The country is pumping out electric vehicle startups. Have you heard about Aiways, the first Chinese electric car marketed in Europe?
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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