
REPORT - Chinese cars appeal to French customers looking for value for money.
At the Paris Motor Show, around twenty Chinese brands are attracting French visitors looking for good value for money, according to a report.
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Chinese automobile brands participate in the Paris Motor Show.
“Copies of European cars, but better”: at the Paris Motor Show, visitors more tempted than ever by Chinese models
REPORT - With around twenty brands present in around sixty exhibitors in total, Chinese cars arrived in force at the Paris Motor Show this week. They appeal to French customers who are above all looking for good value for money.

A cyberattack targeted the software of the Danish company Danfoss, used to manage the refrigeration systems of numerous French supermarkets, notably those of the cooperatives U, Intermarché, E.Leclerc and Carrefour, causing disruptions and losses estimated at several million euros according to the Groupement Mousquetaires.

Tesla publicly presented its new Roadster during a thirty-minute event near Waco, Texas, showing off a car capable of taking off from the ground, pivoting in flight and landing on all four wheels. Elon Musk said this demonstration was intended to prove that the technology was not based on artificial intelligence. Some customers have already reserved the vehicle for $250,000.

France and Germany have reached an agreement to preserve the future of the European automobile industry, with French concessions on CO2 emissions from cars in 2035 and a stricter definition of the European preference accepted by Germany, reserved for production in the Twenty-Seven and close partners such as Great Britain or Norway.

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In September in France, sales of diesel cars fell by 62%. Electricity reached a new record by representing 42% of new car sales, almost tied with hybrid at 43%.