Although I cannot speak for city vehicles, in terms of ICE vehicle production the Chinese vehicles I have seen are way below the standards expected for primary production. Although they are improving the current ones are flatout making it through the warranty period and then are just scrapped, they are not even viable to keep running as unregistered property utes so the TCO isn't that much less than the established manufacturers.
Now EVs may be different, there are a vastly reduced number of moving parts in the drivetrain and a large proportion of the cells to assemble battery packs originate in China anyway. All they have to do is put a little effort, experience and copying skills to good use for the running gear and they may have some competitive vehicles. For some reason dual cab utes (and their SUV stablemates) are big sellers in suburbia these days so that is a large proportion of the market.
For the sedans and small cars China is learning fast from Tesla. They still have some ground to cover before the Chinese manufacturers catch up on the EV sales charts there (with the exception of the top selling US$4500 Wuling-GM mini EV which doesn't comply with overseas design rules) but since the rest of the world is still just starting on the EV revolution they will have a good chance to ride the competitive wave there.
