Four reasons for China's lead in the automotive industry

On May 6, 2025, Berlin was all about the transformation of the automotive industry. Or at least part of it. At the Automotive Masterminds event, Dr. Heiko Rauscher, Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, spoke about a development that seemed unthinkable just a few years ago: the dominance of Chinese car manufacturers in their own market – and increasingly beyond. Rauscher began by emphasizing that such a presentation would not have been pos…