Chinese EVs are Charging Up for Canada

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After so many years of Canada and the United States presenting a united front against Chinese electric vehicles, some were surprised by Canada’s announcement earlier this year it would drop its high tariffs on EVs — and even allow them to set up factories.But, as reporters Eliot Chen and Savannah Billman discuss, security risks haven’t disappeared as the tariffs have. In this episode, Eliot explains why the North American neighbors fell out over EV policy, and traces the close ties between one Chinese car company and a sanctioned surveillance firm.Subscribe nowIf you missed it, Part I of our Hainan spy plane incident oral history is now free on our website. Read eyewitness accounts of the crisis here. ShareThe Wire China has been covering Chinese electric vehicles’ slow creep into North America for some time now. Catch up with Eliot’s previous reporting on why the Ottawa government is considering dropping 100 percent tariffs on imports of Chinese EVs and why it’s now trying to attract China’s automaking giants. Interested in full access to The Wire China content? Learn more about subscribing: https://www.thewirechina.com/subscriptions/TranscriptSavannah: Hello and welcome back to The Wire China podcast. I'm Savannah Billman calling in from New York City and on the other end of this call is my colleague Eliot Chen based in Toronto.But before we get going on this week's episode, I want to make sure all our listeners had a chance to read through our big story from the last two weeks, an oral history of the Hainan spy plane crisis of 2001. We've just made part one of this epic …