MG, Omoda and BYD close a spectacular 2025 and are among the best sellers

It was the last days of March 2023 when we traveled to the north of Madrid to attend the BYD launch. “Europe has had its eyes closed for a long time”they told us from the company. That felt like the arrival of the first Chinese brand to our country, the one that came to confront Tesla in the electric car. At that time, MG was already selling thousands of units in our country and there were minority alternatives but the arrival of a manufacturer that was approaching two million cars sold It was already more serious. Months later Chery would arrivewith Omoda and Jaecoo, but also Ebrounder the arm. Along the way, other minority brands such as Lynk&Co or Xpeng have also been bringing new models to the market. But the bulk of Chinese sales and impact in our country is concentrated in the three companies we have listed. MG is completely established in our country, BYD has completed its second full year (with a change of direction included) and Omoda, Jaecoo and Ebro have now established their offer. And the result has been very good for them. More models and more sales If the year of Chinese brands in Spain has been characterized by something, it is because have put more points of sale on the streetmore cars in those points of sale and, above all, more cars in the garages of your potential customers. At the end of 2025, in Spain the main Chinese brands have obtained the following results: MG: 45,163 units (growth of 46.78%) BYD: 25,556 units (growth of 373.87%) Omoda: 13,963 units (growth of 79.33%) Jaecoo: 9,728 units (growth of 785.17%) Ebro: 12,459 units (growth of 44396.43%, they only had one car available at the end of 2024) Are very striking data due to several factors: MG sold more cars in Spain than Citroën (34,286 units), with which it competes on price. And it sold more cars than classics like Ford (29,065 units), Nissan (34,711 units), Opel (26,549) or Skoda (42,387 units). BYD only sells plug-in hybrid and electric cars so its potential customer market is much smaller Omoda, Jaecoo and Ebro are three brands of the Chery Group but each of them competes with three or four cars that, in addition, can be stepped on in price but not in positioning. If the sales of the Chery Group are added, they exceed 35,000 units. Brand by brand If we focus on the approach of each of these companies, we must take into account that MG already has a wide range of vehicles but is managing to attract customers in one of the most complicated markets: that of the cheapest cars on the market. Almost half of the sales of the best positioned one are accumulated by the MG ZS, one of the most affordable options on the market that for just over 20,000 euros delivers the ECO sticker so sought after in a Spain with growing low-emission zones. This has been the first year with its hybrid version working at full capacity and that has been noticed. The same has happened with the MG3which accumulates more than 9,000 units and is its second best-selling car. He good result The MG ZS among hybrids can be seen on the list of best sellers. And, of the non-plug-in hybrids, the Chinese SUV is in seventh position, surpassed by a Peugeot 2008 that has accumulated just five more registrations and in a field where Toyota clearly dominates (three of the four best-selling cars in this segment are its). MG’s third big best-seller is a good example of where the strength of Chinese brands lies. The MG EHS is a plug-in hybrid that, again, conquers by price. It has managed to become the second best-selling plug-in hybrid of the year, surpassing a Toyota C-HR that could be the great favorite. But no one is offering as much size and equipment at a lower price among plug-ins than the Chinese brands. That’s why the BYD Seal U has been the best-selling plug-in hybrid. As we said in our testcosts the same as the Toyota C-HR powered by this technology but for a family it can be much more interesting. The BYD SUV is not the only Chinese one that sneaks into the plug-in hybrid. The Jaecoo 7 also has its market share, a model that has also focused on offering extensive equipment at a reasonable price, which has allowed it to position itself as the sixth best-selling vehicle of this type in our country. The appearance of all of them and the Omoda 9 and the Ebro S700 among the best sellers of December, it gives us a preview of 2026 where everything indicates that The plug-in hybrid is the other great asset of Chinese models for next year (after the entry range). In that low range, the Chery group has already begun to make room for itself with the Omoda 5 but hopes to hit the table with its hybrid version. The car not only has an ECO label, The SHS-H version is a hybrid with all the letters and a particular touch. Attractive price, a design that is being liked and extensive equipment are its great assets for next year. And if we look at BYD, the result can also be underlined as excellent. Surviving with electric cars exclusively was becoming difficult to grow quickly and they have put all their efforts into action. They tested the BYD Seal U DM-i and found that they have a gap among plug-in hybrids. Maybe your Signal 6 DM-ias a family sedan, has it more complicated but the BYD Atto 2 DM-i It is priced to be the most attractive option on the market right now. Despite everything, the company is the first of the mortals after Tesla. Elon Musk’s people continue to dominate the electric market in our country with an iron fist, where the autonomy/price ratio continues to outweigh the rest of the values. Of course, the … Read more

