German Association of the Automotive Industry

About us

We invented the car. Now we are reinventing it

Foto eines Arms, der während der Fahrt aus dem Fenster gehalten wird

50 years of diplomacy

China: Partner and competitor

Cars and vehicle parts “made in Germany” have a long history of success in the People’s Republic.

Digitization

German Pole Position

Germany first country to pass autonomous driving law: Seize the opportunity now.

VDA White Paper

Cooperation between Africa and Germany

Relations with Africa are becoming increasingly important for Germany.

PDF, 5640 KB

Figure of the week

220

billion euros will be invested by the German automotive industry in in electromobility including battery technology, digitization and other research fields between 2022 and 2026.

Electromobility

The VDA charging infrastructure ranking

This is how the countries in Europe perform.

ADAXO concept

An interface for countless information

VDA expert Dr Joachim Göthel explains how valuable vehicle data can be made available securely and fairly.

Recommendations to the new government coalition

What needs to be done for Germany to remain an industrial nation

Facts and Figures

Overall

	Production	tooltip:Production	Trend
10/08	448565	448565 in relation to same month a year ago: -11%	413373
11/08	452590	452.590 in relation to same month a year ago: -18%	407123
12/08	279948	279.948 in relation to same month a year ago: -21%	404087
01/09	310113	310.113 in relation to same month a year ago: -35%	402176
02/09	297921	297.921 in relation to same month a year ago: -44%	400469
03/09	435693	435.693 in relation to same month a year ago: -12%	400156
04/09	373308	373.308 in relation to same month a year ago: -36%	401928
05/09	427239	427.239 in relation to same month a year ago: -4%	405011
06/09	478133	478.133 in relation to same month a year ago: -7%	409552
07/09	410321	410.321 in relation to same month a year ago: -6%	416892
08/09	325060	325.060 in relation to same month a year ago: -4%	426626
09/09	553205	553.205 in relation to same month a year ago: 3%	436140
10/09	508450	508.450 in relation to same month a year ago: 13%	443518
11/09	493851	493.851 in relation to same month a year ago: 9%	448480
12/09	351229	351.229 in relation to same month a year ago: 25%	451258
01/10	376937	376.937 in relation to same month a year ago: 22%	452490
02/10	450355	450.355 in relation to same month a year ago: 51%	452725
03/10	560055	560.055 in relation to same month a year ago: 29%	452516
04/10	464591	464.591 in relation to same month a year ago: 24%	452890
05/10	470130	470.130 in relation to same month a year ago: 10%	454603
06/10	528820	528.820 in relation to same month a year ago: 11%	457222
07/10	392553	392.553 in relation to same month a year ago: -4%	459817
08/10	335748	335.748 in relation to same month a year ago: 3%	462444
09/10	536468	536.468 in relation to same month a year ago: -3%	465157
10/10	502507	502.507 in relation to same month a year ago: -1%	467442
11/10	519765	519.765 in relation to same month a year ago: 5%	468935
12/10	414480	414.480 in relation to same month a year ago: 18%	470299
01/11	398078	398.078 in relation to same month a year ago: 6%	473544
02/11	519342	519.342 in relation to same month a year ago: 15%	478335
03/11	583399	583.399 in relation to same month a year ago: 4%	482078
04/11	470463	470.463 in relation to same month a year ago: 1%	484378
05/11	563015	563.015 in relation to same month a year ago: 20%	485995
06/11	456548	456.548 in relation to same month a year ago: -14%	487044
07/11	462005	462.005 in relation to same month a year ago: 18%	487529
08/11	396706	396.706 in relation to same month a year ago: 18%	487005
09/11	562504	562.504 in relation to same month a year ago: 5%	485378
10/11	502897	502.897 in relation to same month a year ago: 0	482870
11/11	546272	546.272 in relation to same month a year ago: 5%	479699
12/11	410689	410.689 in relation to same month a year ago: -1%	476848
01/12	443510	443.510 in relation to same month a year ago: 11%	474342
02/12	508798	508.798 in relation to same month a year ago: -2%	471100
03/12	546169	546.169 in relation to same month a year ago: -6%	466660
04/12	426321	426.321 in relation to same month a year ago: -9	461237
05/12	448045	448.045 in relation to same month a year ago: -20%	456321
06/12	463839	463.839 in relation to same month a year ago: 2%	453024
