Chinese electric-vehicle makers are rapidly gaining share across South America, where Western automakers long treated markets such as Argentina as marginal, reporting by Inside Climate News found. In Argentina, EV market share reached 6% of new-car sales in the second quarter, with BYD dealers delivering 12–15 vehicles a day and working weekends to keep up. A University of California, Davis research center describes the pattern as a "leapfrogging" moment driven by Chinese investment and local economic incentives. Charging infrastructure remains the main bottleneck, but analysts say the trend could accelerate the region's shift to electric transport faster than previously expected.





