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User:WaddlesJP13/Chinese cars

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Although I live in the United States and have never been to China, since around age 10 I have had a growing interest in cars from the country. The reason I am interested in the Chinese car industry and market is because of how large and diverse yet unknown it is. I don't really care for the government of China but am interested in the culture and industry, and more specifically, the automotive industry. The United States has GM, Ford, and FCA, but China has Dongfeng, Changan, GAC, FAW, and so on along with the big three even manufacturing China-specific vehicles in China.

Unfortunately, in the western world, Chinese cars don't have a huge presence and they remain unheard of by most. In the United States, the closest thing you could find to Chinese car available in the United States was the BYD e6, an electric taxi. There are also some cars built in China and sold in the US; the Buick Envision and the Volvo S90. At auto shows in the US, Chinese companies may show off their cars, but not sell them here. This has occurred multiple times with GAC Trumpchi at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The company first went to NAIAS in 2013, then in 2015, then in 2017, 2018, and 2019. I've never been to the show, but I'd love to go sometime. It would be interesting to see what GAC has to bring next, maybe they would even show their Aion EV brand. Other occurrences of Chinese cars at American auto shows are the Xpeng G3 at CES in 2018 and the Qiantu K50 at New York (which I went to and got to see the car) and the BYD Tang at Concours d'Elegance, both in 2019.

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The following is a list of news and information sources for Chinese cars that I read and often use when creating articles.

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