07/12	460830	460.830 in relation to same month a year ago: 0	450045
08/12	363254	363.254 in relation to same month a year ago: -8%	446809
09/12	450072	450.072 in relation to same month a year ago: -20%	444759
10/12	454716	454.716 in relation to same month a year ago: -10%	444561
11/12	482406	482.406 in relation to same month a year ago: -12%	445312
12/12	340499	340.499 in relation to same month a year ago: -17%	445622
01/13	397634	397.634 in relation to same month a year ago: -10%	445343
02/13	459180	459.180 in relation to same month a year ago: -10%	446182
03/13	474467	474.467 in relation to same month a year ago: -13%	448542
04/13	502411	502.411 in relation to same month a year ago: 18%	451163
05/13	428684	428.684 in relation to same month a year ago: -4%	453722
06/13	475779	475.779 in relation to same month a year ago: 3%	456120
07/13	444960	444.960 in relation to same month a year ago: -3%	458894
08/13	394991	394.991 in relation to same month a year ago: 9%	462339
09/13	514468	514.468 in relation to same month a year ago: 14%	465072
10/13	456669	456.669 in relation to same month a year ago: 0	466769
11/13	537383	537.383 in relation to same month a year ago: 11%	468247
12/13	353278	353.278 in relation to same month a year ago: 4%	470098
01/14	442430	442.430 in relation to same month a year ago: 11%	471428
02/14	513041	513.041 in relation to same month a year ago: 12%	469701
03/14	522428	522.428 in relation to same month a year ago: 10%	466428
04/14	494416	494.416 in relation to same month a year ago: -2%	465164
05/14	482483	482.483 in relation to same month a year ago: 13%	464848
06/14	456069	456.069 in relation to same month a year ago: -4%	463976
07/14	535001	535.001 in relation to same month a year ago: 20%	463080
08/14	272744	272.744 in relation to same month a year ago: -31%	462312
09/14	524072	524.072 in relation to same month a year ago: 2%	461712
10/14	478999	478.999 in relation to same month a year ago: 5%	461372
11/14	515340	515.340 in relation to same month a year ago: -4%	461458
12/14	367003	367.003 in relation to same month a year ago: 4%	461836
01/15	421510	421.510 in relation to same month a year ago: -5%	462820
02/15	501118	501.118 in relation to same month a year ago: -2%	465587
03/15	556049	556.049 in relation to same month a year ago: 6%	469276
04/15	479631	479.631 in relation to same month a year ago: -3%	471924
05/15	447925	447.925 in relation to same month a year ago: -7%	472492
06/15	513315	513.315 in relation to same month a year ago: 13%	471141
07/15	533264	533.264 in relation to same month a year ago: 0	469995
08/15	338834	338.834 in relation to same month a year ago: 24%	470019
09/15	538149	538.149 in relation to same month a year ago: 3%	470510
10/15	529856	529.856 in relation to same month a year ago: 11%	471317
11/15	518512	518.512 in relation to same month a year ago: 1%	471920
12/15	329975	329.975 in relation to same month a year ago: -10%	471535
01/16	416983	416.983 in relation to same month a year ago: -1%	470266
02/16	529061	529.061 in relation to same month a year ago: 6%	469592
03/16	523210	523.210 in relation to same month a year ago: -6%	469858
04/16	550158	550.158 in relation to same month a year ago: 15%	469817
05/16	445393	445.393 in relation to same month a year ago: -1%	470088
06/16	563546	563.546 in relation to same month a year ago: 10%	471341
07/16	410630	410.630 in relation to same month a year ago: -23%	472138
08/16	410256	410.256 in relation to same month a year ago: 21%	471735
09/16	529463	529.463 in relation to same month a year ago: -2%	470824
10/16	464434	464.434 in relation to same month a year ago: -12%	469782
11/16	535180	535.180 in relation to same month a year ago: 3%	468540
12/16	368494	368.494 in relation to same month a year ago: 12	466925
01/17	459282	459.282 in relation to same month a year ago: 10%	465459
02/17	487600	487.600 in relation to same month a year ago: -8%	465391
03/17	567605	567.605 in relation to same month a year ago: 8%	466106
04/17	450717	450.717 in relation to same month a year ago: -18%	466157
05/17	482362	482.362 in relation to same month a year ago: 8%	466544
06/17	473778	473.778 in relation to same month a year ago: -16%	467805
07/17	376087	376.087 in relation to same month a year ago: -8%	467858
08/17	452786	452.786 in relation to same month a year ago: 10%	466251
