BYD Seal U plug-in hybrid: The model was the best-selling of its drive form in Europe in 2025. Photo: BYD [M]
Dusseldorf. Car brands from China continue to gain market share in Europe – albeit differently than expected. As data from the industry service provider Dataforce for Handelsblatt shows, the share of Chinese car manufacturers is growing significantly faster than the overall European market. While total new registrations rose by two percent, Chinese car manufacturers almost doubled their sales.
The decisive factor here is less – as long feared in the European Union (EU) – purely electric cars, but rather plug-in hybrids (PHEV) with electric and combustion engines. Here the Chinese increased their sales enormously in 2025 – by more than 600 percent.