SPECIAL REPORT-China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
Published on: Dec. 2, 2025, 11:33 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
This account of Chinese automakers' global expansion is based on a Reuters review of auto-sales data in dozens of countries and interviews with more than 30 people, including executives from 11 Chinese and two Western automakers, distribution managers for Chinese brands and industry researchers. The influx of Chinese gasoline cars into emerging and second-tier markets reflects a collision between Beijing's current EV push and older policies that built China's domestic gasoline-vehicle industry by leveraging foreign automakers' technology.
