Former Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka said at the 2025 Tsinghua PBC Global Finance Forum in Shenzhen that Chinese-branded electric vehicles are likely to replace Tesla in the European market.

According to the latest data from Jato Dynamics, an automotive data intelligence company, BYD registered 7,231 pure electric vehicles in Europe in April, a year-on-year increase of 169%; Tesla registered 7,165 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 49%.

Taking Germany as an example, statistics from the German Federal Motor Transport Administration (KBA) show that the total number of newly registered electric vehicles in April increased by 53.5% year-on-year. Tesla sold 885 vehicles in Germany in April, a year-on-year decrease of 45.9%, while BYD sold 1,566 vehicles in the same month. From January to April, BYD's cumulative total sales reached 2,792 vehicles.

In addition, BYD became the top brand in terms of new energy vehicle sales in Italy in April, with a cumulative registration of 1,683 vehicles and a market share of 11.5%, while Tesla sold 446 vehicles. From January to April, BYD's cumulative transaction volume in Italy was 5,646, accounting for 10% of the market.

Not only BYD, but also Xiaopeng Motors has reaped great rewards in overseas markets. China News Service reporters learned from Xiaopeng Motors that in the first quarter of 2025, Xiaopeng Motors achieved an export volume of 7,615 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 370%. The export countries cover Singapore, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and other markets. It plans to accelerate the global market layout with Europe as the fulcrum, and plans to account for 50% of overseas sales in the future.

Xiaopeng Motors Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng said that Xiaopeng Motors' globalization path will focus on three core strategies, namely, high-tech, mid-to-high-end differentiated positioning and building R&D manufacturing and deep localization service systems in key areas.

Cui Dongshu, Secretary-General of the Passenger Car Market Information Joint Branch of the China Automobile Dealers Association, wrote that China's new energy vehicle exports have performed well. New forces in the Netherlands and Norway have performed relatively well. Several new forces in the European market have mainly landed in Norway and have formed a certain scale.

As Huang Zhuo, deputy dean of the National School of Development at Peking University, said, under the new situation, we have witnessed the transformation from "Made in China" to "Smart Manufacturing in China" and "Created in China". Chinese companies are constantly climbing up the industrial chain and value chain, leading the world in technology in certain fields, and even starting to formulate industry standards.

He mentioned that China is far ahead in the new three industries represented by electric vehicles, lithium batteries, and solar panels. The development of the new energy vehicle industry has driven China's automobile exports to rank first in the world.

Li Bin, chairman and CEO of Weilai, believes that the Chinese automobile market will gain an increasingly higher share in the global automobile market. The core reason is that China has advantages in technological innovation, supply chain and the largest local market.