In some parts of China, local governments are offering cash subsidies to people who buy electric or plug-in hybrid cars powered by Huawei software. The Chinese government has subsidized electric vehicles since 2009, helping drive the country’s rapid adoption of them over the past decade. But those incentives, both on the national and local level, were phased out two years ago as the government urged auto companies to reach profitability on their own. Regional governments are currently cash-strapped amid a cooling economy in China, and Beijing has also restrained them from providing too much assistance to private companies, which makes the recent Huawei subsidies stand out even more. But the latest auto subsidies are arguably now muddling the water.