Talking further on the intrusive active safety elements of many of the new breed of Chinese SUVs – the Leapmotor C10 I’ve just driven a case in point which has 17 so called active driver assist features and I understand that the local company has already adjusted the software for these active safety elements three times – heaven knows what it was like first up for its still so intrusive it’s a buyer turnoff to what is otherwise an excellent first effort for Leapmotor. Interestingly, this week I was supposed to be driving the Deepal CO7, another Chinese EV SUV newcomer. However, I was told all test vehicles have been recalled to make software changes to their active safety elements – the reason, I’m not the only motoring journalist who has found many of these poorly calibrated active safety elements an absolute buyer turnoff. I’m David Berthon

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