Overview
- SMMT data show China-made models accounted for 27.9% of UK EV sales and 13.5% of all cars in 2025, with EVs reaching 23.4% of registrations for the year and 32.3% in December.
- UK new-car registrations rebounded to about 2.02 million in 2025, and Chinese brands together held roughly 9.7% market share as the UK’s lack of extra tariffs on China-built EVs aided growth.
- Automakers spent about £5.5 billion on incentives to approach the 28% zero‑emission sales quota, with potential penalties of up to £12,000 per non‑compliant vehicle, according to SMMT.
- CPCA reports China supplied roughly 68% of global NEV incremental growth in 2025 and held a 68.4% share of world NEV passenger-car sales.
- XPeng recorded 429,445 deliveries in 2025, up 126%, and targets a March 2026 start for OTA deployment of its second‑generation VLA toward near‑L4 capabilities, as Bosch projects only about 30% BEV share in North America by 2035.