cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/69386974
The share of electric cars sold by Chinese brands rose to 14.2% across western European markets – or one in every seven battery electric vehicles (BEVs) – in the first five months of this year, according to Schmidt Automotive Research. The 171,800 sales represented an increase in market share of nearly five percentage points versus the same period in 2025.
There are no tariffs for the cars, only minimum prices to not undercut EU competition.
New guidance from the European Commission for Chinese exporters may see minimum prices replace EV import tariffs.
https://evmagazine.com/news/chinese-evs-in-europe-will-minimum-prices-replace-tariffs
That should leave room for China to create the cars with the best value for a certain price.