Etiqueta: Export

Affordable long-range EVs, booming exports, and aggressive government policy are powering China’s rise—while overcrowding and brutal price cuts threaten to thin the ranks.

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.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese electric car makers invested more abroad than at home for the first time in 2024, new data from Rhodium Group showed on Wednesday, as fierce domestic competition makes it almost impossible for manufacturers to turn a profit. Automakers have benefited from years of subsidies and other government policies aimed at making China a global automotive power and the world's leader in electric vehicles, but overcapacity and aggressive price cutting have sent the industry into a tailspin. Automakers in the world's No. 2 economy are locked in relentless price wars that are deepening deflationary pressures, while fears of a flood of cheap Chinese cars have sparked trade tensions with key partners — strain the export-driven economy can ill-afford amid U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.