Electric car: five Chinese manufacturers in the world top 10

These (many) new arrivals reveal their vehicles and their targeted ambitions !

Electric car

New manufacturers on the electric car market

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THE car market has been boiling for a few years. Between the various crises that impact industry, environmental emergency and upheavals related to Park electrification, The car is a hot topic. The programmed death of thermal vehicle From 2035 forced historic manufacturers to take a radical turn both in terms of models and their motorization and on their production lines. If many of them have reacted early, new names come out of the shadows, boosted by the prospect of a future where millions of cars will be replaced. Who are these new car manufacturers ? Do they bring notable innovations ? Gest’europe puts you in confidence.

The car manufacturers of tomorrow

In recent decades, the auto sector flowed rather peaceful days with brands, sometimes century -old, often grouped in consortiums.

Let it be said, this tranquility seems to be over, because although shy at the start, the green car upset the whole ecosystem.

If each manufacturer has made the effort to produce a model to meet the rather confidential demand from the beginnings, it is well under pressure that they had to revise their copy urgently. Because between regulatory imperatives and energetic transition, The car of tomorrow will be clean where will not be.

In its time, the arrival of You’re here, positioned only on the electric, had already created the surprise and a shock wave. His technological prowess, its performances, especially in terms of autonomy and its car models to futuristic lines, allowed him to win in record time.

The market is now changing, you have to get used to it, and prepare for the influx of new brands to 100 % electric motorizations. Some are already ready to flood European soil, where sales growth is more than dynamic.

Some even have ahead since their vehicles already circulate in France, especially in our ZFE !

Close -up on these new actors of electrical transport.

Asian manufacturers

THE Chinese electric cars have something to seduce: technology is not lacking and they are also very competitive in terms of price and autonomy.

These (many) new arrivals reveal their vehicles and their targeted ambitions !

Some car groups even decline several distinct brands.

Aiways

Very noticed, the SUVs of this young company have an asset: the Recharge speed of their battery 63 kWh: less than 30 minutes for an almost complete energy and 400 km of autonomy. In addition, they are equipped with many perfected security systems such as millimeter wave radar or cameras which offer active and passive assistance. Green light signed an agreement with the manufacturer for the supply of accessories, maintenance and updating of vehicles of the brand.

Changan

Specialist Electric light utilities, This ex-military machinery targets different segments and markets 3 brands: Deep Blue, For the market heart, Avatar, for the high -end and Lumin For city cars.

Great Wall Motors

The GWM group arrives with its ORA and Wey. It was with the latter’s premium cars that he intends to compete with German manufacturers.

Ora is positioned on the compact segment since 2018.

A cloud of other names appear in specialized media, including:

• Dfsk, utility vehicles, a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Corporation
• Jac, Former truck manufacturer
• Tray, high -end brand launched by the group Dongfeng Motor Corporation in 2021
• Zeekr, group Geely
• Hongqi, Premium subsidiary of the Chinese giant Faw that produces SUVs
• Maxus, affiliate Saic Motor, collaborator Volkswagen
• Seres, also under the aegis of Dongfeng MotorCorporation empowered Point s, In the same way as the brand’s distribution network, to carry out current maintenance in France. The points of sale of the Point S network will also be as many delivery points of the new vehicles ordered by the customers of Seres France.
• Leapmotor, Produced different vehicle ranges, but comes to attack the European market with a small city car offered at an unbeatable price.

Tesla is emulated Chinese

Byd promises to be a serious competitor of Tesla. It is betting on the construction of factories in Europe to win.

Xpeng is positioned on the niche of the autonomous car.

Nio, producer of Very high -end cars, like the Tesla Model S, but to Ultra competitive price For a car whose autonomy flirts with the 1,000 km and which offers a service battery exchange.

Geely, owner of Volvo Cars, majority shareholder of Proton and of Lotus, whose cars travel more than 1,000 km with a single load ..

Without forgetting, the Vietnamese manufacturer Vinfast

The rest of the world is not lagging behind

Polestar

This Swedish manufacturer of luxury electric cars belongs to the Geely group. The marketing of its vehicles has been delayed due to a logo problem with the Citroën.

Lynk & Co

Like Polestar, the Swedish brand is in Geely’s fold. Its small hybrid SUV can be purchased or rented monthly.

The American Lucid Motors

He competitions Tesla with his Lucid Air. The 112 kWh battery which equips the high -end version displays a range of almost 840 km.

Fisker, luxury within the range of

The American brand specializing in the electric vehicle was founded in 2016 by the Automobile designer at Aston Martin DB9 and the BMW Z8. What to explain the look without false note from its Ocean model. But the strong point of this extraordinary SUV is its solar roof. This feeds the electric motor and offers thousands of kilometers in zero polluting emission mode. It also benefits from high-tech equipment for maximum safety lined with impeccable comfort and stands in autonomous mode. The bridgestone pneumatician will provide all after-sales services for Fisker customers in France, via certain centers Speedy.

