China has built the world’s leading electric vehicle industry with more than 100 brands from the country. Those cars have all sorts of features that would wow the average U.S. driver—and they come at a lower price point than the American or European competition.

But the majority of U.S. consumers don’t want them, according to new polling from the University of Chicago and AP-NORC. Even when the Chinese car is $10,000 cheaper than the U.S. one, a majority of respondents to the poll released Thursday said they would prefer their vehicle was made in the U.S.A.

There are, however, two big caveats: the advantage for U.S. cars generally gets narrower and narrower as the savings increases. Two thirds of Americans say it would be worth $500 more to buy a U.S. car rather than a Chinese one;

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