There's a lot of hype about Chinese EVs—is any of it true?

PYAITK In addition to being full of screens, China now wants its cars to be packed with AI. Are Chinese cars the best thing ever, or are we being spun a bit of a tale? Credit: Wuling Are Chinese cars the best thing ever, or are we being spun a bit of a tale? Credit: Wuling The Beijing Auto Show is currently taking place in China, offering those of us behind the Trump tariff curtain a peek at what’s increasingly being dubbed the world’s most advanced car market. Chinese EVs leave everyone else in the dust, we’re told, with infotainment that makes your smartphone look like a StarTac, range numbers that would make a turbodiesel Audi weep, and charging that might be even faster than filling up with gas, depending on the size of your tank. As an American, I mostly have to take someone else’s word for that. If there’s one thing Democratic politicians can agree on with Republicans, even now, it’s that they don’t want cars from Chinese automakers on US roads. Toward the end of his administration, President Joe Biden levied a 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs. Under the Biden and then Trump administrations, Congress passed