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Room for foreign automakers in Chinese market, BMW chairman says

By Thomson Reuters Jun 18, 2026 | 7:36 AM

PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) – There is room for automakers ​aside from ‌Chinese ones in the Chinese car market, as it is ‌by ​far the ⁠world’s largest, BMW ⁠supervisory board chairman Nicolas Peter said on Thursday.

Peter added ​that BMW remains quite confident ⁠in the ⁠U.S. market, ​which is stable and ​important, but that it ‌is selling less in Europe than it is ⁠manufacturing, despite its local strategy.

The European auto market ⁠could ‌be up ⁠to 60% ​electric ‌on average by ​2035, he ⁠also said.

(Reporting by Gilles Guillaume; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Dominique ​Patton)