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Inside China’s battle for electric vehicle dominance

Autos and Vehicles

Tom Llamas takes a Chinese electric vehicle for a test drive to see why brands like BYD are dominating the global market and why a 100% U.S. tariff is part of what’s keeping them out of American driveways. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast Every day, NBC News helps people understand what’s happening and why it matters — through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories. From its leading news broadcasts — TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, and Dateline — to NBC News NOW, the 24/7 streaming news channel, plus chart-topping podcasts, the NBC News app, and NBCNews.com, NBC News keeps audiences informed and connected to the stories shaping our world. Connect with NBC News Online! NBC News App: https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC Follow NBC News on Instagram: http://nbcnews.to/InstaNBC #China #ElectricVehicle #Hybrid #automobile

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naksh_chaudhry 1 month ago

Outside of USA and Mexico, dont see to many US cars. Even in Mexico, BYD from china is gaining

ekani_goswami
ekani_goswami 1 month ago

When you ban major competition and apply tariffs to everybody importing things you get what we have now all companies building pickup trucks price at 80 to thousand dollars and nobody really making affordable Vehicles anymore

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shawnbird242 1 month ago

Nio/Onvo/Firefly!!

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rolando_zayas 1 month ago

We need to get rid of our dependence on oil. This war with Iran shows you what happens when someone else holds us over a barrel. They can charge us whatever they want, and since we are dependent on oil, we’ll just have to keep paying those high gas prices. Don the Con keeps trying to take us back in time, but we need to move forward and not keep looking backward. Is he getting kickbacks from the oil companies?

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ethan.santos 1 month ago

what battle? China HAS electric vehicle dominance...

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ross.woodward 1 month ago

Now, Musk is selling Model 3 from China in Canada at 29K USD.

micheal_santiago
micheal_santiago 1 month ago

US needs to ban Chinese cars due to national insecurity issue.

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amanda.knight 1 month ago

I don’t get the western obsession over byd. Yes it sells a lot but mostly low end market. Ordinary Chinese white collars are looking at brands like Nio, Xpeng, Li Auto, Aito, zeekr and xiaomi because they represent most advanced ev technologies.

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marie_austin 1 month ago

NO More Rare Earth Materials for USA - Michigan State - Tesla, and NVIDIA

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olivierdrift98 1 month ago

Good job Trump Admin!! Why let Americans get a good deal on EVs when gas is over $5 gallon? Instead force Americans to buy crappy Detroit auto products to make a few rich guys richer!! Well done.

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saanvi.sha 1 month ago

🤔 BYD Blade Battery 2.0 is the best in the world 💯

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luz_mireles 1 month ago

Nah. Let Americans drive American cars only. Let Chinese drive Chinese cars only.

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davimiguel_silveira 1 month ago

In the United States we are waiting for the electric grid to start failing 😂😂😂😂😂

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pedrolucas.abreu 1 month ago

It’s not a hard battle to win if your opponent demonizes the technology.

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brenocosmos37 1 month ago

There is no security risk from Chinese evs. They can get all information they need from everything out there now. Elon is in bed with the government and they don't want to hurt his bank account. BYD destroys Tesla sales, better looking vehicles, more models, more tech, better quality, faster charging....12 min or less, half the price, and better quality build.

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ray_lewis 1 month ago

😂these Americans still think the car factory needs people to work in a factory 😅

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victoire_chrétien 1 month ago

I am waiting for my Chinese vehicle before I buy another car. NIO

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carmen.vigil 1 month ago

Another story heavy on the innuendo with almost no substance.

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benitosolorzano76 1 month ago

“Few Americans have ever done.” Except for the loads of YouTubers and car influencers…

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tristan.miller 1 month ago

Why are you guys promoting Chinese products instead of condemning greedy American and European companies who had all the opportunities to provide better cars cheaper cars instead of paying unnecessary fat commissions to themselves