09/17	525976	525.976 in relation to same month a year ago: -1%	464735
10/17	428029	428.029 in relation to same month a year ago: -8%	463803
11/17	581194	581.194 in relation to same month a year ago: 9%	463067
12/17	360168	360.168 in relation to same month a year ago: -2%	462416
01/18	453716	453.716 in relation to same month a year ago: -1%	460032
02/18	447565	447.565 in relation to same month a year ago: -8%	453491
03/18	526698	526.698 in relation to same month a year ago: -7%	444999
04/18	485519	485.519 in relation to same month a year ago: 8%	438098
05/18	437671	437.671 in relation to same month a year ago: -9%	432129
06/18	495652	495.652 in relation to same month a year ago: 5%	426159
07/18	378651	378.651 in relation to same month a year ago: 1%	420927
08/18	310076	310.076 in relation to same month a year ago: -32%	416688
09/18	401084	401.084 in relation to same month a year ago: -24%	412440
10/18	427322	427.322 in relation to same month a year ago: 0	407414
11/18	458820	458.820 in relation to same month a year ago: -21%	402545
12/18	297635	297.635 in relation to same month a year ago: -17%	398420
01/19	373129	373.129 in relation to same month a year ago: -18	395341
02/19	439882	439.882 in relation to same month a year ago: -2%	394113
03/19	453605	453.605 in relation to same month a year ago: -14%	393719
04/19	406359	406.359 in relation to same month a year ago: -16%	392242
05/19	443885	443.885 in relation to same month a year ago: 1%	389237
06/19	375186	375.186 in relation to same month a year ago: -24%	385132
07/19	355112	355.112 in relation to same month a year ago: -6%	380584
08/19	311919	311.919 in relation to same month a year ago: 1	374853
09/19	416400	416.400 in relation to same month a year ago: 4	363719
10/19	391949	391.949 in relation to same month a year ago: -8%	344476
11/19	418867	418.867 in relation to same month a year ago: -9%	323333
12/19	277456	277.456 in relation to same month a year ago: -7%	308857
01/20	341130	341.130 in relation to same month a year ago: -9%	300712
02/20	388668	388.668 in relation to same month a year ago: -12%	293595
03/20	289648	289.648 in relation to same month a year ago: -36%	286680
04/20	11287	11.287 in relation to same month a year ago: -97%	282266
05/20	158541	158.541 in relation to same month a year ago: -64%	280104
06/20	305080	305.080 in relation to same month a year ago: -19%	277828
07/20	330084	330.084 in relation to same month a year ago: -7%	273961
08/20	195493	195.493 in relation to same month a year ago: -37%	270237
09/20	373507	373.507 in relation to same month a year ago: -10%	272886
10/20	384540	384.540 in relation to same month a year ago: -2%	285212
11/20	449701	449.701 in relation to same month a year ago: 7%	298335
12/20	287809	287.809 in relation to same month a year ago: 4%	302185
01/21	237105	237.105 in relation to same month a year ago: -30%	298254
02/21	322612	322.612 in relation to same month a year ago: -17%	291497
03/21	378669	378.669 in relation to same month a year ago: 31%	283139
04/21	297384	297.384 in relation to same month a year ago: 2535%	273555
05/21	245806	245.806 in relation to same month a year ago: 55%	264394
06/21	253869	253.869 in relation to same month a year ago: -17%	257875
07/21	245260	245.260 in relation to same month a year ago: -26%	254788
08/21	123504	123.504 in relation to same month a year ago: -37%	252929
09/21	222297	222.297 in relation to same month a year ago: -40%	249631
10/21	214233	214.233 in relation to same month a year ago: -44%	246164
11/21	307749	307.749 in relation to same month a year ago: -32%	245699
12/21	247677	247,677 in relation to same month a year ago: -14%	248100
01/22	251969	251,969 in relation to same month a year ago: 6%	251976
02/22	309534	309,534 in relation to same month a year ago: -4%	258588
03/22	264929	264,929 in relation to same month a year ago: -30%	267830
04/22	255834	255,834 in relation to same month a year ago: -14%	276391
05/22	301079	301,079 in relation to same month a year ago: 22%	282471
06/22	293663	293,663 in relation to same month a year ago: 16%	286466
07/22	248482	248,482 in relation to same month a year ago: 1%	289231
08/22	224920	224,920 in relation to same month a year ago: 82%	292128
09/22	364542	364,542 in relation to same month a year ago: 64%	295676
10/22	277900	277,900 in relation to same month a year ago: 30%	298239

