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China's electric vehicles are around 3-5 years ahead, BYD CEO says

FILE PHOTO: BYD's CEO and President, Wang Chuanfu reacts during the opening ceremony of BYD's first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia
February 18, 2025
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's electric vehicles are around three to five years ahead of the competition in terms of products, technology and the industrial chain, BYD's CEO Wang Chuanfu said in an interview with China's national television broadcaster.

Wang was interviewed on Monday after Chinese President Xi Jinping's symposium with some of the biggest names in China's technology sector. Wang was among the business leaders who spoke at the meeting.

   China overtook Japan in 2023 as the world's largest auto exporter, but its electric vehicle exports face tariffs from the United States and the European Union, with the EU imposing 17.0% tariff on BYD's EVs.

Wang, in an interview with Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, said that protectionism does not work for good products. Consumers' approval is motivating the EV maker to "overcome various difficulties", he added.

(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen and Ryan Woo, editing by Ed Osmond and Angus MacSwan)

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