China is THE LARGEST in the world EV manufacturer and cars they make now will put to shame any make elsewhere. Stigma of made in China=crap is gone. Those of you who are old enough to remember how Japan "made it" and became the most reliable manufacturer of many things, will recall, how they started with cheap crappy products.
It is unclear whether the U.S. will succeed. But China clearly is forging ahead quietly with the 10 goals of the initiative, chief among which involves becoming an indispensable source of electric vehicle technology such as batteries and drive motors.
"Production of EVs without Chinese-made parts is no longer possible," said Hidetoshi Kadota of Nissan Motor's joint venture in China, Dongfeng Nissan. Kadota heads Dongfeng Nissan's development team for the Sylphy Zero Emission, the Japanese automaker's strategically important electric vehicle for the Chinese market.
"No companies can compete with Chinese makers in the production scale and cost of EV batteries," said Shinichi Murakami, head of the technical center at Dongfeng Nissan.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Chi...nance-in-sight
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