Affordable Chinese electric vehicles are flooding into global markets — but not the US.Tesla rivals BYD and Xpeng are bringing their ultra-smart EVs to a host of new countries.High tariffs have locked them out of the US,

China's electric vehicles are around three to five years ahead of the competition in terms of products, technology and the industrial chain, BYD's CEO Wang Chuanfu said in an interview with China's national television broadcaster.

The country's automakers lead in several important areas, like product, technology, and industrial supply chain

China's electric vehicles are approximately three to five years ahead of their competitors in terms of products, technology, and the industrial chain, BYD

According to BYD's CEO, China's electric vehicles are years ahead of rivals – and he's not the only one to praise its auto industry.