LONDON/FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) -Chinese and European carmakers are set to face off at next week’s Munich car show, reflecting intensifying competition on the continent that has pitted incumbents such as Volkswagen against EV giant BYD and newcomers GAC and Changan. This year’s IAA Mobility, the continent’s biggest biennial car show, comes as European automakers lose ground in China – the world’s biggest market – in what some executives have described as a “Darwinian” price war. At the same time, to escape pressure at home Chinese automakers are expanding into Europe in search of profits, above all electric vehicle maker BYD, whose global sales soared to 4.2 million cars in 2024, up ten-fold from 2019.Read More
‘It’s Europe vs China’ as Chinese brands crowd Munich car show
