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Chinese Cars Go American With ‘Brutish’ SUVs and Trucks – WSJ

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Chinese Cars Go American With ‘Brutish’ SUVs and Trucks – WSJ

BEIJING—China is embracing styles of passenger vehicle typically associated with the U.S.—the big SUV and brawny pickup truck.

At the Beijing auto show, which kicked off Friday, Chinese electric-vehicle brands such as Xpeng, Aito and Li Auto showed off the kind of three-row sport-utility vehicles American families often buy.

“Chinese people love big cars,” said Clifford Kang, vice president of Seres, which makes the luxury-focused Aito brand. “A car is one thing to show status.”

While Chinese cars have been getting bigger for some time, this year’s show put the spotlight on the trend. The EVs local brands specialize in used to work better with smaller cars, but that is changing as the technology improves.

NPR

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Trump wants the U.S. to build tiny cars. Will they take off? : NPR

That news came in the middle of a press conference about the Trump administration relaxing fuel economy rules — a change that will make it easier for Americans to buy more of the big, fuel-guzzling trucks and SUVs that car buyers love.

Trump's endorsement surprised, delighted and somewhat confused American kei car enthusiasts.

It is not actually illegal to build tiny cars for the U.S. auto market. The problem is that kei cars built for foreign countries don't meet U.S. safety standards, so you can't import them unless you're willing to buy an antique. And companies could build tiny cars to U.S. standards, but given the American preference for big vehicles, they simply don't.

The Most American-Made Cars Are EVs Now

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The Most American-Made Cars Are EVs Now

If there's one thing that many consumers learned over the last year, it's that even the most made-in-America cars aren't entirely made in America.

Parts come from everywhere, causing most cars to be much more international than people think. The auto manufacturing game is a global one where brands of all insignias put aside their nationalities, and even jobs in their home countries, in the name of profits.

But some cars still do better at being all-American than others. Each year, Cars.com measures which cars top the charts in one of the most flag-waving, red-white-and-blue-wearing studies out there. This year, 60% of the top-10 most American-made vehicles are EVs—and that's despite politicians looking to cut off taxpayer funding to them.