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China’s EV pirate ship is coming for Western carmakers
China’s BYD is outpacing Tesla as the world’s largest EV producer, using a business model of copying designs, vertical integration, and subsidized scaling. Western automakers like Volkswagen, Toyota, and BMW face declining market shares and job cuts as Chinese EVs breach European and U.S. markets.
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