B10 Pro Max: Where's the catch on the price? 🤔

B10 - Leapmotor B10 Offers and Buying Tips - B10
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I read an interesting analysis on a German forum (r/Elektroautos) about the B10 Pro Max that I wanted to share with you.

The question many European users have is simple: how can they offer this car at this price with this equipment?

We’re talking about a car that features:

  • LiDAR (which alone costs a fortune)
  • NVIDIA Orin-X chip
  • Snapdragon 8295 for infotainment

I’ve translated the main points from the discussion to understand where the “trick” lies:

  1. Vertical Integration (60%): Unlike VW or Stellantis, Leapmotor produces almost everything in-house (lights, motors, seats, electronics). They claim this cuts costs by 30% compared to competitors.
  2. “Beta” Software: Some users argue that the savings come from software testing. They release the car with unrefined features and fix them later via OTA (saving months of pre-launch development).
  3. Hidden Materials: It’s speculated that, unlike the more “premium” C10, the B10 uses rigid plastics everywhere out of sight and has less refined soundproofing.

For those of you who have seen it in person or test-driven it, have you noticed this difference in materials compared to the C10? Or is it truly just production optimization?

(Source of discussion: Reddit/Elektroautos)

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I’m not entirely clear on one thing: I will soon be picking up the more complete version of the B10, the design 67kw, but I don’t understand if it has lidar or not.

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Unfortunately not, the European model lacks Lidar and front parking sensors.
As a consequence, it does not have automatic parking, which is active on the Chinese versions instead.