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China makes cheap electric vehicles. Why can’t American shoppers buy them?

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BYD electric cars wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, China, on April 18. China has rapidly become a major auto exporter, but tariffs have kept cheap Chinese EVs out of the U.S. market — so far.

American drivers want cheap EVs. Chinese automakers are building them. But you can’t buy them in the U.S., thanks to tariffs in the name of U.S. jobs and national security. Two car shoppers weigh in.

(Image credit: STR)