Summer marked by preparations for the production of new models
A total of 187,280 vehicles were produced in July and August. Since the beginning of the year, manufacturers have assembled a total of 966,888 passenger cars. Despite summer shutdowns and holidays, this represents a year-on-year growth of 1.4%. The production of buses also performed well, with 3,638 (+2.8%) and motorcycles with 527 (+0.4%). Electrified vehicles also recorded a further year-on-year increase. Since the beginning of the year, 401,600 (+27%) have been produced, representing 41.35% of total production. 201,700 vehicles were hybrid, 33,389 plug-in hybrid and 166,511 pure electric. ...