text: [{"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "There is no reason to hinder the progress of Chinese carmakers in Europe, however there is a need for a definitive industrial strategy to allow established automakers on the continent to compete with them, Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo said at the Munich motor show, Autocar reported."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "\u201cThe only thing we can do is to accept that, to actually look at them and be humble, but not playing the victim,\u201d de Meo told the magazine. The CEO rejected suggestions that Europe should adopt policies such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) used in the United States, saying that the rapid growth of new players in a market doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that they would dominate the market, the report wrote."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "\u201cWhen the Japanese and the Koreans came to Europe, it was the same thing. They can play the game,\u201d de Meo said, adding that the total of all non-European brands in Europe make up 25%, and not the vast majority."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "\u201cWe also have to recognise that globally we\u2019re in the kind of race that\u2019s a form of asymmetrical competition. America is playing the protectionist game with IRA and we\u2019re facing on the other side a Chinese ecosystem that\u2019s supported heavily by authority, by clear industrial policy, including subsidies on manufacturing, giving money for investment,\u201d de Meo said."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "Chinese automaker BYD plans to open two EV production plants in Europe, according to a report late last year. This will enable BYD to not just meet growing demand for its products, but to also bypass tariffs imposed by the European Union upon products from China, according to the Bloomberg report at the time."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "\u201cThe thing that isn\u2019t in the habits or the rules of the European community [is manufacturing support]. We tend to finance innovation projects but not manufacturing, so you get the money to develop a platform but not to put the platform on the line,\u201d he continued, adding that the current system of subsidies in the region only supports research and development, but not manufacturing development."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "European manufacturers \u201cwant to be listened to\u201d by the European Commission, the Renault Group CEO said, and suggested that imposing carbon-reducing regulations upon carmakers are not a suitable substitute for structured support."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "The CEO said that car companies in Europe must demonstrate that they can achieve the collective decarbonisation goals in their own way, suggesting that simply mandating the end of sales of combustion-engined vehicles does not make a comprehensive decarbonisation strategy, Autocar wrote."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Looking to sell your car? Sell it with myTukar."}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "Chinese #MeToo, labour activists indicted for subversion"}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Taliban appoints Chinese envoy in first since takeover"}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Xpeng G6 to be brand\u2019s first right-hand drive model \u2013 SUV with up to 755 km EV range coming to UK in 2024"}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "TV Pertiwi chief files report about website block"}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "BYD produces five millionth new energy vehicle, a Denza N7; pays tribute to Chinese automakers in film"}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Zainariah Johari CEO baharu MyCreative"}]