In 2023 Nissan sold 343,891 vehicles in Europe, a 20.1% increase over its sales there in 2022, according to Inovev.

In 2023 Chinese brands sold 353,276 vehicles—“mainly based on BEVs”—in Europe, more than double their sales there in 2022.

Nissan, which has been around in the European market for a while (and had been affiliated with Renault until last year), is already surpassed by a phalanx of Chinese OEMs. (Yes, this is one company vs. several, but looked at from the point of view of sheet metal moved, it is still worth pondering.)

Maybe if you’re Stellantis or Renault or Volkswagen this isn’t a particularly fun fact.

And maybe this will portend things happening at some point in the U.S., as well.