China’s Windrose Needed U.S. ID Numbers. So It Borrowed a Georgia Address

The last thing a consumer pondering the purchase of a new electric truck might think about is the origin of the 17-digit vehicle identification number that vehicle authorities everywhere use to keep track of cars and trucks. For Chinese long-haul truck startup Windrose Technology, though, the VIN numbers put on a handful of its trucks shipped to the U.S. turned out to be a problem. By March last year, Windrose had built a few units of a truck that got strong praise from potential U.S. buyers....