In China’s overheated EV market, a flood of new entrants and deep price cuts—many led by BYD—have eroded margins and triggered government intervention.

Beijing warned the practice of selling new cars with zero miles at a sharp discount in the used car market is just the latest example of the auto industry's race to the bottom.

Electric vehicle makers in China, led by the country's market leader BYD, have been engaged in a bruising price war.

In China’s overheated EV market, a flood of new entrants and deep price cuts—many led by BYD—have eroded margins and triggered government intervention.