Etiqueta: Europe

Chinese automakers BYD, MG, and Leapmotor hit record 9.8% hybrid sales share in Europe, shifting focus amid tariffs and EV competition.

The global automotive industry in 2025 has found itself at the eye of a geopolitical storm. Major markets—including Europe, the United States, and China—have experienced heavy-handed policy interventions in the first three quarters of the year, forcing a rewrite of global supply chain rhythms. While overall vehicle sales have held relatively steady, automakers and their suppliers are seeing weaker order volumes and declining profitability.

BYD just took its first hit in 19 months. The automaker’s September sales dropped 5.5% year-on-year, with just over 396,000 cars sold, according to its Hong Kong stock filing on Wednesday. This is the first year-on-year decline since the streak began, and it’s happening while China’s domestic demand weakens and government pressure ramps up against […]

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Turin’s air was cleaner than it during its industrial peak, but around half the 50-plus brands and more than half the production cars on show were Chinese.

Hungary is backing BYD’s growth with an HUF 3.1bn grant, positioning itself as a Chinese EV hub. By Stewart Burnett

BYD plans to expand its Hungarian bus factory with an additional 29,000 square meters of production facilities, increasing annual capacity for electric buses and trucks.

Although BYD has delivered fewer vehicles than Tesla in Europe overall in 2025, it has tripled its total sales up to August compared to the same period last year. Spain is currently one of BYD’s key growth markets in Europe.

BYD is bringing China’s EV price war, which it helped ignite, overseas. After launching steep discounts of up to 50%...