"But it's hard to find those vehicles in North America. One month before he opened this year's United Nations climate summit, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva helped open a new mega-factory at the site of a former Ford car manufacturing plant. The new plant, in Brazil's Camacari, Bahia, is one of many being built around the world by China's BYD, the world's largest manufacturer of electric cars."
"BYD's presence is also being felt at the ongoing COP30 climate summit in Brazil's Belem, where it is a cosponsor alongside GWM, another Chinese electric carmaker. The sponsorship is just one of many ways that China's investments in green technology are being felt at the UN's top climate meeting, where the Chinese official delegation of 789 people is second only to Brazil's 3,805. It is a stark contrast to the United States, whose federal government has not sent an official delegation."
China produces more than 70 percent of the world's electric cars, and Chinese manufacturers are building factories globally, including a BYD mega-factory in Camacari, Bahia. BYD is a visible presence at COP30, cosponsoring the event alongside GWM, and China deployed a large official delegation. The United States federal government did not send an official delegation, prompting criticism from California's governor. Trade barriers and tariffs in the US and Canada, carried over from prior policy, have made Chinese electric vehicles substantially more expensive in North America, making the region an outlier in the global EV market.
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