Western ‘threat’ hype on China’s hybrid vehicle sector ‘exaggerated’, neglects domestic technological accumulation, innovation efforts

Workers assemble new-energy vehicles (NEVs) at a plant in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality to fill overseas orders on September 21, 2023. NEV exports totaled 727,000 units in the first eight months of 2023, up 110 percent year-on-year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed. Photo: VCG

Western media outlets have intensified their hype on Chinese-made vehicles’ “threat” to international brands and overseas markets by focusing their attention on…