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VW-Traton also fears Chinese competition in commercial vehicles

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Published: April 5th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Also gaining ground in Europe: The Chinese electric truck Foton T5 at the presentation at the Riga Motor Show.

The head of Volkswagen’s truck holding company Traton (MAN, Scania) sees tough competition for commercial vehicles in Europe coming from the People’s Republic. Chinese electric bus providers have positioned themselves well in a very short time, mainly thanks to their access to very good battery technology, Christian Levin told the Bloomberg news agency: „If you extrapolate that and look at trucks, you can imagine a similar development.“

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