Chinese automakers are seemingly gaining ground in the United Kingdom as American automakers including EV giant Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) falters.
What Happened: As per data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), 1,611 vehicles from Chinese EV maker BYD Co Ltd. (OTC:BYDDY) (OTC:BYDDF) were registered in the U.K. this year as of the end of April, marking a near 2,500% jump from last year.
SAIC Motor-owned MG saw registrations jump nearly 11% to 28,509 units while Great Wall Motor's Ora brand witnessed a near 127% jump in registrations to 510 units.
U.S. automakers Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) and Tesla, however, are not faring well in the country. Tesla registrations slumped 13.5% to 13,120 units while Ford registrations fell 13% to 40,719 units
Ford was also the only auto manufacturer to see new vehicle registrations in Europe slump last month.
The increased competition among EV brands in the country has also given rise to an intense price war with EV makers including BYD slashing prices to retain market share.
Western nations including the EU and the U.S. are concerned that the low prices on Chinese EVs may harm domestic players.
隨着包括電動汽車巨頭特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）在內的美國汽車製造商步履蹣跚，中國汽車製造商似乎正在英國取得進展。
發生了什麼：根據汽車製造商和貿易商協會（SMMT）的數據，截至4月底，中國電動汽車製造商比亞迪有限公司（場外交易代碼：BYDDY）（場外交易代碼：BYDDF）的1,611輛汽車在英國註冊，比去年增長了近2500％。
上汽集團旗下的MG的註冊量增長了近11％，達到28,509輛，而長城汽車的Ora品牌的註冊量增長了近127％，達到510輛。
美國汽車製造商福特汽車公司但是，（紐約證券交易所代碼：F）和特斯拉在該國的表現並不好。特斯拉的註冊量下降了13.5％，至13,120輛，而福特的註冊量下降了13％，至40,719輛
福特也是唯一一家上個月歐洲新車註冊量下降的汽車製造商。
該國電動汽車品牌之間競爭的加劇也引發了激烈的價格戰，包括比亞迪在內的電動汽車製造商削減了價格以保持市場份額。
包括歐盟和美國在內的西方國家擔心中國電動汽車的低價可能會傷害國內參與者。