Electric Share

	Electric Share	tooltip:Electric Sharel	Trend
09/08	0	0	0,0
10/08	0	0	0,0
11/08	0	0	0,0
12/08	0	0	0,0
01/09	0	0	0,0
02/09	0	0	0,0
03/09	0	0	0,0
04/09	0	0	0,0
05/09	0	0	0,0
06/09	0	0	0,0
07/09	0	0	0,0
08/09	0	0	0,0
09/09	0	0	0,0
10/09	0	0	0,0
11/09	0	0	0,0
12/09	0	0	0,0
01/10	0	0	0,0
02/10	0	0	0,0
03/10	0	0	0,0
04/10	0	0	0,0
05/10	0	0	0,0
06/10	0	0	0,0
07/10	0	0	0,0
08/10	0	0	0,0
09/10	0	0	0,0
10/10	0	0	0,0
11/10	0	0	0,0
12/10	0	0	0,0
01/11	0	0	0,0
02/11	0	0	0,0
03/11	0	0	0,0
04/11	0	0	0,0
05/11	0	0	0,0
06/11	0	0	0,0
07/11	0	0	0,0
08/11	0	0	0,0
09/11	0	0	0,0
10/11	0	0	0,0
11/11	0	0	0,0
12/11	0,1	0.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 0,1 pp.	0,0
01/12	0	0	0,0
02/12	0	0	0,0
03/12	0	0	0,0
04/12	0	0	0,0
05/12	0	0	0,0
06/12	0	0	0,0
07/12	0	0	0,0
08/12	0	0	0,0
09/12	0	0	0,0
10/12	0	0	0,0
11/12	0	0	0,0
12/12	0	0.0% in relation to same month a year ago -0,1 pp.	0,0
01/13	0	0	0,0
02/13	0	0	0,0
03/13	0	0	0.0
04/13	0	0	0.0
05/13	0	0	0.0
06/13	0	0	0.1
07/13	0.1	0.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.1 pp.	0.1
08/13	0	0	0.1
09/13	0.1	0.1% in relation to same month a year ago 0,1 pp.	0.1
10/13	0.1	0.1% in relation to same month a year ago 0.1 pp.	0.2
11/13	0.1	0.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.1 pp.	0.2
12/13	0.3	0.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.3 pp.	0.3
01/14	0.3	0.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.3 pp.	0.3
02/14	0.3	0.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.3 pp.	0.4
03/14	0.4	0.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.4 pp.	0.4
04/14	0.4	0.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.4 pp.	0.5
05/14	0.5	0.5% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.4 pp.	0.6
06/14	0.8	0.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.8 pp.	0.7
07/14	0.7	0.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.7 pp.	0.8
08/14	0.7	0.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.7 pp.	0.9
09/14	0.7	0.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.7 pp.	1.0
10/14	1.4	1.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.3 pp.	1.1
11/14	1.3	1.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.2 pp.	1.2
12/14	1.5	1.5% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.2 pp.	1.3
01/15	1.4	1.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	1.4
02/15	1.4	1.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	1.5
03/15	1.7	1,7% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.4 pp.	1.6
04/15	1.8	1.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.4 pp.	1.7
05/15	1.8	1.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.3 pp.	1.8
06/15	1.9	1.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	1.9
07/15	1.9	1.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	1.9
08/15	1.7	1.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.0 pp.	2.0
09/15	2	2.0% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.3 pp.	2.1
10/15	2.2	2,2% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.8 pp.	2.1
11/15	2.4	2.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	2.1
12/15	2.4	2.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.9 pp.	2.2
01/16	2.3	2.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.9 pp.	2.2
02/16	2.3	2.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.9 pp.	2.3
03/16	2.3	2.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.6 pp.	2.3
04/16	2.1	2.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.3 pp.	2.4
05/16	2.3	2.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.5 pp.	2.4
06/16	2.1	2.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.2 pp.	2.4
07/16	2.1	2.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.2 pp.	2.5
08/16	3.1	3.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.4 pp.	2.5
09/16	3.0	3.0% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.0 pp.	2.5
10/16	2.8	2.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.6 pp.	2.6
11/16	2.5	2.5% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.1 pp.	2.6
12/16	2.5	2.5% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.1 pp.	2.7
01/17	2.3	2.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.0 pp.	2.8
02/17	2.3	2.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.0 pp.	2.9
03/17	2.7	2.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.4 pp.	2.9
04/17	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	3.0
05/17	3.4	3.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	3.0
06/17	3.3	3.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.2 pp.	3.1
07/17	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	3.2
08/17	3.6	3.6% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.5 pp.	3.3
