FRANKFURT, Germany -- 2024 could go down as a symbolic year for the birthplace of the automobile as Chinese electric-vehicle makers' first big car ships arrive in Europe.
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New BYD cars wait to be loaded onto the BYD Explorer No. 1 for its maiden voyage in Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province, on Jan. 10. (FeatureChina via AP)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- 2024 could go down as a symbolic year for the birthplace of the automobile as Chinese electric-vehicle makers' first big car ships arrive in Europe.