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An automotive assembly line at Opel Manufacturing Poland in 2015
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SEAT, Škoda, and Volkswagen cars being transported by train in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic in 2014

The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, selling, repairing, and modification of motor vehicles.<ref name=":0">Template:Britannica</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is one of the world's largest industries by revenue (from 16% such as in France up to 40% in countries such as Slovakia).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Failed verification

The word automotive comes from the Greek autos (self), and Latin motivus (of motion), referring to any form of self-powered vehicle. This term, as proposed by Elmer Sperry<ref name="STS of US">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Qn (1860–1930), first came into use to describe automobiles in 1898.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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The Thomas B. Jeffery Company automobile factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin around 1916
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Fiat 1800 and 2100 sedans being assembled at a Fiat factory in 1961

The automotive industry began in the 1860s with hundreds of manufacturers pioneering the horseless carriage. Early car manufacturing involved manual assembly by a human worker. The process evolved from engineers working on a stationary car to a conveyor belt system where the car passed through multiple stations of more specialized engineers. In the 1960s, robotic equipment was introduced, and most cars are now mainly assembled by automated machinery.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

For many decades, the United States led the world in total automobile production, with the U.S. Big Three General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler being the world's three largest auto manufacturers for a time, and G.M. and Ford remaining the two largest until the mid-2000s. In 1929, before the Great Depression, the world had 32,028,500 automobiles in use, of which the U.S. automobile enterprises produced more than 90%. At that time, the U.S. had one car per 4.87 persons.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> After 1945, the U.S. produced around three-quarters of the world's auto production. In 1980, the U.S. was overtaken by Japan and then became a world leader again in 1994. Japan narrowly passed the U.S. in production during 2006 and 2007, and in 2008 also China, which in 2009 took the top spot (from Japan) with 13.8 million units, although the U.S. surpassed Japan in 2011, to become the second-largest automobile industry. In 2024, China produced more than 31 million vehicles in a year, after breaking 30 million in 2023, reaching 29 million for the first time in 2017 and 28 million the year before. In 2024, China produced the most passenger cars in the world, with Japan, India, Germany, and South Korea trailing. This was achieved by Chinese car companies signing joint ventures with foreign manufacturers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> From 1970 (140 models) to 1998 (260 models) to 2012 (684 models), the number of automobile models in the U.S. has grown exponentially.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Safety

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A 2010 Hyundai Tucson used for a crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Safety is a state that implies being protected from any risk, danger, damage, or cause of injury. In the automotive industry, safety means that users, operators, or manufacturers do not face any risk or danger coming from the motor vehicle or its spare parts. Safety for the automobiles themselves implies that there is no risk of damage.

Safety in the automotive industry is particularly important and therefore highly regulated. Automobiles and other motor vehicles have to comply with a certain number of regulations, whether local or international, in order to be accepted on the market. The standard ISO 26262, is considered one of the best practice frameworks for achieving automotive functional safety.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In case of safety issues, danger, product defect,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> or faulty procedure during the manufacturing of the motor vehicle, the maker can request to return either a batch or the entire production run. This procedure is called product recall. Product recalls happen in every industry and can be production-related or stem from raw materials.

Product and operation tests and inspections at different stages of the value chain are made to avoid these product recalls by ensuring end-user security and safety and compliance with the automotive industry requirements. However, the automotive industry is still particularly concerned about product recalls, which cause considerable financial consequences.

Economy

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An advertisement for the Pontiac 6, Template:Circa

In 2007, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road, consuming over Template:Convert of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The automobile is a primary mode of transportation for many developed economies. The Detroit branch of Boston Consulting Group predicted that, by 2014, one-third of world demand would be in the four BRIC markets (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Meanwhile, in developed countries, the automotive industry has slowed.<ref name="twnside1">Template:Cite web</ref> It is also expected that this trend will continue, especially as the younger generations of people (in highly urbanized countries) no longer want to own a car, and prefer other modes of transport.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Other potentially powerful automotive markets are Iran and Indonesia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Emerging automobile markets already buy more cars than established markets.

