{"id":151640,"date":"2026-05-22T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151640"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:19:33","slug":"kytajski-avtovyrobnyky-osvoyuyut-zombi-zavody-v-yevropi","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/kytajski-avtovyrobnyky-osvoyuyut-zombi-zavody-v-yevropi\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Automakers Are Taking Over \u201cZombie Factories\u201d in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"107\" data-end=\"357\">Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are actively expanding their global presence by launching a new wave of agreements to use production facilities belonging to Western automotive groups. This was reported by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">UkrAutoProm<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"539\">The focus is on so-called \u201czombie production lines\u201d \u2014 factories or individual assembly lines that were previously owned or used by Western brands but are now underutilized or idle.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"750\">For example, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Stellantis<\/span><\/span> plans to make factories in Spain and France available to its Chinese partners <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Leapmotor<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dongfeng<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"916\">Meanwhile, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Geely<\/span><\/span> is expected to take control of an unused production line at a <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ford<\/span><\/span> plant in Spain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"1081\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">BYD<\/span><\/span> has already acquired a former Ford factory in Brazil and is considering opening additional plants in Latin America or Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1229\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Xpeng<\/span><\/span> is discussing potential factory arrangements with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Volkswagen<\/span><\/span> and other companies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1231\" data-end=\"1473\">According to UkrAutoProm, this trend highlights both the strong position of Chinese manufacturers in the transition to electric vehicles and the weakness of traditional automakers, which are facing the challenge of excess production capacity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1475\" data-end=\"1641\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">According to estimates by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">UBS<\/span><\/span>, Chinese automakers could increase their share of the global market from 25% in 2025 to 35% by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151641,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151640","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151640"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151640"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}