rich 1.0 Staff writer for InsideEVs and auto journalist Kevin Williams joins Max to discuss his experiences reporting on and driving Chinese EVs. How compelling are they in 2026 and how do they stack up to Western automakers? What does he make of Canada's new policy to lift tariffs on them and allow Chinese cars into their market? Max and Kevin go over The tech going into new EVs from Xiaomi, XPENG, Geely, and others How it compares to what Western OEMs have done Why China's EV market may not be as bulletproof as it looks Canada's warming to Chinese imports The feasibility of joint ventures with US and European companies ▶️ Watch the episode: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@DirectlyCurrent) 🎙️ Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform (https://audioboom.com/channels/5137915-directly-current-the-ev-politics-podcast) Resources and Links: Follow Kevin's work (https://insideevs.com/info/team/kevin-williams/) View our new batch of polling at EVs for All America (https://www.evsforallamerica.org/news/evs-for-all-america-releases-new-report-showing-republican-resistance-to-evs-easing-amid-job-and-china-concerns/) ⚡ Stay Plugged In Subscribe to Directly Current (https://audioboom.com/channels/5137915) Support EVs for All America (https://www.evsforallamerica.org/) Visit the EV Politics merch store (https://accordion-ladybug-kf89.squarespace.com/) Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast https://audioboom.com/channels/5137915-directly-current-the-ev-politics-podcast Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43088765/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8856647/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>