dismiss sellers to hire other expert sellers in AI

In July, Microsoft proved to have radically changed strategy as its investment in AI. The Batacazo were The 9,000 layoffs that affected several of their departments, but there was also a change of sight: their approach to corporate sales. After having fired thousands of commercials traditional, the firm opted for replace them with solution engineers Specialized in artificial intelligence. A transformation that seems to be marking trend in the technological sector and that responds to the new demands of the business market. A change in the sales model. Microsoft’s strategy is to eliminate the figure of the general seller, that profile focused on commercial relationships but with limited technical knowledge. Instead, the company is committed to professionals who can make technical demonstrations from the first contact with the client. Judson Althoff, commercial director of Microsoft, It has reorganized completely its division with the aim of turning the company into “the firm of the avant -garde”. Why Microsoft makes this decision. According to Business Insider sources Near to the company, some business clients transferred their frustration to Microsoft for having to go through several vendors before reaching the technical aspects of the product. “The client wants Microsoft to present their people technically,” according to internal sources of the company. Artificial intelligence has raised expectations, as there are more and more companies that prefer to have first hand a deep understanding of the product from the first meeting, not superficial commercial talks. The competition presses. Microsoft faces a fierce battle with OpenAi and Google for the business market. Although it has the advantage that many large companies already use their tools, Your employees prefer chatgpt for being better known. This competitive pressure has accelerated the reorganization of the six areas of previous solutions in only three: business solutions, Cloud and IA platforms, and security. The domino effect on the sector. Microsoft’s strategy is not an isolated case. Salesforce has already applied a similar approachreducing your support staff from 9,000 to 5,000 employees thanks to AI agents. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, explained that “I managed to rebalance the number of support personnel because I need less.” This restructuring has allowed it to redirect resources towards R&D departments and more specialized sales. Eliminating layers. What is really happening is a redefinition of commercial value in the AI ​​era. Sector investors and analysts interpret These movements as a sign of technological maturity. And it is that companies such as Microsoft are showing that sales teams that do not understand the complexity of their products can no longer allow. Jason Lemkin, Specialized Software Startup Investor, esteem that “between 30% and 40% of sales representatives of one or two calls will be replaced by AI”. Cover image | Simon Ray In Xataka | “I’m afraid we’re going to be more busy”: Jensen Huang Discrepa from Musk and sees at AF a deep labor transformation

China has found a solution to tariffs for Amazon sellers in the US. The problem is that it is illegal

The commercial war between the United States and China can shoot so many prices That the list is, a priori, endless. However, this 145% tariff figure imposed by the Trump administration (later Replicated by Beijing), it affects more products than others, and within that giant on online purchases called Amazon, the problem is much more fat for some vendors than for others. In China they have found a solution, although it does not seem legal. Fraud hidden behind shipments. I told it exclusively Fortune weekend. The rates imposed by the Trump administration of Chinese imports, which have reached such high levels Like that 145% We were talking about, not only have they destabilized great American retailers and sellers In Amazon, but they have also put in check the Chinese manufacturers and distributors who feed those supply chains. In response to this increasingly hostile commercial environment, several Chinese suppliers have begun to offer their US clients a “solution” as simple as illegal: falsify the declared value of imported products to reduce tariff load. It is, without any type of rodeos, a type of customs fraud. Illicit offers in digital tray. The medium lo He explained with examples. In messages sent by email and through the Wechat platform (then obtained by Fortune) at least half a dozen Chinese suppliers explicitly proposed to an American brand of domestic goods with a wide presence on Amazon that Subdeclara The value of its imports. “Many companies in the United States use invoices with minor values ​​to facilitate customs office and reduce rates,” wrote one of them. Another was still More direct: “We can modify the declared value in commercial invoices to help with tariff costs.” These proposals apparently have been frequent and formulated with total normality, as if they were part of the usual treatment. In some cases, suppliers added the option to use the shipping method Delivery Duty Paid (DDP), where the supplier assumes customs management and is responsible for manipulating the declared value of the shipment, thus creating a kind of deliberate barrier between the American seller and customs. Everything, of course, with the aim of relieving the tax burden, but assuming significant legal risks. A mined land for small importers. According to the medium, the founder of the American company involved (which anonymity requested so as not to compromise its usual suppliers) expressed concern that many small companies They can fall In these traps without fully understanding the legal consequences. Such and As he saidone of its suppliers said that this tactic is already common among competitors based on China. It is precisely this type of practices that, according to him, distorts the playing field: Chinese vendors who falsify the value of their shipments not only avoid high tariffs, but also obtain a direct competitive advantage over US vendors who follow the rules. From suspicion to confirmation. Apparently, suspicions about this type of practices are not new. Many American sellers have been complaining that their rivals in China could be Systematically subdeclating The values ​​of your products. Be that as it may, last week the issue exploded within the Amazon sellers community after a Chinese consultant published An entrance to LinkedIn stating that “the declared value of a typical container from China to the United States usually ranges between 5,000 and 10,000 dollars”, a figure that US vendors consider ridiculously low, especially in categories such as “home and garden”, where products such as furniture significantly raise real value. Play within legality. Options under the legal framework? Fortune said that in the face of pressure, some Chinese suppliers have begun to Offer small discounts in wholesale prices as a palliative measure, but that barely touch the surface of the problem. Others mention the possibility of Move production To other countries with lower tariffs, although they recognize that this alternative can only materialize over time. Meanwhile, illegal offers seem to continue on the table. The combination of punitive rates, unfair competition and lack of effective customs supervision has created a scenario where the incentive to the trap overcomes The will to respect the norms. A fraud without punishment. It is the last of the aid legs to explain this type of movements. Impunity seems to be a central ingredient of the crisis. Several American businessmen expressed to Fortune his frustration for the absence of consequences for those who commit customs fraud from China. The control mechanisms do not seem to be prepared to respond with the necessary forcefulness, and each container that enters undervalued represents not only a loss of fiscal income, but also a direct affront to the principle of loyal competition. In other words: the system, as it is, does not seem to punish the cheater. And as long as that does not change, the temptation to cross the line will remain there, in this case, disguised as a simple commercial proposal in an entrance tray. 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