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  • Europe’s Auto Industry Faces an Existential Test From China’s EV Surge

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    Two decades into a successful career manufacturing interiors for the world’s leading auto brands, Tomas, a former senior manager with an Italian multinational company, walked away from the car industry in the autumn of 2025. “I think it's doomed,” the Czech man told RFE/RL, explaining the main reason he walked away from the business. “The industry is doomed.” Tomas has asked that his surname not be used in this story. Europe’s storied car industry is under threat from a flood of high-quality Chinese vehicles with impossibly aggressive price tags -- some as low as 10,290 euros ($12,141) in specific markets ... (full story)

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Expo33
Jan 1, 2026 5:04pm
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"Despite tariffs introduced by Brussels in 2024 of up to 35 percent on some Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) on top of a 10 percent import duty, Chinese vehicle sales into Europe nearly doubled between 2024 and 2025, with more than half a million Chinese models sold in the first nine months of this year."

So what your saying is orange man bad?

Oh my bad it says Brussels introduced tariffs.
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DwnUndrTrdr
Jan 1, 2026 6:50pm
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Quoting Expo33
"Despite tariffs introduced by Brussels in 2024 of up to 35 percent on some Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) on top of a 10 percent import duty, Chinese vehicle sales into Europe nearly doubled between 2024 and 2025, with more than half a million Chinese models sold in the first nine months of this year." So what you’re saying is orange man bad? Oh my bad it says Brussels introduced tariffs.
Brussels never tariffed the poor penguins
Trader#0598
Jan 3, 2026 8:18am
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Quoting Expo33
"Despite tariffs introduced by Brussels in 2024 of up to 35 percent on some Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) on top of a 10 percent import duty, Chinese vehicle sales into Europe nearly doubled between 2024 and 2025, with more than half a million Chinese models sold in the first nine months of this year." So what your saying is orange man bad? Oh my bad it says Brussels introduced tariffs.
In 2024 even before orange man bads global tariffs. Not a single word from the left. TDS is real.
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Trader#7623
Jan 1, 2026 4:23pm
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Keep it up and keep attracting more players!
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Trader#C874
Jan 1, 2026 6:58pm
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Chinese EVs looks superior compared to traditional european vehicles. Also Euripean EVs are vastly inferior against the chinese
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