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Across social media, influencers are hawking Chinese car brands like BYD, Xiaomi and Zeekr with luxury features, state-of-the-art tech and affordable prices. But they're forbidden fruit for inflation-weary Americans who can't have them just yet.

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In just a few years China has become the world's largest car exporter, and electric vehicle-maker BYD is leading the way; it's now the top-selling EV producer globally, overtaking Tesla and expanding into Europe and beyond. Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie reports from Paris, where BYD unveiled its latest luxury EV: the Denza Z9GT.

Across social media, influencers are hawking Chinese car brands like BYD, Xiaomi and Zeekr with luxury features, state-of-the-art tech and affordable prices. But they're forbidden fruit for inflation-weary Americans who can't have them just yet.

A viral video shows BYD's new 1.5MW “flash charging” tech taking an EV from low charge to most of a battery in just minutes. It could erase one of the biggest downsides of electric cars and push charging closer to the speed of filling up with gas.