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The rivalry between domestic Chinese automakers, brewing on and off for years, reached a new high this week, with light-truck giant Great Wall publicly alleging BYD's two top selling plug-in hybrids don't meet emissions standards.
Great Wall Motor is accusing BYD of using non-pressurized fuel tanks in the Qin Plus and Song Plus plug-in hybrids, allowing liquid inside to evaporate more rapidly than it would in pressurized tanks.
Retail sales of new passenger vehicles surged 41 percent in the first three weeks of May as the market continued to rebound from the same pandemic-hit period last year, according to the China Automobile Dealers Association.
The trip marked Barra’s first visit to China since the pandemic, during which time GM’s deliveries in the country dropped from 3.09 million vehicles in 2019 to 2.3 million last year.
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