Made in China and Chinese brands are expanding their influence in the Korean automobile market at an accelerated pace. Yonhap reported on the 4th that over 1/3 of the electric cars sold in South Korea in the first half of the year were made in China. At the same time, the share of Chinese cars in the Korean imported car market surpassed Germany for the first time, becoming the largest source of imported cars from South Korea. According to the “Analysis Report on the Status of New Domestic Vehicle Registrations for the First Half of 2026” released by the Korea Automobile Mobile Industry Association, from January to June of this year, 69,500 new Chinese-made electric vehicles were registered in Korea, a sharp increase of 178.7% over the previous year, and the share of the total number of newly registered electric vehicles rose to 35% from 26.8% in the same period last year. This means that for every 3 electric vehicles sold in Korea in the first half of the year, more than 1 was manufactured in a Chinese factory.

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