Chinese EV: "I implore you to take bold, aggressive action and to permanently ban EVs produced by Chinese companies or whatever subsidiaries they establish to conceal their origins," Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, wrote on Thursday to Biden calling for "expeditious" action. "Chinese electric vehicles are an existential threat to the American auto industry."
China's Commerce Minister, Wang Wentao, commenced his European tour with a major meeting involving leading Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers BYD and CATL.
The assembly, held in Paris, marked the initiation of discussions ahead of the ongoing European Commission inquiry probing potential unfair advantages stemming from subsidies within China's EV industry.
Chinese EV: China has sharply ramped up its production of cheap electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries just as the Biden administration has pushed through legislation supporting many of those same industries in the United States. Concerns are growing not just in the U.S. but also in Europe and Mexico that China will seek to bolster its own struggling economy with a wave of exports that could undercut factories overseas.
Chinese EV: China is unleashing a flood of electric vehicles (EVs), batteries, solar panels, semiconductors and other manufactured goods onto global markets, the result of years of massive government subsidies and weak demand at home. Global prices for many goods are tanking, pressuring producers in other countries.
Chinese EV makers shine at Bangkok Motor Show with BYD leading sales. Thailand s growing EV market attracts global brands like Tesla and XPeng, with plans for EV assembly and expansion into Southeast Asia.