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Every car maker selling cars in the EU needs to comply with EU laws.

That's why Europe is mercifully free of Cybertrucks: they can't legally operate on roads within the EU, because they don't meet the safety requirements (one of your "little things").

There are some cybertrucks in EU, registered using loopholes like T3b title meant for farming equipment, quads etc

Don't Chinese makers need to conform to the same EU laws when selling cars in the EU? That's how it works in the US.

They only had to comply with EU laws when they were already a big player in China. EU manufacturers need their new vehicles to be compliant on day one. That is, if they want to launch in the EU market first. Audi recently launched a China-only car (AUDI E5 Sportback).

Exactly the same rules for BYD, Tesla etc (maybe with the exception of second hand private import)

BYD selling to Europe would also need to conform to these

> every little thing

ie, killing people and polluting the planet, mostly.