Category : Industry Analysis
Electric Cars Now Outsell Petrol in the EU This Year, but Hybrids Still Lead
ACEA’s September figures, published on 22 October, have electric cars ahead of petrol in the EU for the year to date: 1,931,465 battery-electric registrations from…
Geely Will Build Cars in Volvo’s European Plants From 2028. Here’s What It Means
Chinese EV production in Europe is something I've covered more than once, and from 2028 it could involve another major player. Geely, or at least…
Chinese Carmakers Are Quietly Racing Each Other to Buy Up Idle Car Factories Across Europe
Chinese carmakers are looking across Europe for existing vehicle production sites as they expand their manufacturing footprint on the continent. BYD is currently searching for…
Hungary Ends the Special Treatment for BYD and CATL’s Factories
For years, Hungary has been one of China's most important industrial partners in Europe, particularly in electric vehicles and batteries. Under Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian…
Europe Is About to Get Cheaper EVs, and the Numbers Back It Up
EV prices are falling in multiple markets at once, and Europe is right in the middle of it. Battery costs, the single biggest input in…
Which EV Brand Really Offers the Longest Warranty in Europe?
Every new car sold in the EU comes with a minimum two year legal guarantee, and most of Europe's established carmakers are perfectly happy to…
Nio’s Certified Used Cars in Europe Look a Lot Like Stock Clearance
Nio Netherlands and Nio Deutschland pushed their "Nio Certified" used car programme hard this week, both posting the campaign to their market specific LinkedIn accounts…
Car Dependability Just Hit a Three-Year Low, and Software Is Why
J.D. Power's 2026 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study came out in February, and it recorded the worst score since the study was redesigned in 2022. Cars…
China Has More Than 100 EV Brands, and Most of Them Are About to Disappear
China currently has more than 100 companies building electric cars. That single number is why you'll so often read that competition there is brutal, a…
Which EVs Are European Carmakers Using to Fight Back in China?
For the past few years, we've spent a lot of time talking about Chinese EVs coming to Europe. BYD, Xpeng, Zeekr, Leapmotor and a growing…
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