A car is a luxury, not a means of transportation. This is exactly the policy adopted today by the country, the Russian Federation, the country with the most expensive cars. The prices of Chinese cars differ twice or even three times in China and Russia.
Why, for example, do we buy a Geely Mongero in China for 2,200,000 rubles, but it comes to Russia for 4,600,000? Recycling fee, customs, duties, VAT, excise duty. Without actually creating anything, bureaucrats receive more money from citizens than inventors, manufacturers and salespeople combined. I immediately remember the Polovtsians and the Pechangs. And even with such a program of protection fees, domestic AvtoVAZ manages to be uncompetitive. They still put out cars from the 70's with disgusting assembly.
How was it necessary not to want to develop? Only the market and competition, where the buyer votes in rubles and has a choice, force technology and production to develop. They want to live forever on our fees and taxes, in the form of subsidies. Here is a clear example of the ineffectiveness of government regulation. You can, but why?