China’s carmakers rush to Canada as a ‘practice run’ for U.S. sales - BNN Bloomberg

WUHU, China/TORONTO -- Just two weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in January he would allow limited electric-vehicle imports from China, that country’s biggest auto exporter, Chery, held its first meetings in Canada with car dealers. China’s national champion BYD, now the world’s largest EV maker, is already planning to open six dealerships in Canada, an advisory firm scouting locations for BYD told Reuters. BYD has also started compliance procedures to import two passenger cars to Canada, regulatory records show. Lotus, a luxury-sports carmaker owned by China’s auto giant Gee…