawn." Its three latest cars make their debut at Auto Shanghai: a fully refreshed, BMW-engined Revero with more power and range than before, a Pininfarina-sculpted Revero coupe, and a high-tech all-electric roadster concept.

With the release of a Pininfarina-styled concept car at Auto Shanghai, this Wuhan-based automotive startup is putting all its eggs in the Hydrogen basket, with a plan to release something for the road within 8 months on the way to building a portfolio of Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Toyota has taken the wraps off two battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at the Shanghai Auto Show this week. Due to hit showrooms in 2020, both the C-HR and IZOA are aimed at the Chinese market and will be the first BEVs to launch in China under the Toyota brand.

Lotus wants to make the first British all-electric hypercar in the form of its Type 130. Unveiled as just a silhouette in Shanghai, Lotus says it is hard at work on a prototype which it plans to unveil in London later this year. It will be the first all-new production Lotus in over a decade.

With Lexus jumping into the MPV game, the minivan might actually become something of an object of desire. Will the new Lexus LM raise the humble minivan from "soccer dad" to "jet-setting international power broker?" Probably not, but it does bring some fresh style and luxury to the MPV segment.

​Infiniti plans to hit the Chinese automotive market with electric vehicles, starting with its first collaborative concept, the Qs Inspiration. Designed in partnership with renowned architect Kengo Kuma, the Infiniti Qs Inspiration Concept is being shown in Shanghai.

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a new concept crossover-SUV, the Concept GLB, at Auto Shanghai as a follow-up to the Concept GLA unveiled in 2013. The GLB is a compact crossover aimed towards being more daily-use versatile, with additional interior space and better off-road credibility.

Renault wants that sweet, sweet Chinese market, and it wants it bad. So the French company has hit Auto Shanghai with a cute little electric city car styled to charm the Asian market and ready to go on sale by the end of 2019.

We've been waiting for some time to see the production-ready version of Aston Martin's first all-electric sports car, developed in conjunction with Williams Advanced Engineering – and now the company has unveiled the street-ready Rapide E at Auto Shanghai.

Volkswagen has provided a hint at its upcoming big electric SUV with the public debut of the I.D. Roomzz concept​ in Shanghai. The forerunner of a production car due in 2021, the vehicle has some nice concept touches, including remarkable double sliding doors either side and a disappearing dash.