Xiaomi to start selling EVs in Europe from 2027

Chinese tech firm Xiaomi announced at a trade show in Berlin it will start selling electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe next year, reports the South China Morning Post. The move sees the company added to the growing list of Chinese carmakers expanding into the European market despite EU tariffs on China-made EVs and growing wariness across the bloc.

Xiaomi Auto, the group’s EV arm, said it would enter several European markets including Germany, where it had signed agreements with eight car dealer groups to build a sales and service network ahead of the launch.

The immediate obstacle would be Brussels’ countervailing duties on Chinese EVs. Since Xiaomi did not participate in an EU anti-subsidy investigation launched in 2023–it only launched its first EV in China in March 2024–it is likely to be hit with the highest duty of 35.3% on the cars it exports to the EU, on top of the standard 10% import duty.