According to a J.D. Power study, emerging markets accounted for 51 percent of the global light-vehicle sales in 2010. The study, performed in 2010 expected this trend to accelerate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, more recent reports (2012) confirmed the opposite; namely that the automotive industry was slowing down even in BRIC countries.<ref name="twnside1"/> In the United States, vehicle sales peaked in 2000, at 17.8 million units.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In July 2021, the European Commission released its "Fit for 55" legislation package,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which contains important guidelines for the future of the automotive industry; all new cars on the European market must be zero-emission vehicles from 2035.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The governments of 24 developed countries and a group of major car manufacturers including GM, Ford, Volvo, BYD Auto, Jaguar Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz committed to "work towards all sales of new cars and vans being zero emission globally by 2040, and by no later than 2035 in leading markets".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Major car manufacturing nations like the United States, Germany, China, Japan and South Korea, as well as Volkswagen, Toyota, Peugeot, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai, did not pledge.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Environmental impacts

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Trucks' share of US vehicles produced, has tripled since 1975. Though vehicle fuel efficiency has increased within each category, the overall trend toward less efficient types of vehicles has offset some of the benefits of greater fuel economy and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.<ref name=EPA_AutomotiveTrends_202212>Template:Cite web</ref> Without the shift towards SUVs, energy use per unit distance could have fallen 30% more than it did from 2010 to 2022.<ref name=GlobalFuelEfficInit_202311>Template:Cite web</ref>

The global automotive industry is a major consumer of water. Some estimates surpass Template:Cvt of water per car manufactured, depending on whether tyre production is included. Production processes that use a significant volume of water include surface treatment, painting, coating, washing, cooling, air-conditioning, and boilers, not counting component manufacturing. Paintshop operations consume especially large amounts of water because equipment running on water-based products must also be cleaned with water.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2022, Tesla's Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg ran into legal challenges due to droughts and falling groundwater levels in the region. Brandenburg's Economy Minister Joerg Steinbach said that while water supply was sufficient during the first stage, more would be needed once Tesla expands the site. The factory would nearly double the water consumption in the Gruenheide area, with 1.4 million cubic meters being contracted from local authorities per year — enough for a city of around 40,000 people. Steinbach said that the authorities would like to drill for more water there and outsource any additional supply if necessary.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

World motor vehicle production

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World motor production (1997–2016)

By year

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Year Production Change Template:Refh
1997 54,434,000 <ref name= "OICA9798">Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 52,987,000 Template:Decrease 2.7% <ref name= "OICA9798"/>
1999 56,258,892 Template:Increase 6.2% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 58,374,162 Template:Increase 3.8% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 56,304,925 Template:Decrease 3.5% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 58,994,318 Template:Increase 4.8% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 60,663,225 Template:Increase 2.8% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 64,496,220 Template:Increase 6.3% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 66,482,439 Template:Increase 3.1% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 69,222,975 Template:Increase 4.1% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 73,266,061 Template:Increase 5.8% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 70,520,493 Template:Decrease 3.7% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 61,791,868 Template:Decrease 12.4% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 77,857,705 Template:Increase 26.0% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011 79,989,155 Template:Increase 3.1% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 84,141,209 Template:Increase 5.3% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 87,300,115 Template:Increase 3.7% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 89,747,430 Template:Increase 2.6% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 90,086,346 Template:Increase 0.4% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 94,976,569 Template:Increase 4.5% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017 97,302,534 Template:Increase 2.36% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 95,634,593 Template:Decrease 1.71% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 91,786,861 Template:Decrease 5.2% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 77,621,582 Template:Decrease 16% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 80,145,988 Template:Increase 3.25% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 85,016,728 Template:Increase 6.08% <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Percentage of exported cars by country (2014)Template:Clarify<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Global automobile import and export in 2011

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By country

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The OICA counts over 50 countries that assemble, manufacture, or disseminate automobiles. Of those, only 15 countries (boldfaced in the list below) currently possess the capability to design original production automobiles from the ground up, and 17 countries (listed below) have at least one million produced vehicles a year (as of 2023).<ref name="Australia auto industry 2015 smh.com.au">Template:Cite news</ref>

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Country Produced vehicles 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
China
(plus Taiwan)
30,160,966
(30,446,928)
USA 10,611,555
Japan 8,997,440
India 5,851,507
Republic of Korea 4,243,597
Germany 4,109,371
Mexico 4,002,047
Spain 2,451,221
Brazil 2,324,838
Thailand 1,841,663
Canada 1,553,026
France 1,505,076
Turkey 1,468,393
Czechia 1,404,501
Indonesia 1,395,717
Slovakia 1,080,000
U.K. 1,025,474

