Half of the country’s households do not have a car

According to the economic reporter of Fars news agency, Abdullah Tawakuli Lahijani said today in the “Event Narrating the Transformational Program of the Automobile Industry” program held at the Tehran International Exhibition: One of the most important issues to be discussed is the discussion of the economic car.

The General Director of Automotive Industries of the Ministry of Security stated: Considering the state of automobile production in the country, we are currently ranked 17th or 18th in the world with the production of around 800,000 to 900,000 automobiles, and our goal is to produce 3 million automobiles annually. If we achieve, we will be among the top 10 automobile industries in the world.

Stating that there are obstacles to the growth of car production, he said: The main obstacle to the growth of car production in the world is the decrease in demand in the market.

Tavakli Lahijani stated: Our market is a big market, but this big market is for special and cheap products.

Referring to the target for the production of one million and 600 thousand cars this year, he said: this target is not impossible, because this number of cars has been produced in the country in the past years, and on the other hand, based on the analytical work done in the ministry, the capacity of car manufacturers is We have measured

Tavakoli Lahijani stated: There is a production capacity for 2,500,000 cars in the powertrain, and in the body line, there are these capacities to reach the goal of 3 million vehicles per year.

He added: Therefore, according to the production capacities, it is possible to produce 1,600,000 cars.

The Director General of Automotive Industries of the Ministry of Security stated: In 1997, due to sanctions and some shortages, our production capacity was reduced to half, and from 1997 to last year, almost half of the cars that were produced could not be put on the market, that is, if 800,000 cars are produced annually in the country, it was not possible to supply about 400,000 of that number to the market, and in other words, the cars are produced incompletely, and this caused the gap between supply and demand to increase in the market.

This official in the Ministry of Silence stated: In the transformation plan of the automobile industry, the issue of economic cars has been taken into consideration, which has the lowest fuel consumption in economic cars.

He added: Although we are in the 17th car manufacturer in terms of production, but in terms of car ownership per capita, we are in the ranks after 100, and in other words, the car ownership capacity per capita in the country is not appropriate at all and there is still a place in this market. that the car is produced and sold.

The Director General of Automotive Industry of the Ministry of Security stated: There is an unfair distribution of car ownership per capita Almost more than 50% of our households do not have a car And therefore, there is no fair distribution in the automobile sector.

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