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BYD’s most expensive car in Australia is a family EV with V8-like power, but here’s why it’s at its most impressive in the showroom.

Government policies that prioritize production targets over market demand have led to overinvestment by carmakers. The resulting glut of vehicles has created lose-lose transactions throughout the sales chain, and spawned a variety of irregular practices.

China uses subsidies extensively to take a leading role in the global markets of green-tech products such as battery electric vehicles and wind turbines. Against the background of the current EU investigations into Chinese subsidies in these sectors, this article takes a careful look at the Chinese subsidy system and provides new data on direct government subsidies to leading Chinese producers of electric cars and wind turbines. Extensive government support has allowed Chinese companies to scale up rapidly, to dominate the Chinese market and to expand into foreign markets. The article concludes that the EU should use its strong bargaining power due to the single market to induce the Chinese government to abandon the most harmful subsidies.

Mexico said on Wednesday it will raise tariffs on automobiles from China and other Asian countries to 50%, in a broad overhaul of import levies the government said would protect jobs and analysts said was aimed at placating the United States.

Yahoo Finance is chronicling the latest news and updates on Trump's tariffs.

The Canadian government has signalled its 100-per-cent tariffs on China-made EV imports may not be set in stone. But changes risk disrupting the Canadian auto sector and U.S. relations.

Europe's top car manufacturer Volkswagen presented a series of more affordable electric vehicles Monday as Chinese EV titan BYD said it would start producing a cut-price model on the continent. With starting prices of around 25,000 euros ($29,000), lower than many current EVs made by European manufacturers, their commercial launch is set for next year.

Europe's top car manufacturer Volkswagen on Monday presented a series of more affordable electric vehicles to take on fast-growing Chinese rivals as Germany's troubled auto sector seeks to turn around its fortunes.Their commercial launch is set for 2026, VW said in a statement, and is part of efforts to combat Chinese carmakers which are gaining market share in Europe with their own affordable EVs.  Volkswagen says it has made considerable cost savings on the cars by sharing technology across th

The fight for the most popular family-sized all-electric SUV isn't even close between the BYD Sealion 7 and Tesla Model Y.

MUNICH (Reuters) -Major automakers will showcase their latest models at Munich's car show on Monday as Europe's automotive sector faces crises ranging from U.S. tariff hikes to costly electrification and the expansion of Chinese automakers on their home turf. Aside from a product blitz to counter Chinese models being pushed to European consumers, including by BYD, Changan and GAC, domestic firms will focus on lobbying to persuade the European Union to reconsider its 2035 ban on combustion-engine cars. Attention will also be on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on European-made cars.