Automakers

Renault sees growing threat from imports of Chinese EVs

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Employees work on the Renault Zoe full-electric small car at the automaker's factory in Flins, France. (Bloomberg)
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Tara Patel and Lars Erik Taraldsen
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June 12, 2020 06:38 AM

A flood of Chinese electric cars coming ashore in Norway -- one of the biggest markets for battery-powered vehicles in Europe -- is a sign of the “ferocious competition” awaiting the region’s automakers.

That warning by Renault Group Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard comes as European automakers roll out more electric cars in the midst of a deep slump brought on by the coronavirus.

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