{"id":13176,"date":"2025-09-08T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/miljan-premovic-writes-for-forbes-about-the-european-auto-industry-and-chinese-cars\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:12:38","slug":"miljan-premovic-writes-for-forbes-about-the-european-auto-industry-and-chinese-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/miljan-premovic-writes-for-forbes-about-the-european-auto-industry-and-chinese-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Miljan Premovi\u0107 writes for Forbes about the European auto industry and Chinese cars."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\ud83d\ude97 <strong>The European auto industry is losing the market it created itself<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc9 For decades, European car manufacturers have invested in the Chinese market, transferring knowledge, technology, and production standards. Today, those same Chinese brands \u2014 BYD, MG, Geely \u2014 are using that knowledge to conquer the European market, offering more for less.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Instead of focusing on innovation, European manufacturers are trying to monetize basic functions. BMW has tried charging for heated seats through a subscription, while Volkswagen offers a surcharge for additional horsepower that is already physically present in the vehicle. Such practices not only irritate customers, but also demonstrate the strategic disorientation of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 China&#8217;s growth is not a miracle \u2014 it is the result of European inattention.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Read the full analysis on Forbes<\/strong> : https:\/\/forbes.n1info.rs\/biznis\/auto-industrija-gori-a-evropski-proizvodjaci-se-cesljaju<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13130 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-09-02T132618Z_1928179314_RC2BW7A27EGJ_RTRMADP_3_VOLKSWAGEN-GERMANY-1725295734.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-09-02T132618Z_1928179314_RC2BW7A27EGJ_RTRMADP_3_VOLKSWAGEN-GERMANY-1725295734.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-09-02T132618Z_1928179314_RC2BW7A27EGJ_RTRMADP_3_VOLKSWAGEN-GERMANY-1725295734-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-09-02T132618Z_1928179314_RC2BW7A27EGJ_RTRMADP_3_VOLKSWAGEN-GERMANY-1725295734-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-09-02T132618Z_1928179314_RC2BW7A27EGJ_RTRMADP_3_VOLKSWAGEN-GERMANY-1725295734-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-09-02T132618Z_1928179314_RC2BW7A27EGJ_RTRMADP_3_VOLKSWAGEN-GERMANY-1725295734-320x320.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-09-02T132618Z_1928179314_RC2BW7A27EGJ_RTRMADP_3_VOLKSWAGEN-GERMANY-1725295734-900x900.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude97 The European auto industry is losing the market it created itself \ud83d\udcc9 For decades, European car manufacturers have invested in the Chinese market, transferring knowledge, technology, and production standards. Today, those same Chinese brands \u2014 BYD, MG, Geely \u2014 are using that knowledge to conquer the European market, offering more for less. \ud83d\udca1 Instead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-news-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}