China wants to build its own electric K-car industry to boost EV sales
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/BYD-first-kei-car-EV.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1400" /></div><p>China’s top auto industry group is calling for the creation of a standardized budget electric vehicle category — modeled on Japan’s wildly popular K-car ecosystem — to revive sluggish domestic car sales and bring millions of new buyers into the EV market.</p> <p>The proposal, from the head of the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), would target elderly consumers and rural markets where cheap, unregulated electric vehicles have flourished dangerously for years.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/05/14/china-wants-to-build-electric-kei-car-industry-boost-ev-sales/#more-467409">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/BYD-first-kei-car-EV.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1400" /></div><p>China’s top auto industry group is calling for the creation of a standardized budget electric vehicle category — modeled on Japan’s wildly popular K-car ecosystem — to revive sluggish domestic car sales and bring millions of new buyers into the EV market.</p>
<p>The proposal, from the head of the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), would target elderly consumers and rural markets where cheap, unregulated electric vehicles have flourished dangerously for years.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/05/14/china-wants-to-build-electric-kei-car-industry-boost-ev-sales/#more-467409">more…</a>