Electronics Weekly
Last year it was calculated by Rhodium Group, that Chinese carmakers had foreign plants capable of producing around 1.7 million vehicles a year and had plans to double that.
BYD, the biggest of them, is building a $1 billion factory in Turkey to come on-stream next year which should give it tariff-free access to Turkish and EU markets, reports the Nikkei. It already has production facilities in Thailand and Uzbekistan, is adding plants in Hungary, Indonesia and Brazil and planning to move into Mexico and India. Last week it started constructing an assembly plant in Cambodia with production targeted for this year.
Geely has assembly facilities in Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam and Giza, Egypt.
SAIC has plants in Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, and India and regional hubs in Egypt, Morocco and South Africa and is looking for a site in Europe.
Chery Auto opened a jv plant in Barcelona in December, assembles cars in Russia and plans to set up production in Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia
Changan is building a factory in Thailand and aiming to expand into Asia and Europe.
Great Wall Motor has a factory in Thailand
Dongfeng is negotiating with Italy for a factory to expand EV exports in Europe.
FAW is producing vehicles in Egypt.
See also: The China Gambit
