The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the European automobile industry is severe. Both the production and sales of motor vehicles have come to a sudden halt in most of Europe and other regions in the world.
Useful documents / overviews
- EU auto industry actions to fight COVID-19
- Corona crisis: Guidelines for re-launch of EU auto industry
- COVID-19: Automotive industry signs joint Code of Business Conduct to support re-start of production
- Coronavirus: overview of EU measures to support industry
- Position Paper: EU petrol and diesel fuel specifications during the COVID-19 crisis
- Paper: 25 actions for a successful restart of the EU’s automotive sector
Press releases / media
- COVID-19: Jobs of over 1.1 million EU automobile workers affected so far, data shows
- Coronavirus: EU auto industry faces unprecedented crisis
- Corona crisis: almost 1.5 million vehicles in production losses for European auto makers
- Challenging times for the EU auto industry and the millions of Europeans that are its backbone
- Even if we manage to overcome COVID-19, a no-deal Brexit might be the next threat to the auto sector
- Auto makers and electricity sector call for rapid action on charging points under EU recovery plan
- Post-corona recovery plan taking shape as auto industry makes concrete recommendations to Commission
- Automotive CEOs and European Commission discuss recovery plan that bolsters economy and Green Deal
- 298 automobile factories operating across Europe, new data shows
- Trade unions and auto sector call for an ambitious recovery plan
- COVID-19: Automotive sector calls for vehicle renewal incentives to kickstart economic recovery
- Trucks, the tools of our COVID-19 transport heroes, risk being left behind in the recovery plans
- EU car sales forecast 2020: Record drop of 25% expected this year, says ACEA
Interactive maps
- Employment impact of COVID-19 on the European auto industry
- Production impact of COVID-19 on the European auto industry
Letters
- COVID-19: Auto sector letter to von der Leyen
- Corona crisis: ACEA letter to President of the European Investment Bank
- COVID-19: ACEA letter to Commission Secretary General regarding public consultations
- COVID-19 crisis: 23 CEOs and Presidents call for a strong Europe
- Automotive sector appeals to EU heads of state and government on coronavirus recovery plans
- COVID-19: ACEA letter to Commissioner Breton
- Automotive sector responds to the Commission’s European Skills Agenda
Tools
- Coronavirus: Free online education for auto workers during factory shutdowns
- European standards for medical devices and personal protective equipment used in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- 'Matchmaking tool' for companies that (want to) produce different types of protective masks