Europe faces up to China’s EV dominance as carbon-zero targets loom

PARIS/LONDON/FRANKFURT — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris on Sunday for the first leg of a continental tour aimed at easing trade tensions with an increasingly wary Europe.

Accompanied by a business delegation top heavy with the electric vehicle industry — Envision Group, SAIC Motor and Xpeng Motors were just a few brand names — it was as much a shopping trip for China as a speed-dating opportunity for European auto companies.