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1 week agoCar influencers love Chinese EVs - and China loves them back
Chinese auto industry rapidly advanced, offering luxury-featured, high-spec EVs at low prices, attracting Western car influencers and buyers.
GAC may not ring a bell for many, but it just started building electric cars in the European Union, thanks to a newly announced partnership with Magna, the contract manufacturer that's known for making the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Jaguar I-Pace and ill-fated Fisker Ocean. That's the same path that Xpeng, another Chinese EV-making rising star, chose earlier this year to kick-start its local manufacturing efforts and skirt those pesky EU tariffs that can take a deep cut out of the profits.