The country is pumping out electric vehicle startups. Have you heard about Aiways, the first Chinese electric car marketed in Europe?
Aiways isn’t exactly like the other disruptive Chinese EV startups: it’s run by industry insiders. Credit: Aiways
There’s a sleek, new sports utility vehicle cruising the streets of Frankfurt and Munich. It’s all electric, and it has backing from Siemens and Bosch. But there’s one thing that makes the car -- the Aiways U5 -- different from the Audis, BMWs and Mercedes-Benzs that rule the Autobahn: this vehicle was designed and built by a Chinese company.
While much of the world is just beginning to embrace electric vehicles (EVs), China has raced ahead, doling out government subsidies, setting up s
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