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How China's EV Boom Caught Western Car Companies Asleep at the Wheel

15 Oct 2023 | Abstracted from Wired

"Auto executives in Europe, America, and Japan 'didn’t believe China's car companies could grow so fast...With as many as 300 companies manufacturing EVs in China, the competition is intense, but one homegrown brand is much, much bigger than the rest. Steered by a billionaire CEO, BYD may well soon eclipse Tesla in both tech savvy and sales

"In short, Chinese companies are threatening the 100-year hegemony of [GM], Ford, Volkswagen..."

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