83% of Toyotas produced in Onnaing at the start of 2022 are hybrid-powered
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83% of Toyotas produced in Onnaing at the start of 2022 are hybrid-powered
- The number of cars with hybrid engines (HEV-Full) continues to grow at the Toyota site in Onnaing (France). While the proportion of hybrid Yaris did not exceed 15% in 2012, this proportion increased to 50% in 2019, 63% in 2020, 77% in 2021 and 83% during the first quarter of 2022.
- The volume of Yaris with hybrid engines has thus crossed the bar of one million units produced in total on the French site.
- The manufacturer's objective is to produce 100% of hybrid versions of the Yaris and Yaris Cross in France from 2023. The proportion should thus increase from 83% at the start of 2022 to 85% in the middle of the year then 90% towards autumn and 95% towards the end of the year. Toyota was a pioneer in the field of hybrid motorization, since the first Toyota Prius was launched in 1997. From this model, a whole range of cars with hybrid motorization was built, on the basis of cars with thermal motorization.
- More than 20 million Toyota-branded hybrid-powered cars have been sold worldwide since 1997.
- Its luxury subsidiary Lexus has switched entirely to hybrid motorization. Today, all Lexus are hybrid or electric.
- The big change that the Toyota group is now making concerns the development of 100% electric cars that will gradually replace the internal combustion and hybrid vehicles of the Toyota brand, and the hybrid vehicles of the Lexus brand. Only the Daihatsu brand (entry-level subsidiary of the Toyota group, specializing in the production of K-Cars) continues to market thermal vehicles, but until when?
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The European LUV market down sharply in the first quarter of 2022
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The European LUV market down sharply in the first quarter of 2022
- The European light utility vehicle (LUV) market has been declining since September 2021, but the decline intensified in the first quarter of 2022, with a fall of 16.8% in January, 17.0% in February and 28.2% in March.
- Over the first quarter of 2022 as a whole, the decline in the European LUV market reached 21.9%, which represents a much larger drop than that recorded at the same time by the European passenger car market: -2.4% in January , -5.5% in February, -18.9% in March and -10.7% over the cumulative 3 months.
- This situation is surprising insofar as the LUV market had better tolerated the Covid crisis in 2020 and 2021.
- The European LUV market was down 18.0% in 2020 and up 10.4% in 2021, while the European PC market was down 24.3% in 2020 and down again by 1.6 % in 2021.
- The question is whether the fall in the European LUV market is due to a shortage in the supply of semiconductors and/or components from Ukraine, or whether it is an underlying trend. which would be directly related to demand, and in this case whether the ongoing electrification of models has an impact on sales of light utility vehicles.
- In this context, 416,632 LUVs were sold in Europe in the first quarter of 2022, compared to 532,877 units in the first quarter of 2021, which represents a loss of 116,245 units over the period. The largest falls were recorded by Austria (-52.7%), Sweden (-40.6%), Spain (-35.7%), Belgium (-32.4%), Norway (-28.9%) and Hungary (-26.9%).
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Comparison of passenger car sales in the 1st quarter of 2022 in the 3 major regions of the world
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Comparison of passenger car sales in the 1st quarter of 2022 in the 3 major regions of the world
- Analysis of the first three months of 2022 shows a sharp decline in passenger car sales in Europe (-10.7%) and the United States (-16.5%). On the other hand, in China, sales of passenger cars are up by 9.1% in the first quarter of 2022. However, a trend reversal (-0.6%) can be noted relative to the month of March.
- If the shortage of semiconductors is not yet over, other shortages have been added following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, affecting several raw materials as well as certain spare parts, which has as a result of production interruptions in car factories. Several manufacturers have had to temporarily shut down their production plants due to a lack of components produced in Ukraine. In addition, since March 2022 China has again been affected by a new wave of Covid, which has had an impact on local automobile production and therefore on sales.
- The fact remains that Europe and the United States show a sharp drop in passenger car sales in the first quarter of 2022, while China continues to progress, which raises the question of this distortion at the global level.
- If we take into account the shortage of semiconductors, it seems that China suffers less from this shortage. Regarding the consequences of the war in Ukraine, it is obvious that manufacturers in Europe are the most affected. Regarding other consequences, one can wonder.
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Renault could sell its Algerian assembly plant
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Renault could sell its Algerian assembly plant
- The Renault assembly plant in Oran, which was inaugurated in 2014, does not at all meet the manufacturer's objectives since it no longer manages to come close to the targeted production level of 75,000 vehicles per year, on the basis of a response to local demand which had suffered at the time from the stoppage of car imports. In 2015, the Renault plant in Oran had manufactured 19,419 vehicles (Clio, Logan, Sandero) then 42,036 in 2016, 60,646 in 2017 and 72,615 in 2018. This steady increase in production rates then made it possible to anticipate a production of 75,000 units per year, the manufacturer's initial objective.
- The first difficulties appeared in 2019, with 60,012 units produced, down 20% compared to 2018, but this was nothing compared to what happened in 2020, where the production volume of the factory in Oran collapsed, falling to 754 units, causing the factory to shut down for many months. In 2021, the factory's activity gradually resumed, but the production volume for the year does not exceed 5,208 units, i.e. twelve times less than in 2019. As a result, the forecasts for the period 2022-2030 are very uncertain and it is not certain that Renault will keep this assembly plant.
- The difficulties would come from the assembly of cars with too low an integration rate, described by the Algerian government as disguised imports. The "screwdriver" factories of several manufacturers established in Algeria were successively closed. Renault, which has always favored its Tangier site in Morocco, may have misunderstood the attitude of the Algerian government regarding its "screwdriver" factory in Oran. This disappointment comes on top of that recorded this year in Russia, with the closure of Avtoframos and the question concerning Avtovaz in which Renault holds 68% of the shares.
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Start of the fourth Tesla assembly plant in the world
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Start of the fourth Tesla assembly plant in the world
- The Californian electric car manufacturer Tesla will start car production in its fourth assembly plant located in Austin (Texas, USA) which it has just inaugurated. This new plant joins those in Fremont (California, USA), Shanghai (China) and Berlin (Germany, EU). Its mission is to meet the growing demand for Tesla models as the Fremont plant with a production capacity of 500,000 vehicles per year reaches saturation, with 445,000 units produced in 2021. The Austin plant which has a production capacity of 500,000 vehicles per year, aims to manufacture more than one and a half million vehicles by 2023, and thus to be among the top 15 manufacturers in the world for the first time.
- In 2021, Tesla manufactured 930,000 vehicles worldwide, including 485,000 in China and 445,000 in the USA, with the European plant in Berlin due to start in the spring of 2022. The new factory located in Austin is to take on the production of 500 000 Model Y per year before the arrival of the Cybertruck pickup whose production is due to start in 2023 (with some delay, priority having been given to the Model 3 and Model Y). Let's add that the factory should also assemble the humanoid robot Optimus.
- The production capacity of Tesla in the world will therefore be next summer 500,000 in Austin + 500,000 in Fremont + 500,000 in Shanghai + 250,000 in Berlin = 1.75 million units. But the manufacturer plans to double production capacity in Shanghai from 2023 and to double production capacity in Berlin in 2025. That year, Tesla will therefore be able to produce 2.5 million vehicles worldwide, including one million in the USA, one million in China and 500,000 in Europe.
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