Chinese automakers are making steady inroads into the European car market with an increasing number of high-profile and popular electric vehicles ( EVs ), accounting for 5% of all new battery EV registrations in West Europe over the opening seven months of 2022. According to Schmidt Automotive Research , Chinese automotive original equipment manufacturers ( OEMs ) are expecting to deliver 200,000 car models across all types of drivetrains into Europe this year. Of this total, between 80,000 and 90,000 are expected to be pure EVs , with another 40,000 plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs), leaving the remaining 70,000 to 80,000...