China’s EV Exports Up as BEVs Beat Hybrids, Home Sales Slow

China’s EV exports surged in August as pure electrics outpaced hybrids. Domestic sales slowed.
Workers on the assembly line at a factory of FAW-Volkswagen company in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on March 12, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

China’s electric vehicle exports jumped in August, with pure electrics, BEVs, pulling ahead of hybrids, a shift that could deepen trade tensions as Europe and the United States face a wave of low-cost Chinese models.

Passenger car shipments abroad reached almost half a million units in August, up 20.2 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).

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