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Guest Essay

By Michael Dunne

Mr. Dunne, a former General Motors executive, is an industry consultant who worked in China’s auto sector for more than two decades.

You’ve probably heard of BYD.

A middling player in the auto industry just a few years ago, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD surpassed Tesla last year to become the world’s top-selling E.V. brand and is expected to pull even with the world’s biggest carmakers, Toyota and Volkswagen, by 2030.

Yet most Americans have never even seen a BYD and probably won’t anytime soon.

BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” is essentially banned from American roads by tariffs, imposed to protect U.S. automakers, that double the price of imported Chinese plug-ins. Erecting tariff........

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