Passenger car production at German assembly lines reached a volume of 347,100 units in July, 9% higher than in the same month last year, according to automotive association VDA.
This continues a gentle year-on-year upward trend, Kallanish notes. The first half year, January through June, saw a 4% increase over the same period of 2024. Adding July, production in the first seven months of the year was 5% up y-on-y, totalling 2.5 million units.
However, compared to the pre-crisis year of 2019, year-to-date production of 2025 remains 12% lower.
VDA highlights the production figures for electric cars for H1 saw 864,000 electric cars were produced in Germany, marking a new production record.
The EV share of domestic car production amounts to 40% in H1, versus 30% in the same period last year. VDA continues to estimate that a total of around 1.7mn EVs will be manufactured in Germany this year.
The number of passenger car registrations in July rose by 11% to a volume of 264,800 units. In the seven months of the year, a total of 1,667,600 new passenger cars were registered, 2% fewer than in the previous year.
Christian Koehl Germany
