China’s Overseas EV Drive: How Beijing Risks Fueling “EV Nationalism”

In a new opinion piece for Nikkei Asia, geopolitical strategist Abishur Prakash examines how China’s global push into electric vehicles is not just an industrial strategy but a geopolitical gambit. As Beijing expands its EV supply chains and overseas manufacturing footprints, it could inadvertently trigger backlash and “EV nationalism” in host markets, framing Chinese auto-exports as a threat to domestic industry, sovereignty and strategic autonomy.

👉 Full opinion piece in Nikkei Asia here.

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