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They've been having basically zero success exporting plain old internal combustion based vehicles. Let's see how they do with electrics.

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The reason for that is that Chinese cars are notorious for being unsafe.

Thing is, they don't really need to export anything. Car sales are already higher in China than e.g. the US.

If I had to pick an adjective to describe my (former) Chinese car* , it wouldn't be "unsafe". It ticked the right boxes for people who might not know a lot about cars, but it left a lot to be desired when it came to maintainable. Still, there was quite a bit of value for money, and if you can deal with the high maintenance requirements it wasn't a bad car.

*2011 Haval H5. Or, as I explained it to others, 4Runner knock-off with Mitsubishi engine and styling.

Agree. Also just like in India, if you are crawling around in a traffic jam most of the time what's the point of all that safety? Local cars are designed for local conditions.

China has a large, high-speed highway system similar to the ones you find in developed countries.

I'm presently getting around on a Chinese made petrol driven scooter. It's cheap (maybe 1/3 the price) but not nearly as well built as the Japanese ones. They'll likely get better as time goes on. It got exported as far as Vietnam but I doubt it would meet US/EU standards.

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