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A $45,000 SUV you can unlock with a face scan shows China's car ambitions

Byton on Sunday became the first Chinese automaker to hold a large-scale unveiling at CES in Las Vegas

A $45,000 SUV you can unlock with a face scan shows China’s car ambitions
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Byton is among a crop of companies trying to upend traditional carmakers as powertrains move away from polluting fuels and battery makers seek longer driving ranges between charges. Photo: Reuters

Yan Zhang | Bloomberg
A $45,000 electric SUV using facial recognition to unlock doors, Amazon’s Alexa to entertain and a 49-inch screen across the dashboard may be a harbinger of driving’s future. It also shows what China’s doing to grab that business now as the government pushes gas guzzlers off its roads.

Byton, a Nanjing-based company started by former BMW AG executives, on Sunday became the first Chinese automaker to hold a large-scale unveiling at CES in Las Vegas. XPeng Motors, backed by funding from Alibaba Group Holding, is set to unveil a production model on Tuesday. That’s on the heels of launches by new