AUTOMOTIVE STUDY 2025 / Šaroch (ed.) et al.

Electric vehicles are a signi cant segment in China’s passenger car exports. Around 750,000 electric vehicles were destined for the European Union in 2023 from third countries, i.e. countries outside the EU area. China accounts for most of these imports, almost 60%. In 2023, 438,000 EVs were imported into EU countries from China. Fig. 1.20: Electric vehicle imports into the EU27 (thous. units, extra EU)

Source: Eurostat Of the EU countries with the largest share of EVs in 2023, China has a signi cant share in Slovenia, Spain and Belgium. In the case of Germany, China’s share of EV imports from third countries was one-third in 2023. Fig. 1.21: Electric vehicle imports to selected EU countries (thous. units, extra EU)

Source: Eurostat

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