China to impose export controls on passenger EVs in 2026

Government to launch licensing regime to 'promote healthy development'

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BYD electric vehicles await export at the port of Lianyungang in China's Jiangsu province in April 2024. (China Daily via Reuters)

WATARU SUZUKI

SHANGHAI -- China on Friday said it will introduce export controls on pure electric passenger cars, amid domestic concerns over excessive price competition among the country's EV makers and global complaints about a flood of cheap cars.

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