China’s domestic electric vehicle (EV) sales have maintained a penetration rate of over 50% for four consecutive months, reflecting strong growth in the domestic market, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) on December 11. However, exports of pure EV have shown worrying signs, with only 58,000 units shipped in November—a month-on-month decrease of 43.8% and a year-over-year decline of approximately 29.2%. The drop is believed to be linked to the European Union’s recently imposed heavy tariffs on Chinese EVs.