In 2018, I visited Shanghai to watch the Power play the Gold Coast Suns. Port won that day.

An amazing city with a population of near 25 million, roughly the same as Australia, and you sense it is a place where east meets west.

I recall the noise of the city. Cars, buses and scooters everywhere – an assault on all the senses.

The other week, I had the opportunity to return to Shanghai to attend Auto Shanghai 2025 – the biggest automotive show in the world.

The quietness and blue sky of Shanghai left an unforgettable impression. Yes, you read that correctly. You can hear the beat of the city and see the skyscrapers. The scooters have become electric, the buses too, and my best guess is that half of all vehicles were electric or hybrid, although most did look like Tesla cousins.

It was a strange feeling. Recent data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows that new energy vehicles, such as EVs, now make up more than 50 per cent of new vehicle sales.

In Shanghai, so much has changed in such a short time.

It was in stark contrast to the streets of Adelaide, where just 5.4 per cent of new vehicles are fully electric.

Looking further afield, the United........

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