Automotive industry
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![A video showing new Škoda & Volkswagen cars being transported by rail at Kutná Hora město train station in the Czech Republic](/Images/godic/202502/18/-Škoda_cars_being_transported_by_rail_at_Kutná_Hora_město_train_station,_Czech_Republic_-_20140710.ogv0134.jpg")
![Thomas B. Jeffery automobile factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, c.1916](/Images/godic/202502/18/Thomas_B_Jeffery_Works_Drawing0134.jpg")
![Citroën assembly line in 1918](/Images/godic/202502/18/Chaine_Citroen_typea0134.jpg")
![World Motor Vehicle Production[14]Production volume (1000 vehicles)
1960s; Post war increase
1970s; Oil crisis and tighter safety and emission regulation.
1990s; production started in NICs
2000s; rise of China as top producer
Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010to 1950; USA had produced more than 80% of motor vehicles.[15]
1950s; UK, Germany and France restarted production.
1960s; Japan started production and increased volume through the 1980s.
US, Japan, Germany, France and UK produced about 80% of motor vehicles through the 1980s.
1990s; Korea became a volume producer. In 2004, Korea became No. 5 passing France.
2000s; China increased its production drastically, and 2009 became the world largest producing country.
2013; The share of China (25.4%), Korea, India, Brazil and Mexico rose to 43%, while the share of USA (12.7%), Japan, Germany, France and UK fell to 34%.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Motor_Vehicle_Prod_volume_RITA_T1-23.svg0134.png")
The automotive industry is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles. It is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue. The automotive industry does not include industries dedicated to the maintenance of automobiles following delivery to the end-user, such as automobile repair shops and motor fuel filling stations.