- Sales of Chinese-made hybrid cars have rocketed in the EU over the past four and a half years, underlining growing concern in Brussels over the future of the European car industry.
- In 2022, just 659 Chinese-made fully hybrid cars were sold in the EU, the low base from which the surge has run.
- The explosive growth is concentrated in imported hybrid vehicles that were omitted from the EU's EV tariffs, leaving a gap in the bloc's trade defense for European carmakers.
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“Sales of Chinese hybrid cars have rocketed in the EU in the past four and a half years, new data shows, underlining growing concerns in Brussels over the future of the European car industry.”