Chinese car manufacturers are significantly expanding their market share in the EU

In August, the market share of Chinese car manufacturers BYD, Chery, Geely, Leapmotor and SAIC (MG) in the EU grew to 10.8 percent.

This is an increase of four percentage points compared to the same month last year, according to statistics from the European manufacturers' association ACEA.

From January to August, the brands sold a good 725,000 electric and hybrid cars, two thirds more than in the same period in 2025.

German car manufacturers were only able to increase their deliveries by 2.6 percent to 3.1 million vehicles in the same period.

This means that BMW and Volkswagen Group, Mercedes-Benz and Opel together have a market share of 41 percent.

The EU's entire car market has increased by 5.3 percent to 7.55 million cars since the beginning of the year.