By manufacturer

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Top 10 (2016–2020)

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These were the ten largest manufacturers by production volume as of 2017,<ref name=oi15>Template:Cite web</ref> of which the eight largest were in the top 8 positions since Fiat's 2013 acquisition of the Chrysler Corporation (although the PSA Group had been in the top 8 1999 to 2012, and 2007 to 2012 one of the eight largest along with the seven largest as of 2017) and the five largest in the top 5 positions since 2007, according to OICA, which, however, stopped publishing statistics of motor vehicle production by manufacturer after 2017. All ten remained as the ten largest automakers by sales until the merger between Fiat-Chrysler and the PSA Group in early 2021; only Renault was degraded to 11th place, in 2022, when being surpassed by both BMW (which became the 10th largest in 2021) and Chang'an.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

RankTemplate:Efn Group Country Produced
vehicles (2017)<ref name=oi15/>
Sold vehicles
(2018)
Sold vehicles
(2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1 Toyota Japan 10,466,051 10,521,134 10,741,556
2 Volkswagen Group Germany 10,382,334 10,831,232 10,975,352
3 General Motors
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United States 9,027,658
(6,856,880)
8,787,233 7,724,163
4 Hyundai South Korea 7,218,391 7,437,209 7,189,893
5 Ford United States 6,386,818 5,734,217 5,385,972
6 Nissan Japan 5,769,277 5,653,743 5,176,211
7 Honda Japan 5,235,842 5,265,892 5,323,319
8 Fiat-Chrysler
(now part of Stellantis)
Italy /
United States
4,600,847 4,841,366 4,612,673
9 Renault France 4,153,589 3,883,987 3,749,815
10 PSA Group
(now part of Stellantis)
France 3,649,742 4,126,349 3,479,152

Top 20 (2012–2013)

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These were the twenty largest manufacturers by production volume in 2012 and 2013, or the 21 largest in 2011 (before the Fiat-Chrysler merger), of which the fourteen largest as of 2011 were in the top 14 in 2010, 2008 and 2007 (but not 2009, when Changan and Mazda temporarily degraded Chrysler to 16th place). The eighteen largest as of 2013 have remained in the top 20 as of 2017, except Mitsubishi which fell out of top 20 in 2016, while Geely fell out of the top 20 in 2014 and 2015 but re-entered it in 2016.

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vehicles (2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Produced
vehicles (2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1 Toyota Japan 10,324,995 10,104,424 8,050,181
2 General Motors United States 9,628,912 9,285,425 9,031,670
3 Volkswagen Group Germany 9,379,229 9,254,742 8,525,573
4 Hyundai South Korea 7,233,080 7,126,413 6,616,858
5 Ford United States 6,077,126 5,595,483 5,516,931
6 Nissan Japan 4,950,924 4,889,379 4,631,673
7 Fiat / FCA Italy 4,681,704 4 498 722Template:Efn 2,336,954
8 Honda Japan 4,298,390 4,110,857 2,909,016
9 PSA Peugeot Citroën France 2,833,781 2,911,764 3,582,410
10 Suzuki Japan 2,842,133 2,893,602 2,725,899
11 Renault France 2,704,675 2,676,226 2,825,089
12 Daimler Germany 1,781,507 2,195,152 2,137,067
Chrysler United States part of FCA part of FCA 1,999,017
13 BMW Germany 2,006,366 2,065,477 1,738,160
14 SAIC China 1,992,250 1,783,548 1,478,502
15 Tata India 1,062,654 1,241,239 1,197,192
16 Mazda Japan 1,264,173 1,189,283 1,165,591
17 Dongfeng China 1,238,948 1,137,950 1,108,949
18 Mitsubishi Japan 1,229,441 1,109,731 1,140,282
19 Changan China 1,109,889 1,063,721 1,167,208
20 Geely China 969,896 922,906 897,107

Notable company relationships

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Stake holding

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It is common for automobile manufacturers to hold stakes in other automobile manufacturers. These ownerships can be explored under the detail for the individual companies.

