Chinese Automakers Hit Record European Market Share on Hybrid Demand

The significance here is less the headline share than the composition: Chinese brands are winning Europe on hybrids, not pure EVs, which sidesteps the tariff and charging-infrastructure friction that defined earlier debate. That shifts the competitive pressure onto legacy European mass-market makers already squeezed between falling petrol demand and costly electrification. The open question is whether hybrid share keeps rising as a bridge technology or proves a transitional window before battery costs and infrastructure close the gap.