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The brutal fight to dominate Chinese carmaking
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Europe remains the main destination for Chinese EVs despite the EU’s imposition of hefty tariffs in 2024.
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The Economist
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During Germany’s big motor show in Munich, which ended on Sept 14, the city’s historic centre belonged to the country’s own champions. In front of the neoclassical opera house, BMW showed off the new iX3, an electric sport utility vehicle (SUV), atop a glittering plinth; at the Residenz, a renaissance palace, Mercedes-Benz built a vast design studio resembling a car grille to display a revamped GLC, another SUV.
But at the main exhibition halls in the suburbs, history was forgotten. There, young Chinese car firms outnumbered and outdid the local old guard.
