As China's auto exports charge toward the 10-million-vehicle mark, building a trustworthy overseas service system has become the central challenge of the next phase, the Securities Times reported on November 4. Data shows January-September vehicle exports reached 8.205 million units, up 65.8% and already above last year's full-year total of 7.098 million; new-energy vehicle exports hit 4.006 million, up 127.9%, with NEV share of total exports above 50% for four straight months.
Market structure kept improving: research firm Dataforce said Chinese-brand registrations in Europe rose nearly 100% in the third quarter to a 12.7% share, surpassing the Japanese brands' 11.9% for a full quarter. Several institutions project 2026 full-year exports will break 10 million, a fresh record.
Yet structural pressure is emerging. Zhang Yanhua, head of the China Automotive Maintenance and Repair Association, noted that overseas after-sales capacity is growing slower than sales volume, and service-network building is still at an early stage; as overseas fleet size accumulates quickly, after-sales stress will concentrate over the next two to three years. The core contest has shifted from product performance to building a globally perceivable, trustworthy service and support system.
Source: Securities Times
