China EVs soar in Brazil, threatening Fiat, GM and VW dominance

BYD, Chery and Great Wall look to Latin America as trade tensions with West flare

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A BYD vehicle carrier prepares to ship EVs to Brazil from Lianyungang port in China. © Reuters

NIKI MIZUGUCHI and YUMI OKURA, Nikkei staff writers

SAO PAULO/TOKYO -- Brazil's demand for inexpensive electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids has seen sales of Chinese autos swell eightfold in the country this year, cutting into Western automakers' hold over the market.

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