Buenos AiresChinese brands now supply 88.4% of Argentina’s electric cars.
Chinese registrations rose fivefold to 39,954 in nine months, the Argentine dealers’ association said.
President Javier Milei’s January 2025 decree cut duties on hybrids and electric cars from 35% to zero, within a 50,000-unit quota.
Local manufacturers warn of threats to domestic plants and jobs as the trend accelerates.
How each outlet framed it
- Latin America Reports
- quantifies the shift: 39,954 Chinese-made vehicles registered Jan–Sep 2026, a fivefold jump, and frames it as an import wave rather than domestic production
Sources: Latin America Reports