Car industry watcher: Selling Chinese EVs here would 'overwhelm' U.S. car industry

WBUR

Published September 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM EDT

Workers assemble the Zeekr 001 EV models at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (Andy Wong/AP)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with former American car company executive and Chinese car industry watcher Michael Dunne about why he thinks President Trump should not follow through on talk of letting Chinese electric vehicles be sold in the U.S.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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