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Global rivals

The cars Chinese EVs are measured against

Tesla, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen, Toyota and Honda, on the same specification sheet. European figures are WLTP and local list prices; China figures are CLTC and RMB. The two cycles are never merged.

Specifications are reproduced from the cited sources. A missing figure stays blank; we do not fill it with a rival's number. · Reviewed 2026-11-01

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Chinese brands in Europe

Europe FY2025 · Chinese brand registrations

Registrations, not shipments, unless labelled otherwise. These are the latest verified full-year figures in this pass.

By brand

BrandUnits
MG (SAIC)307,282
BYD186,612
Chery (Jaecoo + Omoda)120,207
Leapmotor33,567

Chinese brands total 810,982 · 6.1% · +99%

Selected European markets

MarketUnitsShare
United Kingdom ↗196,0009.7%
Spain ↗106,986—
Italy ↗——
Netherlands ↗12,5953.3%
Norway ↗24,00013.7%
Germany ↗——

Chinese brands in the Middle East

Israelregistrations · FY2025
101,346

IVIA; Jaecoo 7 PHEV was the best-selling vehicle overall with 13,166 units. BYD 8,134 BEV, Chery 6,620, XPeng 6,114.

Source ↗
Turkeyregistrations · FY2025
45,537

ODMD; BYD NEV 45,537 (19.1% of NEV), of which PHEV 25,858 and BEV 19,679

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UAEshipments · FY2025
—

No public registration ranking verified. BYD reported 47,352 passenger-vehicle shipments to the UAE (8,522 BEV + 38,830 PHEV); shipments are not retail sales.

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Saudi Arabia— · FY2025
—

No verifiable public registration ranking found; left null.

Germany brand-level, Saudi and UAE registration data could not be verified and are left blank. The UAE figure is a shipment number and is labelled as such.