Chinese premium auto brands failing to gain traction in Europe
Chinese premium brands failing to gain traction in Europe
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Matthias Schmidt
- Jul 9
- 6 min
New Product – No more guilty pleasures – Polestar 2 long-distance test to Europe's EV utopia France
Polestar 2 charging infrastructure test in France – EV driving is now more about Life in the Fast Lane
Matthias Schmidt
- Jun 26
- 1 min
Over 5% of Western Europe's new car market is now in the hands of new market entrants
According to the latest Schmidt Automotive Research data available to subscribers, 0.6 million passenger cars sold in 2023 across the 18 mar
Matthias Schmidt
- Jun 18
- 1 min
French OEMs most vulnerable to Chinese incursion?
Volume brands are now seeing Chinese OEMs entering the European market pick off some of the remaining "volume brand" fat from the other end
Matthias Schmidt
- May 31
- 1 min
MG becomes a top 5 BEV brand in W Europe
SAIC's MG brand has become a top 5 BEV volume brand, equalling Peugeot's BEV volumes and surpassing Renault's
Matthias Schmidt
- May 25
- 1 min
The Chinese European auto invasion has so far been notable for its absence
As Tsunami alarms have been whaling loudly, warning of a flood of Chinese car imports arriving on Europe's shores imminently, the horizon...
Matthias Schmidt
- May 9
- 1 min
Every sixth new electric car in the UK in April came from a Chinese OEM
Western Europe's market that is making the largest lurch to embracing Chinese vehicles, the UK, saw 1-in-6 BEVs in April come from Sino OEMs
Matthias Schmidt
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Tesla tops the West European new BEV passenger car market during Q1 2023
Tesla topped all manufacturers in terms of new models entering the roads of Western Europe's pure electric new car market during this year's
Matthias Schmidt
- Apr 17
- 6 min
It’s all about the brand stupid! VW and Ford aim to shore up their brand image before a Sino advance
It’s all about the brand, stupid. VW and Ford aim to shore up their brand image before a Sino advance
Matthias Schmidt
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
From Sino cynicism to curiosity to Chinese brands accounting for every 20th new BEV across W-Europe
During October, more new Chinese-branded pure electric cars entered West European roads than those coming from either South Korea or Japan
Matthias Schmidt
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
Four million electric cars have now entered W-European roads since 2012 – Last million took 9-months
Since 2012 Western Europe has witnessed 4 million new pure electric BEV passenger cars enter the 18 market region
Matthias Schmidt
- Oct 20, 2022
- 5 min
Mondial de l'Auto – promised little, yet delivered lots. Battle lines being drawn at the Elysee
An extremely diluted exhibitor list at only the second European Auto Show to take place since COVID offers more answers than expected
Matthias Schmidt
- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
The worst of times could be the best of times for Asian OEMs... From our latest study
Is Tesla's Grünheide facility likely to be joined by more European money burning furnaces this winter, fuelled by rocketing energy prices?
Matthias Schmidt
- Sep 10, 2022
- 4 min
Is China's electric car tiger about to bite? Latest European Electric Car Study preview 2022/07
Coinciding with the year of the tiger, Chinese OEMs, once having been the butt of all automotive jokes, have likely turned a European corner
Matthias Schmidt
- Aug 18, 2022
- 2 min
1-in-20 new pure electric car deliveries in Western Europe are from Chinese manufacturers
1-in-20 new pure electric new car deliveries in Western Europe are from Chinese manufacturers
Matthias Schmidt
- Dec 9, 2021
- 3 min
Exclusive: Prophylactic CO2 Chinese medicine for VW Group's EU pool?
Key points: Nio, Xpeng, and Geely's Lynk&Co have joined Volkswagen Group's open EU passenger car CO2 pool Duration of open pool:...
Matthias Schmidt
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Chinese BEV electric car market double Western Europe's – 1M units ahead after 10-months
While China's new BEV passenger car market approaches 2M, W-Europe at below 1M
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