European Automotive Industry in the Century of Asia

On the other hand, Europe saw a 21% drop in production compared to 2012 (passenger car production in Germany fell by 35%). In the Americas, passenger car production fell by 53% (57% in the US). Fig. 1.2: Global passenger car production (2022 and 2012, million units; the caption indicates year-on-year change compared to 2012)

Source: OICA; the Americas region includes North, Central and South America; the Asia region includes Oceania and the Middle East 1.1.2 Passenger Car Production by Country China has long dominated passenger car production, with 23.8 million cars produced in 2022. Compared to 2021, the increase in passenger car production amounts to 11%. At the same time, passenger car production in China exceeds the pre-pandemic year of 2019 by 11%. Japan ranks second, with 6.6 million passenger cars produced in 2022, a decrease of 1% compared to 2021 (a 19% decrease compared to 2019). India follows with 4.4 million passenger cars, accounting for a 22% increase compared to 2021. With 1.2 million units, Czechia ranks as the world’s ninth-largest producer of passenger cars. Even though the production increased by 10% compared to 2021, it is still down 15% compared to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic year of 2019. In terms of the production of passenger cars in these countries per capita, Slovakia ranks first with 177 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. In China, the world’s largest producer of passenger cars by volume, it equals to 17 per 1,000 inhabitants; 53 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Japan; and only three passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in India. Czechia is the second largest producer, with 116 cars per 1,000 inhabitants.

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