09/17	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.2 pp.	3.4
10/17	3.4	3.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.6 pp.	3.4
11/17	3.6	3.6% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	3.4
12/17	3.7	3.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.2 pp.	3.4
01/18	3.3	3.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.0 pp.	3.5
02/18	3.3	3.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.0 pp	3.5
03/18	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.4 pp.	3.6
04/18	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.0 pp.	3.6
05/18	3.9	3.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.5 pp.	3.6
06/18	3.3	3.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.0 pp.	3.6
07/18	3.4	3.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.2 pp.	3.6
08/18	5.4	5.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.8 pp.	3.5
09/18	4.2	4.2% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.0 pp.	3.5
10/18	3.5	3.5% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.0 pp.	3.5
11/18	3.3	3.3% in relation to same month a year ago: -0.3 pp.	3.5
12/18	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: -0.5 pp.	3.5
01/19	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: -0.1 pp.	3.5
02/19	3.2	3.2% in relation to same month a year ago: -0.1 pp.	3.5
03/19	3.3	3.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.1 pp.	3.6
04/19	3.5	3.5% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.3 pp.	3.7
05/19	3	3.0% in relation to same month a year ago: -0.9 pp.	3.9
06/19	2.8	2.8% in relation to same month a year ago: -0.5 pp.	4.1
07/19	3.7	3.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.3 pp.	4.4
08/19	5.1	5.1% in relation to same month a year ago: -0.3 pp.	4.6
09/19	4.8	4.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.6 pp.	5.0
10/19	6.3	6.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 2.9 pp.	5.5
11/19	5.8	5.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 2.5 pp.	6.1
12/19	6.0	6.0% in relation to same month a year ago: 2.8 pp.	6.7
01/20	5.4	5.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 2.1 pp.	7.4
02/20	6.6	6.6% in relation to same month a year ago: 3.4 pp.	8.3
03/20	6.8	6.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 3.5 pp.	9.1
04/20	12.3	12.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 8.8 pp.	9.9
05/20	7.9	7.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 4.8 pp.	10.8
06/20	10.0	10.0% in relation to same month a year ago: 7.3 pp.	11.7
07/20	12.8	12.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 9.1 pp.	12.6
08/20	17.4	17.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 12.2 pp.	13.6
09/20	16.7	16.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 11.8 pp.	14.6
10/20	14.7	14.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 8.4 pp.	15.5
11/20	15.9	15.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 10.1 pp.	16.3
12/20	18.7	18.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 12.7 pp.	17.1
01/21	15.8	15.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 10.4 pp.	17.8
02/21	18.8	18.8% in relation to same month a year ago: 12.2 pp.	18.3
03/21	19.9	19.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 13.1 pp.	18.7
04/21	17.9	17.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 5.6 pp.	19.2
05/21	20.7	20.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 12.8 pp.	19.8
06/21	17.7	17.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 7.7 pp.	20.2
07/21	21.7	21.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 9.0 pp.	20.4
08/21	19.7	19.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 2.3 pp.	20.5
09/21	22.1	22.1% in relation to same month a year ago 5.5 pp.	20.5
10/21	21.9	21.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 7.2 %P	20.6
11/21	23.3	23.3% in relation to same month a year ago: 7.4 pp.	20.8
12/21	20.6	20.6% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.9 pp.	21.0
01/22	18.4	18.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 2.6 pp.	21.3
02/22	19.9	19.9% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.1 pp.	21.6
03/22	16.2	16.2% in relation to same month a year ago: -3.7pp.	21.9
04/22	22.6	22.6% in relation to same month a year ago: 4,6 pp.	22.2
05/22	21.1	21.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 0.5 pp.	22.4
06/22	23.0	23.0% in relation to same month a year ago: 5.3 pp	22.7
07/22	23.7	23.7% in relation to same month a year ago: 1.9 pp	23.1
08/22	25.4	25.4% in relation to same month a year ago: 5.7 pp	23.6
09/22	25.1	25.1% in relation to same month a year ago: 3.0 pp	24.0

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Hildegard MüllerVDA President