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He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng, presents his company's latest Smart EV model, the X9 model EV for the Chinese market at Auto Guangzhou, November 17, 2023. Credit: XPENG
Nobody expected China’s automakers to wage war for so long.
An excerpt from a Xinhua article with comments from a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology official on China's auto industry, May 31, 2025. Credit: Xinhua
Since the start of 2023, a vicious battle between China’s incumbent and up-and-coming automakers has sent the price of passenger vehicles into a downward spiral. Best-selling cars are on average a fifth cheaper today than they were two years ago. To pay for their
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