TREE NEWS reports: Cui Dongshu, head of the China Passenger Car Association’s secretariat at the China Automobile Dealers Association, said the EU’s new restrictions on Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicle exports will weigh on shipments in the short term but cannot shake China’s overall new-energy vehicle export base. He said Chinese PHEV products have moved from costing more than fuel cars to price parity and now below it, and are globally leading on technology, fuel consumption and overall value. Chinese PHEV exports to the EU surged in 2025-2026, bringing competitive pressure, he added.
EU PHEV Curbs to Pressure China Exports Short-Term, Cui Dongshu Says
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Cui's framing is notable because it concedes near-term export pain while arguing the underlying cost curve — Chinese PHEVs now priced below equivalent fuel cars — is structural rather than policy-dependent. That distinction matters for how the EU measures its curbs: tariffs can slow shipment timing without reversing a price advantage that has already flipped. The open question is whether European demand proves elastic to restrictions or simply reroutes through local assembly and supply-chain adjustments, which would blunt the measures' intended effect.
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