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Facing EU pollution penalties and lagging EV sales, Japanese automaker looks to offset its fleet emissions by purchasing credits from electric-focused BYD

Europe's car industry faces an acute demand shock from Chinese overcapacity & US tariffs. Instead of bailouts & regulatory rollbacks, member-states should co-ordinate buy-European EV subsidies & revive internal demand.

Europe’s car industry faces a perfect storm. Chinese car exports are surging, European producers are being squeezed out of global markets, US tariffs are rising, and domestic demand remains 20% below pre-pandemic levels. Instead of sliding into a costly muddle of regulatory rollbacks, bailouts, and fragmented national subsidies, the EU should harness its single market - 450 million consumers and a vast corporate sector - to drive demand for Europe-made vehicles. That means co-ordinating consumer subsidies with a buy-European clause, applying it to both private and corporate fleets, and using it as a platform for reciprocal EV-subsidy agreements with trusted trade partners. A window for action is open: Germany, France, Italy, and Spain all need to renew their EV-support schemes in the coming months. Together, they represent 70% of EU car registrations—and could launch broader European coordination.

Electric cars made by the Chinese car firm BYD are now a familiar sight on British roads. In September 2025, the company sold 11,271 vehicles in the UK –

Nissan Europe is forming a CO2 pool with BYD in order to achieve its 2025 fleet targets and avoid EU penalties. Until now, the Japanese manufacturer had been

The value of the world’s best-selling EV maker has fallen by more than one-third over the past 12 months as rivals including BYD make gains.

The BYD Seagull is a Swift-sized EV that is a high-quality yet budget-priced offering in its home market, but would it translate into the same thing in NZ?

September saw plugin EVs take 35.5% share of the UK auto market, up from 29.4% year-on-year. BEVs grew in volume by 29% YoY, PHEVs grew 56%.

BYD's new Yangwang U7 pushes total output to 1,341 hp with other specifications remain largely unchanged.

The chancellor said he planned to urge the European Union to back off a policy that has been widely interpreted as a ban on combustion engines after 2035.