Southeast Asia becomes the 'most important' overseas market for Chinese EVs as the West turns to tariffs

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China’s EV makers, big and not-so-big, have the same goal: Go global.

BYD, arguably the most prominent maker of electric cars, said Wednesday that it eventually wants overseas markets to account for nearly half of its total sales, up from around 16% of its sales now.