China auto show highlights intense electric car competition

Visitors look at the Arcfox a-S, an all electric car from Chinese automaker BAIC which claims to have a 708km range on a single charge, at a show room in Beijing, Thursday, April 13, 2023. Global and Chinese automakers plan to unveil more than a dozen new electric SUVs, sedans and muscle cars this week at the Shanghai auto show, their first full-scale sales event in four years in a market that has become a workshop for developing electrics, self-driving cars and other technology. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)