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.

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.

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.

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.