Its first car for the UK will be a Renault 5 rival that’s priced from as little as £16,000 in China.

The supermini will almost definitely cost more here but could still be one of the cheapest electric cars on the market.

Technical specifications (and therefore power and range) are still to be confirmed, but it’s thought the brand may use Nio’s swappable battery packs.

GAC

Nationality Chinese

Parent company Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group

GAC is perhaps one of the largest car makers you’ve never heard of.

It’s a joint-venture partner of Honda and Toyota owned by the Chinese state, and it’s coming to the UK “very soon” according to COO Thomas Schemera.

The first cars coming to the UK will be the I’m going to ut (pictured), a hatchback billed as China’s Mini but which is in fact Volkswagen ID 3 sized, and the Aion V crossover, a Model Y rival.

Mobilize

Nationality French

Parent company Renault Group

Renault’s new urban mobility brand is entering the ‘sub-A-segment’  to take on the likes of the Citroën am and Micro Microlino electric quadricycles.

The Mobilize Duo (pictured) is very Twizy-like; it would be fair to describe it as the little Renault’s spiritual successor.

Mind you, it has airbags and the big-battery version is apparently good for 100 miles.

A van version, called the Bento, trades the single rear seat for more boot space.

Onvo

Nationality Chinese