China’s car exports continued to grow in the first 7 months of this year, driven mainly by the strong demand for New Energy vehicle vehicles as local automakers accelerate their global expansion plans to the domestic challenges.
From January to July, the shipments of Chinese vehicles abroad increased 12.8% over the same period of 2024, totaling 3.68 million units, according to a report released on Monday (11.2025) by CAAM (acronym for Chinese Automobile Association).
Nevs exports-categaria mainly formed by fully electric models and plug-in hybrids-rose 84.6% in the annual comparison, reaching 1.31 million vehicles, representing more than 1/3 of the total. Already the shipments of cars with combustion engines fell 7%.
Chery Automobile Co. Ltd., which maintains an electric vehicle production partnership with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., maintained the leadership as the largest car exporter in China, with 667,000 units sold abroad in the period, according to CAAM data.
Byd Co. Ltd., however, it was the one that grew the fastest. In the first 7 months of 2025, his exports more than doubled, reaching 553,000 cars, which guaranteed him the post of 2nd largest exporter in the country. The state -owned company SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd. was in 3rd place, with 510 thousand vehicles embarked abroad.
The robust advance occurs at a time when Chinese automakers intensify their presence in international markets, while internal competition fuses. In June, Chery director in the United Kingdom, Victor Zhang, said at a conference in London that the company “considers actively”Build its 2nd European factory in the country as part of a“location strategy”.
In April, BYD began the construction of a US $ 32 million electric car factory in Cambodia, part of its global strategy started in May 2021, which has already led the company to enter over 100 countries and regions.
Other automakers followed the movement. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd., responsible for the Aion, electric vehicle brand, opened a factory in Jakarta, Indonesia, in June. XPENG INC., the sector’s startup, started local production in the country in July, making it its 1st manufacturing center abroad.
According to data compiled by Cui Dongshu, Secretary General of CPCA (Chinese Passenger Car Association), Mexico was the main destination for Chinese vehicle exports in the 1st semester, followed by United Arab Emirates, Russia, Brazil and Belgium.
Among the 10 largest car buyers made in China, Russia and Brazil were the only ones where shipments fell in the annual comparison –62% and 6%, respectively.
Russia was the largest importer of Chinese vehicles in 2023 and 2024, after the country’s brands quickly fill the space left by western automakers who withdrawn due to Ukraine invasion by 2022.
New commercial barriers explain much of the sharp drop. In April 2024, Moscow imposed retroactive vehicle tariffs entering Central Asia, limiting a previously lucrative route to Chinese exporters. In October, the “Scrap Tax”About imported cars, with new annual adjustments provided by 2030.
This report was originally in English by the global cash on 12.ago.2025. Was translated and republished by Poder360 under mutual content sharing agreement.
