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How China made electric vehicles mainstream
The world's second largest economy is both the biggest producer and buyer of EVs.
"The Chinese government is doing the same thing you see in Europe and in the US - providing policy support, consumer encouragement and infrastructure," Brian Gu, president of EV maker XPeng, tells the BBC. The company has attracted some of China's top young graduates to its headquarters in Guangzhou, where casually dressed staff sip flat whites and internet streamers sell cars live in the showroom. This includes telecoms infrastructure maker Huawei, whose equipment was banned in several Western countries, as well as the social media app TikTok, which is prohibited on UK government devices.
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