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Analysis: Brazil remains one of the world’s biggest vehicle producers

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For a while, it seemed as if carmakers were on the verge of abandoning production in Brazil. At least, that’s what some facts indicated at the beginning of the decade.The most striking was that of Ford, which decided to close all its factories in the country between 2020 and 2021. Then Mercedes-Benz also closed the car factory it had built in the state of São Paulo, arguing that the facility could not accommodate the most modern lines of cars of a new era, that of electrification.Also in 2020, Audi decided to stop production at its partner Volkswagen’s plant in Paraná to assess the conditions in the country and the market. At the same time, there was speculation that General Motors would also leave the country. First, following a statement by the company’s CEO, Mary Barra, who implied that the operation would not be maintained if it continued to make losses.Other automakers limited themselves to one-time investments. Renault, for example, announced a smaller program that would run for a year until it had a clearer idea of what would happen to the market after the pandemic.COVID-19 was partly to blame for the slump in the industry. So was the semiconductor crisis, which shut down entire factories for many days over several months in 2021, 2022, and part of 2023.Still, it was striking to see the automotive industry announcing major investments in electric car factories in developed countries while little progress was being made here.Some said, among those who risk analyzing the sector, that the huge park of vehicle and auto parts manufacturers in Brazil was doomed to become scrap metal.But suddenly this scenario changed completely. It began with the Chinese brands. BYD and Great Wall Motor decided to enter the country. GWM bought Mercedes’s plant and BYD took over Ford’s former plant in Bahia. At the same time, Audi decided to take back its space and resume production in Paraná.From the end of 2023, new cycles began to emerge for incumbent companies. Renault’s Brazilian operations were...

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