# The hidden cost of China’s electric car boom: a spiralling roadworks bill

> How China’s electric car boom created a yawning fiscal black hole China needs to raise taxes to meet a soaring roadworks bill, as the country’s roads groan under the weight of millions of electric cars China’s rapid…

- **Source:** [Scmp](https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3357734/how-chinas-electric-car-boom-created-yawning-fiscal-black-hole?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a3858bae8976fcb37ce0179)
- **Published:** 2026-06-21
- **Category:** Cars
- **Tags:** #ev
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