With Beijing planning to press automakers to boost electrified vehicle output and announcing a phaseout of limits on foreign ownership of local production ventures, one would expect global brands to show urgency in launching electric vehicles and relief at the prospect of breaking away from their forced partnerships with local companies.
But last week at the Beijing auto show, they exhibited neither. Unruffled by the regulatory changes, foreign automakers still deem it their top priority to supply the market with the right products.
