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This is the first of a monthly series about China’s MIIT list that unveils upcoming vehicles long before their official launch. Today, with cars from Baojun, iCar, Leapmotor, Toyota, and Voyah. Huawei is ever-present, supplying motors and software to almost everybody. There’s a truck too, and an H8 motorbike.  What is the MIIT list? Every […]

China uses subsidies extensively to take a leading role in the global markets of green-tech products such as battery electric vehicles and wind turbines. Against the background of the current EU investigations into Chinese subsidies in these sectors, this article takes a careful look at the Chinese subsidy system and provides new data on direct government subsidies to leading Chinese producers of electric cars and wind turbines. Extensive government support has allowed Chinese companies to scale up rapidly, to dominate the Chinese market and to expand into foreign markets. The article concludes that the EU should use its strong bargaining power due to the single market to induce the Chinese government to abandon the most harmful subsidies.

From "flying cars" to robots and self-driving buses, here are some of the innovations spotted at this week's Munich auto fair, IAA Mobility, one of the world's biggest: 'Give cars wings' Chinese brands showcased their efforts to create "flying cars", small electric aircraft powered by multiple rotors designed for short journeys.GAC's flying car unit Govy meanwhile showed off its AirCab, a two-seater self-driving electric aircraft with a top-speed of 120 km/h and a range of up to 30 kilometres.

MUNICH (Reuters) -Chinese car makers are making inroads in Europe and executives say they are in the region to stay, underscoring a key reversal as brands from BYD to SAIC take market share on a continent where they once struggled to make sales. At this week's IAA Mobility car show in Munich, China's auto firms - facing a tough price war at home - were increasingly bullish about their plans for Europe, dominated still by local brands such as Volkswagen and Renault. "Everything we do starts with the needs of European users," said GAC's president of international operations Wei Haigang as the Chinese automaker showed off the Aion V electric SUV that will start sales in Poland, Portugal and Finland this month, and the Aion UT set to go on sale in Europe next year.

Prominent global automakers showcased their latest models at the Munich car show, including new EVs and lower-cost vehicles. Here's what they said.

BMW said its iX3, the first model in its all-electric Neue Klasse series which was launched earlier in September, will be sold in Europe from March 2026 at a price of 68,900 euros ($80,700). Franco-Italian carmaker Stellantis will no longer exclusively produce EVs as part of its target through 2030, Jean-Philippe Imparato, head of enlarged Europe and European brands, said. The B05 will be delivered in Europe from the second quarter of 2026 after its launch in China later this year, and will come in six colours.

MUNICH (Reuters) -Major automakers will showcase their latest models at Munich's car show on Monday as Europe's automotive sector faces crises ranging from U.S. tariff hikes to costly electrification and the expansion of Chinese automakers on their home turf. Aside from a product blitz to counter Chinese models being pushed to European consumers, including by BYD, Changan and GAC, domestic firms will focus on lobbying to persuade the European Union to reconsider its 2035 ban on combustion-engine cars. Attention will also be on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on European-made cars.

LONDON/FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) -Chinese and European carmakers are set to face off at next week's Munich car show, reflecting intensifying competition on the continent that has pitted incumbents such as Volkswagen against EV giant BYD and newcomers GAC and Changan. This year's IAA Mobility, the continent's biggest biennial car show, comes as European automakers lose ground in China - the world's biggest market - in what some executives have described as a "Darwinian" price war. At the same time, to escape pressure at home Chinese automakers are expanding into Europe in search of profits, above all electric vehicle maker BYD, whose global sales soared to 4.2 million cars in 2024, up ten-fold from 2019.