Industry insiders say EU tariffs are unlikely to stop the expansion of Chinese EV exports, with carmakers likely to simply pass on higher costs to customers

Plug-in hybrids priced from 79,800 yuan ($11,014) have made up the bulk of BYD's sales in the past three years

Chinese exports of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars to Brazil soared 13-fold year-on-year partly due to a drop in shipments to EU on the back of an ongoing anti-subsidy probe

Europe and the United States are on track to step up levies on imports of Chinese EVs in coming weeks, but those levies could fuel inflation, put climate goals at risk and lead to retaliation from Beijing

The European Commission is expected to impose duties in the 15-30% range when it concludes its Chinese EVs anti-subsidy probe

UK and German counter-espionage chiefs ordered the arrest of six suspects, following swoops by counterparts in the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden

A Chinese industry body chief said Brussels’ investigation was ‘tainted’ and stacked against his country’s automakers

Even China’s vast domestic market can’t soak up the excess capacity of its solar power industry

Xinjiang shipped goods worth $312 million to Europe with lithium-ion batteries among the region's key exports to the bloc

“What we see right now is the unfolding of a slow-motion train accident,” the chief of a European trade lobby in China said