China wants to build its own electric K-car industry to boost EV sales

Electrek
By Fred LambertMay 14, 2026, 10:28 am161 ptsTrending
China’s top auto industry group is calling for the creation of a standardized budget electric vehicle category — modeled on Japan’s wildly popular K-car ecosystem — to revive sluggish domestic car sales and bring millions of new buyers into the EV market. The proposal, from the head of the China…

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