‘Made in EU’: How Europe plans to use China’s tech to pull level with its EV rival by 2028

‘Made in EU’: How Europe plans to use China’s tech to pull level with its EV rival by 2028New regulations will help EU produce electric vehicles at a price point to match China, but European job losses would be among trade-offs5-MIN READ5-MIN4ListenPublished: 6:00am, 18 Jul 2026Updated: 6:18am, 18 Jul 2026European policymakers have watched Chinese carmakers roll in like a slow but unstoppable tide over the past few years: affordable, polished and threatening one of the continent’s proudest industrial legacies. Many have warned about the dismantling of their automotive prides following the new China shock.A crown jewel of Europe’s industrial output, the automotive sector represents directly and indirectly a total of more than 13 million jobs in the EU.It was no accident that electric vehicles became the first major flashpoint that rocked the trade boat between Beijing and Brussels: the EU slapped tariffs on Chinese-made EVs last year, so China hit back at European cognac, pork and dairy.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x