China's hopes for U.S. are down to Zotye

Zotye USA named its first group of dealers at the NADA Show in January. "The fact that we’ve already signed over a hundred dealers, that speaks volumes," CEO Duke Hale, right, said recently. (JOE WILSSENS)

November 03, 2019 04:00 AM

LOS ANGELES — Not long ago, it looked like Guangzhou Automobile Group would be the first Chinese automaker to set up shop on U.S. shores.

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