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Leapmotor is a Chinese electric vehicle maker backed by Stellantis, producing affordable EVs and expanding into European markets.
Chinese brands now take about 10% of new-car sales in Europe, up from roughly 1% five years ago, the New York Times reported. Citi Research forecasts as much as 30% by 2035 without regulation, and the barriers that would stop it raise prices for the same buyers.
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Chinese brands make up 20 of about 60 exhibitors at the Paris Motor Show, double the 2024 count, Korea JoongAng Daily reported. Schmidt Automotive Research put their European sales share at 10.7% in the second quarter, up from 5.7%.
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Huawei is putting its consumer business behind phones on its own chips as deliveries of Huawei-powered cars slide, down 29% in September. Outside China it now sells only several million phones a year, the base from which Richard Yu wants to win back overseas share.
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Regulators recalled roughly 4.3 million cars because an emergency release was coloured to disappear. Labels are the fix until 2027, when the hardware has to change.
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The company will show the Li 6 in Paris and start selling in the fourth quarter, bringing only its battery models because the EU's duty on Chinese electric cars catches the extended-range powertrain that is its business at home.
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The Galaxy TT starts at 129,900 yuan with 800-volt charging on every trim and LiDAR on four of the five, and the launch price came in 16,000 yuan below the presale sticker Geely set for it a month earlier.
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EU electric vehicle sales rose 40.5% in the first half of 2026. On the published forecasts, Chinese brands are collecting most of that growth in Western Europe.
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Shares are down more than 55% this year, the EV charge is worth over a third of the five-year model budget, and the CEO's answer to analysts is still that these things take time.
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SAMR ordered 2.98 million Teslas fixed with warning stickers and a window-dropping software update. Hidden electronic exterior handles are banned in China from 2027.
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