Togg Turkish electric

The brand aims at the premium segment of Compact and SUV with two motor versions: a first equipped with an electric motor of 200 horsepower in rear propulsion and a second which also has an electric motor on the front axle with a all -wheel drive. 400 horsepower and 4 -wheel drive capable of covering more than 500 km with an additional asset: a rapid load which stores 80 % autonomy in less than half an hour.

Lightyear

There Dutch start-up innovates with the development of electric and solar vehicles. The current brand sedan can travel more than 700 km with a battery of only 60 kWh ! What give chills to some and desires of freedom to others.

There Lightyear 2 could be the first Almost autonomous sedan Thanks to solar panels installed on the roof, coupled with a very aerodynamic line.

Microlino

THE Swiss, which produces in Italy, is positioned on all small city cars. Their retro line is already cracking nostalgic.

French electric manufacturers

cock-a-doodle Doo ! France also shows a beautiful dynamism with very promising small brands. Far from us the idea of ​​being chauvin, but we must recognize that creativity and innovation are there.

Ampere

This independent entity of the Renault group plans to market its different models by 2030.

Devinci Cars

Founded in 2017, the brand markets a pronounced design model, available in several versions accessible from 16 years old with the B1 license.

The inspiring charm of the mehari

Eden Cassis limits the speed of its replica to 80 km/h and 90 km of autonomy.

Almost identical postulate for MLT Automotive, With a slightly higher distance.

Our CARSMOKE CARS manufactures an electric mini moke and is also aimed at professionals with an ultra light utility intended for city traffic.

Gazelle Tech

This neo -builder is said to be producer of “2cv of the 21st century”.

Inexpensive announced, manufactured in composite materials, Its cars reach 100 km/h for a range of 180 km.

Other manufacturers, such as Quarkus, are talked about, but in very specific sectors, like that of the circuits.

Innovations, the future of the car

This wind of novelties that blows on the automobile already brings thousands of these new vehicles in Europe each month.

No more question of relying on a reputation or know-how in terms of thermal motor, historical manufacturers raise Innovation challenges ! But they must also face the necessary adaptation of their production lines.

This time is currently playing in favor of young manufacturers who do not have these charges.

Marketing targeting will most certainly be decisive in the coming years, but however less than Technological innovations.

We cannot fail to think of Hopium, there French start-up, and its sedan called Machina. Hydrogen fuel cell, 500 horses and 1,000 kilometers of autonomy for a lot of just 3 minutes, the beautiful will start her career in 2025.

And finally, a body signed Pininfarina for the two versions of the SUV HUV (Hydrogen Utility Vehicle) of the tricolor company Namx.

THE solar panels of Lightyear One or Fisker also pave the way to clean car and independent. An ideal that surpasses the objectives set for the energy transition.

Tomorrow promises to be very rich in emotions, because if the electric changes the car landscape, it is not synonymous with monotony.

There will always be love at first sight and enthusiasts !

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Electric car: five Chinese manufacturers in the world top 10

The electric car promotes Chinese manufacturers who have an advance of at least ten years on its competitors. The total control of the lithium-ion battery production chain also helps them a lot. In 2022, five Chinese manufacturers occupied the world top 10 for the sale of 100 % electric vehicles (BEV).

According to a study by Jato Dynamics, Chinese car manufacturers Byd, SGMW, Geely, Chery and Gac occupied the first five places in the world’s top 10 sales of electric vehicles in 2022. Tesla is leading with 18 %market share, followed by Byd (12.5 %) and Volkswagen Group (7.8 %). These three companies represent 38 % of global demand for these vehicles together.

Chinese car manufacturers dominate the global electric vehicle market in 2022

China has become the largest automotive market in the world with more than 23.6 million vehicles sold in 2022. Chinese brands have an undeniable advance on Western brands in terms of e-mobility, as evidenced by the twentieth edition of Auto Shanghai, where they presented their latest trends in electric cars.

Electromobility champions: Byd, Tesla and Volkswagen Group at the top of the market

Electromobility champions, such as Byd, have already marketed more than 911,000 vehicles in 2022, while Tesla sold 1.3 million units. European and American manufacturers seek to compete with Chinese brands by discovering the latest trends in electric cars.

Chinese brands are positioned on the European market with small affordable electric vehicles

Chinese brands have also developed small affordable electric vehicles, suitable for low -programs planned in France from 2025. Brands like Zeekr, which belongs to the Geely group, will land in Europe with their first models, while Byd presented its small city car Seagull, marketed in China at 10,000 euros, which could land in Europe less than 20,000 euros. The battle for supremacy on the automotive market has only just started.