Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars
Chinese brand BYD is offering models such as the Dolphin hatchback, that start at about $33,000 in the U.K., which is nearly 30 percent below the starting price for the VW ID3 hatchback.
Automakers and dealers that are in states adopting California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule – which sets ambitious, annually escalating ZEV sales mandates and threatens stiff penalties for noncompliance – face a daunting challenge