Both sets of vehicles would be built at a U.S. manufacturing site that California startup is now seeking.

China's local automakers have dominated the fast-growing market for electric vehicles. But the Beijing show may reveal a new challenge from abroad.

A finance ministry official said this month that the government will roll out a new package of policies to support hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Sales of new light vehicles in China grew in August, for the fourth consecutive month, as the market continued to rebound from the coronavirus outbreak. Total deliveries rose 6 percent from a year earlier to approach 1.76 million, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Thursday.