Changan Auto's EV brand Avatr said on Weibo yesterday that the Avatr 12 arrived in Antarctica last month, not during the peak summer month as many assumed, with the testing program spanning 16 months to cover all seasons. Critics earlier noted that the test is a PR stunt, especially when temperatures at the Zhongshan Station were even warmer than in Beijing at times, reaching around -1 °C and failing to meet the standard for a legitimate extreme cold-weather test.