A Renault wallbox charging station is used by a Renault Captur hybrid car at a dealership in Les Sorinieres, near Nantes, France, October 23, 2020.
About 41% of exhibitors at this year's event are headquartered in Asia, with the number of Chinese companies having more than doubled, including players across batteries and EV production such as BYD, CATL and XPeng.
"Europe needs to stop being naive from a macroeconomic point of view in the face of China," Gilles Le Borgne, Renault's (RENA.PA) engineering head, told journalists on Sunday, pointing to the country's control of the full battery supply chain.
Chinese and German players, including top German carmakers and suppliers and China's LeapMotors and Horizon Robotics, will also speak at a Chinese EV conference set for Wednesday and Thursday for the first time outside China as part of the IAA.
($1=0.9273 euros)Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, Gilles Gillaume and Christina Amann; Editing by Friederike Heine and Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Stephane Mahe, Gilles Le Borgne, Fabian Brandt, Oliver Wyman, Victoria Waldersee, Gilles Gillaume, Christina Amann, Friederike Heine, Clarence Fernandez
Organizations:
Renault, REUTERS, Rights, Horizon Robotics, EV, IAA, Mercedes, Benz, BMW, Klasse, Volkswagen, Thomson
Locations:
Les Sorinieres, Nantes, France, Asia, Europe, China