The exist, in markets like India. They're death traps, not meeting Western standards of even 30 years ago.
[1] https://insideevs.com/news/710364/byd-detroit-import-seagull...
Interesting but not something one would want to drive.
I’ve seen some indication on social media of an elevated amount of severe failures of materials and/or poor welding in new vehicles from China. This leads me to suspect the usual corner cutting or outright fraud on material quality that makes China so risky to do business with.
It is difficult enough to hold western automakers to account for failures, I would not want to attempt to need legal recourse from Chinese companies.
That $22,000 vehicle is comparable to a Hyundai Kona in the US for $25,000 (not eligible for US EV rebates so Hyundai cut the sticker price dramatically) or the Chevy Equinox for about the same after rebate.
As you can see, it's not really the difference the headlines make it out to be.