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Joint ventures

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Outside China

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Notes

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References

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Further reading

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  • Ajitha, P. V., and Ankita Nagra. "An Overview of Artificial Intelligence in Automobile Industry–A Case Study on Tesla Cars." Solid State Technology 64.2 (2021): 503–512. online
  • Banerjee, Preeta M., and Micaela Preskill. "The role of government in shifting firm innovation focus in the automobile industry" in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability (Routledge, 2017) pp. 108–129.
  • Bohnsack, René, et al. "Driving the electric bandwagon: The dynamics of incumbents' sustainable innovation." Business Strategy and the Environment 29.2 (2020): 727–743 online.
  • Bungsche, Holger. "Regional economic integration and the automobile industry: automobile policies, division of labour, production network formation and market development in the EU and ASEAN." International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 18.4 (2018): 345–370.
  • Chen, Yuan, C-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, and Yunshi Wang. "The Chinese automobile industry and government policy." Research in Transportation Economics 84 (2020): 100849. online
  • Clark, Kim B., et al. "Product development in the world auto industry." Brookings Papers on economic activity 1987.3 (1987): 729–781. online
  • Guzik, Robert, Bolesław Domański, and Krzysztof Gwosdz. "Automotive industry dynamics in Central Europe." in New Frontiers of the Automobile Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2020) pp. 377–397.
  • Imran, Muhammad, and Jawad Abbas. "The role of strategic orientation in export performance of China automobile industry." in Handbook of Research on Managerial Practices and Disruptive Innovation in Asia (2020): 249–263.
  • Jetin, Bruno. "Who will control the electric vehicle market?" International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 20.2 (2020): 156–177. online
  • Kawahara, Akira. The origin of competitive strength: fifty years of the auto industry in Japan and the US (Springer Science & Business Media, 2012).
  • Kuboniwa, Masaaki. "Present and future problems of developments of the Russian auto-industry." RRC Working Paper Series 15 (2009): 1–12. online
  • Lee, Euna, and Jai S. Mah. "Industrial policy and the development of the electric vehicles industry: The case of Korea." Journal of technology management & innovation 15.4 (2020): 71–80. online
  • Link, Stefan J. Forging Global Fordism: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Contest over the Industrial Order (2020) excerpt; influential overview
  • Liu, Shiyong. "Competition and Valuation: A Case Study of Tesla Motors." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science . Vol. 692. No. 2. (IOP Publishing, 2021) online
  • Miglani, Smita. "The growth of the Indian automobile industry: Analysis of the roles of government policy and other enabling factors." in Innovation, economic development, and intellectual property in India and China (Springer, Singapore, 2019) pp. 439–463.
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  • Qin, Yujie, Yuqing Xiao, and Jiawei Yuan. "The Comprehensive Competitiveness of Tesla Based on Financial Analysis: A Case Study." in 2021 International Conference on Financial Management and Economic Transition (FMET 2021). (Atlantis Press, 2021). online
  • Rawlinson, Michael, and Peter Wells. The new European automobile industry (Springer, 2016).
  • Rubenstein, James M. The changing US auto industry: a geographical analysis (Routledge, 2002).
  • Seo, Dae-Sung. "EV Energy Convergence Plan for Reshaping the European Automobile Industry According to the Green Deal Policy." Journal of Convergence for Information Technology 11.6 (2021): 40–48. online
  • Shigeta, Naoya, and Seyed Ehsan Hosseini. "Sustainable Development of the Automobile Industry in the United States, Europe, and Japan with Special Focus on the Vehicles' Power Sources." Energies 14.1 (2021): 78+ online
  • Ueno, Hiroya, and Hiromichi Muto. "The automobile industry of Japan." on Industry and Business in Japan (Routledge, 2017) pp. 139–190.
  • Verma, Shrey, Gaurav Dwivedi, and Puneet Verma. "Life cycle assessment of electric vehicles in comparison to combustion engine vehicles: A review." Materials Today: Proceedings (2021) online.
  • Vošta, M. I. L. A. N., and A. L. E. Š. Kocourek. "Competitiveness of the European automobile industry in the global context." Politics in Central Europe 13.1 (2017): 69–89. online
  • Zhu, Xiaoxi, et al. "Promoting new energy vehicles consumption: The effect of implementing carbon regulation on automobile industry in China." Computers & Industrial Engineering 135 (2019): 211–226. online
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