Well here I am currently watching the 2023 Guangzhou Autoshow on youtube and I am amazed at the quality of the evs at the show. I am also in awe how fast China is electrifying their auto fleet.

BYD surpassed Ford in total sales earlier this year and they only sold 500,000 car in 2019. BYD also said this: demolish the old legends

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/byd-calls-china-automakers-unite-demolish-old-global-push-2023-08-11/

BYD, Xpeng, Nio, MG, Geely, GAC are all expanding rapidly into South America, Europe and South East Asia.

These companies are topping the sales charts in the South East Asian markets.

Kia Australia boss says Chinese car brands will be in top five shortly.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/chinese-car-brands-top-five-within-three-years/

I’m kind of concerned for our current auto brands dragging their feet.

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    No, because it is illegal to sell Chinese owned, made, and sold through Chinese dealers in the United States. This is due to our strict safety and emissions laws and Government restrictions to prevent China from killing our domestic market. It is a national security interest. (Turning our car and truck factories into military vehicle factories saved our bacon in WW2). If China owns the factories here, well you can see the problem that can develop. It is almost an absurd law for computer chips . Even the ECU (Engine Control Unit) in my 2018 Camaro SS are Chinese. While the originals were made here, when the 2010 Camaro was built in March of 2009 … suddenly made mega popular by the Transformers movie, due to global demand in Japan and Australia; making the boards in China was cost effective. The only model sold in China is the 4cyl base model .(LOL). The SS and LT/RS V6 are coveted and either diverted before conversion to right hand drive in Australia… or imported from the USA with huge tarrifs. It is called the"DA Huang Feng" in Mandarin…or Bumblebee!! Due to further sanctions I waited 2 months to get a new ECU as my trunk gasket leaked and all the electronics fried thanks to the improper installation of $25 Chinese LED reflectors in the lower rear diffuser 😠 😔 by my custom installer. I would love to post pics from my gallery but honestly I dunno how. I have both a 2020 LT V6 Riverside Blue 6 speed manual and the 2018 SS 1LE in Hot Red.