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How China Can Keep the Global Electric Vehicle Market Aloft

BloombergNEF expects the country’s plug-in car sales to approach 10 million this year.

BYD Fang Cheng Bao Bao 5 sport utility vehicles during a media event in Shenzhen.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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For all the headlines saying the electric-vehicle market has hit a major rough patch worldwide, the latest data from China doesn’t support that conclusion — at least not yet.