Editorial Independence Policy

Why this policy exists

EV Hub is an information platform about importing Chinese electric vehicles. It is also owned by a company that works in the EV battery supply chain. Those two facts sit together awkwardly, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest.

So we state the relationship plainly on this page: what the ownership means, what it does not mean, and what readers should expect from our content because of it.

Who owns EV Hub

EV Hub is operated by Chengguang Energy (Jinzhou Chengguang Power Source Co., Ltd.), an IATF 16949-certified automotive battery manufacturer founded in 2002 and based in Jinzhou, Hebei, China. Chengguang Energy funds the site, employs or contracts the people who write for it, and owns the domain and the publication.

That ownership is a commercial fact. It is disclosed here, on our About page, and in the organization data search engines read.

Commercial ownership ≠ editorial control

The owner does not decide what our editorial content says. That is the distinction this page exists to make concrete. In practice it means:

• No brand, supplier, or commercial partner gets to approve, edit, delay, or remove editorial content because of a business relationship or an advertising discussion.
• Every vehicle page, guide, and tariff figure is published on the same terms — sourced, dated, and open to correction — regardless of whose vehicles or products are involved.
• Editorial decisions (what we cover, what we recommend against, what we flag as a risk) are made by the analyst named on the byline, not by the commercial side of the company.
• If a commercial interest and an editorial finding ever conflict, the finding is published and the conflict is disclosed. We would rather lose a deal than publish a number we do not believe.

This is a policy commitment, not a claim of legal separation. Chengguang Energy is a single company; there is no independent editorial board standing between the business and the publication. We describe the arrangement honestly rather than dressing it up.

What we do not claim

• We are not a fully independent third party with no commercial interest in the EV industry. Our owner builds batteries. Saying otherwise would be false.
• We are not a dealership, importer, customs broker, or legal adviser, and we do not sell vehicles. Nothing here is a quote or professional advice.
• We do not claim certifications, awards, testing facilities, or client relationships we do not have. Any credential we state is one we can point to.

Where our industrial background gives us genuine first-hand perspective, we say so explicitly and label it — see the Evidence & Data Methodology . Where a claim rests on public documents, we cite the document.

How content is produced

1. Scoping. The analyst decides what a page is actually for and which questions it must answer before writing starts.
2. Research and sourcing. Facts are pinned to a named source — regulation, manufacturer datasheet, customs guidance, or industry report. Sources are graded by tier (see the methodology).
3. Drafting. Written by the named analyst. First-hand industry knowledge is used as context and insight, never as a substitute for a citation on a factual claim.
4. Data check. Every number — price, duty rate, VAT, freight assumption — is recomputed against its source before publication.
5. Review. A second pass checks for accuracy, unsupported claims, and conflicts of interest. The reviewer is credited on the page that carries the byline system.
6. Publish and date-stamp. Each page shows when it was last updated, so readers can judge whether a tariff or price still holds.

How data is verified

Regulatory and cost data is traced to primary sources wherever one exists. EU countervailing duty rates, for example, are taken from the Commission's implementing regulation rather than from news summaries, and VAT rates from national tax authorities. Where only secondary sources exist, we say which kind and treat the figure as an estimate.

The full method — including the tiering system and the formula behind landed-cost figures — is published in the Landed Cost Methodology and the Evidence & Data Methodology.

How authors are credited

Every substantive page carries an attribution block naming who wrote it, who reviewed it, how the data was verified, and when it was last updated. We do not publish anonymous analysis, and we do not put a byline on a page no named person stands behind. The roles and the byline system are set out on the Authors & Review Standards page.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure

We disclose a relationship when it could reasonably affect how a reader weighs a page. That includes:

• Any commercial relationship with a brand, supplier, or service provider mentioned in the content.
• Any first-hand business experience that informs a judgement, labelled as such.
• Any material interest the author holds in a company or product under discussion.

If you believe a page needs a disclosure that is missing, tell us — see contact details below.

Advertising, sponsorship, and affiliate links

We do not sell vehicles and we do not take payment for a favourable review. If we ever introduce sponsored content or affiliate links, they will be labelled as such on the page itself, and sponsorship will not buy editorial conclusions.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it and note the change. Material corrections to a dated figure or a factual claim are recorded on the page, not quietly swapped out. To report an error, email [email protected].