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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

China forecast to have sold one in every 10 new cars in UK in 2025

cars lined up and piled up ready for loading on to car carrier container ships
Lines of BYD electric cars parked and ready for export at the Taicang port in Suzhou, China. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Chinese brands are on course to account for one in every 10 new cars sold in Britain during 2025, a marked increase on last year as sales increase across Europe.

Manufacturers led by MG, BYD, and Chery are on track to break the 200,000 mark in UK new car sales in 2025, meaning they are very likely to account for 10% of the market, according to Matthias Schmidt, an analyst tracking electric cars across Europe.

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