{"id":339591,"date":"2026-06-17T08:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339591\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T08:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:17:47","slug":"the-u-s-wants-to-ban-chinas-high-tech-cars-but-theyre-already-here-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339591\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Wants to Ban China\u2019s High-Tech Cars, but They\u2019re Already Here in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"

CIUDAD JU\u00c1REZ, Mexico\u2014Just 5 miles from the U.S. border, a bustling commercial strip here offers the buzzy Chinese car brands currently blocked from the American market.<\/p>\n

A Geely dealership features the all-electric EX2, a sleek compact that starts at only around $20,000. A bulky hybrid pickup truck sits next to a charger outside a BYD dealership. Great Wall Motor<\/a> boasts some beefy gas-powered sport-utility vehicles, one advertised with the slogan \u201cBe More Tank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luis Hernandez, a Geely salesman, said he has poached many longtime Ford and Chevrolet owners attracted to the affordable sticker prices and whiz-bang Chinese technology. He recently sold two Geely Emgrand sedans, which start at around $17,000, to a Mexican family for their two daughters to commute to college in El Paso, where the sleekest Chinese cars are now attracting attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they were allowed to be sold in the United States,\u201d Hernandez boasted of the Chinese models, \u201cthey would destroy the American car market.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

U.S. automotive executives don\u2019t entirely disagree. Without a clear plan to deal with Chinese competitors, some of them said in interviews, the arrival of affordable, high-tech Chinese cars could upend a U.S. industry that contributes $1.3 trillion to the economy each year.<\/p>\n

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