{"id":194546,"date":"2026-09-24T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=194546"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:12:18","slug":"one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/","title":{"rendered":"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs"},"content":{"rendered":"Chinese carmakers grabbed a record share of the European car market last month. But their advance is increasingly driven by plug-in hybrid sales. As many as one in three PHEVs now carry a Chinese badge.\r\n\r\nChinese brands accounted for almost 12% of European new-car sales in August, according to figu<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nag_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nmn-logo-long-transparent-small-4.png?w=300&#038;ssl=1\"  alt=\"New Mobility News\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"text-center\">\r\n\tRead this article now for free!\r\n<\/h2>\r\nRegister a free account and gain access to this article and get more from New Mobility\r\n\n\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register\" class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t<form id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field email-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"email\">Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"email\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Enter your email address\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field password-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"password\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"password\" type=\"password\" name=\"password\" placeholder=\"Create a password\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"company_url\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:none !important; position:absolute; left:-9999px;\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"level_id\" value=\"20\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Register for free\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/form>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-errors\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>\u2014 OR \u2014<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>Subscribe now<\/strong> Get unlimited access to the original content of our publishing partners, be alerted on breaking news and get a daily business summary, composed by our specialist journalists, of the top stories about your sector you have to read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"nag_buttons\">\r\n\t<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/subscription\">Subscribe Now<\/a> \r\n\t<span class=\"nag_button_divider\"> or <\/span> \r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/log-in\/\">SIGN IN<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese carmakers grabbed a record share of the European car market last month. But their advance is increasingly driven by plug-in hybrid sales. As many as one in three PHEVs now carry a Chinese badge. Chinese brands accounted for almost 12% of European new-car sales in August, according to figu Read this article now for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":715,"featured_media":194547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[77160,2043,28,31030,16,77169,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","category-energy","category-europe","category-export","category-industry","category-market","category-top-stories-today"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1",2560,1637,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C192&ssl=1",300,192,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C409&ssl=1",640,409,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C409&ssl=1",640,409,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=1536%2C982&ssl=1",1536,982,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C1309&ssl=1",2048,1309,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=18%2C12&ssl=1",18,12,true],"related-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1",400,400,true],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"mailchimp":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=560%2C358&ssl=1",560,358,true],"unipress-phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C100&ssl=1",640,100,true],"unipress-tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C240&ssl=1",1536,240,true],"unipress-tablet-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C180&ssl=1",1536,180,true],"unipress-tablet-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C180&ssl=1",2048,180,true],"unipress-smartphone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C168&ssl=1",1080,168,true],"unipress-wide-screen":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C180&ssl=1",2560,180,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Chinese carmakers grabbed a record share of the European car market last month. But their advance is increasingly driven by plug-in hybrid sales. As many as one in three PHEVs now carry a Chinese badge. Chinese brands accounted for almost 12% of European new-car sales in August, according to figu Read this article now for free! Register a free account and gain access to this article and get more from New Mobility Email Password \u2014 OR \u2014 Subscribe now Get unlimited access to the original content of our publishing partners, be alerted on breaking news and get a daily business&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/china\/\" rel=\"category tag\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/energy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Energy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/europe\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Europe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/export\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Export<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/industry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Industry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/market\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Market<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Piet Andries","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/author\/piet-andriesgmail-com\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chinese carmakers grabbed a record share of the European car market last month. But their advance is increasingly driven by plug-in hybrid sales. As many as one in three PHEVs now carry a Chinese badge. Chinese brands accounted for almost 12% of European new-car sales in August, according to figu Read this article now for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-24T08:12:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1637\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Piet Andries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jorisvry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@jorisvry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Piet Andries\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Piet Andries\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a5b306e499388c9ea0a3a4f6704d7081\"},\"headline\":\"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-24T08:12:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"China\",\"Energy\",\"Europe\",\"Export\",\"Industry\",\"Market\",\"Top Stories Today\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/\",\"name\":\"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs - newmobility.news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-24T08:12:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1637,\"caption\":\"BYD has taken over as the biggest seller from China thanks to a strong PHEV line-up \\\/BYD\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/24\\\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/\",\"name\":\"newmobility.news\",\"description\":\"A B2BNews Agency\u00ae news service for mobility business proessional\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"B2BNews Agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png\",\"width\":\"581\",\"height\":\"117\",\"caption\":\"B2BNews Agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/search\\\/top\\\/?q=newmobility.news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/jorisvry\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/jorisvanroy\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/nl.pinterest.com\\\/jorisvanroy\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a5b306e499388c9ea0a3a4f6704d7081\",\"name\":\"Piet Andries\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7ec64b5aa2f5a96b3ea5ca5b828a30d1b3e6e74b21e2f3e71ba86eea80553d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7ec64b5aa2f5a96b3ea5ca5b828a30d1b3e6e74b21e2f3e71ba86eea80553d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7ec64b5aa2f5a96b3ea5ca5b828a30d1b3e6e74b21e2f3e71ba86eea80553d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Piet Andries\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/en\\\/author\\\/piet-andriesgmail-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs - newmobility.news","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs - newmobility.news","og_description":"Chinese carmakers grabbed a record share of the European car market last month. But their advance is increasingly driven by plug-in hybrid sales. As many as one in three PHEVs now carry a Chinese badge. Chinese brands accounted for almost 12% of European new-car sales in August, according to figu Read this article now for [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/","og_site_name":"newmobility.news","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=newmobility.news","article_published_time":"2026-09-24T08:12:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1637,"url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Piet Andries","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@jorisvry","twitter_site":"@jorisvry","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Piet Andries","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/"},"author":{"name":"Piet Andries","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/person\/a5b306e499388c9ea0a3a4f6704d7081"},"headline":"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs","datePublished":"2026-09-24T08:12:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/"},"wordCount":453,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1","articleSection":["China","Energy","Europe","Export","Industry","Market","Top Stories Today"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/","name":"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs - newmobility.news","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-09-24T08:12:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1","width":2560,"height":1637,"caption":"BYD has taken over as the biggest seller from China thanks to a strong PHEV line-up \/BYD"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/09\/24\/one-in-eight-cars-sold-in-the-eu-is-now-chinese-thanks-to-phevs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"One in eight cars sold in the EU is now Chinese thanks to PHEVs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/","name":"newmobility.news","description":"A B2BNews Agency\u00ae news service for mobility business proessional","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#organization","name":"B2BNews Agency","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png","width":"581","height":"117","caption":"B2BNews Agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=newmobility.news","https:\/\/x.com\/jorisvry","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jorisvanroy\/","https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/jorisvanroy\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/person\/a5b306e499388c9ea0a3a4f6704d7081","name":"Piet Andries","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7ec64b5aa2f5a96b3ea5ca5b828a30d1b3e6e74b21e2f3e71ba86eea80553d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7ec64b5aa2f5a96b3ea5ca5b828a30d1b3e6e74b21e2f3e71ba86eea80553d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7ec64b5aa2f5a96b3ea5ca5b828a30d1b3e6e74b21e2f3e71ba86eea80553d4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Piet Andries"},"url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/author\/piet-andriesgmail-com\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wJdU-OBQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BYD_SEAL_U_DM-i-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1637&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194560,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194546\/revisions\/194560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}