China Sets New Global EV Standards for Legacy OEMs

China is not only exporting EVs, but also exporting a new competitive standard. #Auto Future Once Chinese brands enter a market, they reset expectations for range, equipment, software speed, charging performance and price. That may be even more dangerous for legacy OEMs than the vehicles themselves. Tariffs can buy time in protected markets. But they do not automatically force incumbents to improve. The real question is what legacy OEMs do with that time before the Chinese benchmark becomes the global default.#Data is beautiful https://medium.com/the-ge..