Germany produced 900,000 BEVs (passenger cars and light utility vehicles) in 2023
- Germany quickly became the leading European producer of battery electric vehicles (BEV). This country produced 900,000 BEVs in 2023 compared to 600,000 in 2022. The most important contribution was the arrival of Tesla in 2022 which produced nearly 200,000 Model Y in 2023 compared to 50,000 in 2022. The 700,000 remaining electric vehicles are represented by models from the Volkswagen group (450,000 units) and far behind from BMW group (150,000 units) and Mercedes group (100,000 units).
- Germany is well ahead of all other European countries when it comes to BEV production, as France and Spain only produced 165,000 and 155,000 units last year respectively. Note Inovev forecasts for France 500,000 vehicles in 2027 and 700,000 vehicles in 2030, meaning that French production in 2030 will be lower than Germany production in 2023.
- Spain, which was supposed to become the leading European country producing BEVs in 2030, will probably not be, due to the probable increase in production capacities at the German Tesla factory in Gruenheide. Spain will be able to count on its Martorell plant planned for 500,000 BEVs per year (of the B-segment) and on its Zaragoza plant planned for 300,000 BEVs per year (also of the B-segment), but despite the contribution of these entry-level vehicles and the possibility of one day seeing the Chery group producing BEVs at the Barcelona site, it is unlikely to see Spain overtaking Germany as a BEV producer by 2030.
- Behind Germany, France and Spain, the other countries remain modest (less than 100,000 BEVs per year except the Czech Republic which produced 120,000 last year). With the future establishment of BYD, Hungary will certainly increase its position in Europe.