From Zero to Hero? Chinese Investment in Electric Vehicle Supply Chains in the Visegrád Four

Author: Ágnes Szunomár

Citation: Ágnes Szunomár, From Zero to Hero? Chinese Investment in Electric Vehicle Supply Chains in the Visegrád Four. Prague, Czech Republic: Association for International Affairs (AMO), 2024

Abstract

China has not only gained a foothold in the electric vehicle industry but has become one of the most important players globally. Accordingly, it wants to penetrate global markets, including the European one, with its own EVs, and also be close to other EV manufacturers to supply them with EV components, including batteries, via its own companies.

This paper analyzes the recent trend of Chinese investments in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chains in the Visegrád Four (V4) countries of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.