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Chinese EV makers bypass EU and US tariff roadblock by turning towards Africa
With EU and US tariff increases on Chinese electric vehicles in effect, carmakers are looking for other markets.
Neta Auto vice-president Zhou Jiang presents a dummy car to the company’s first Kenyan customer, Paul Mwai, during the official opening ceremony of the MojaEV showroom in Nairobi. In Casablanca, Morocco last month, AD Huang, BYD general manager for the Middle East and Africa, launched the company’s new Seal U DM-i model, saying it “marks an important attempt for us in the African market”. In Nairobi, for instance, EV start-up BasiGo is now assembling electric buses from knock-down kits it imports from Chinese state-owned CHTC Motors, as Beijing continues to position itself in Africa as the leader of the global green energy transition.
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