AUTOMOTIVE
Passenger & Light Vehicles
World’s Most Productive Companies
Passenger & Light Vehicles
Passenger and Light Vehicles is the mass-market automaker group. Productivity turns on manufacturing scale, platform strategy, and how efficiently each company is navigating the shift to electrified vehicles.
The group was about flat in 2025, sitting about 14% above its 2019 baseline. Kia, BYD and General Motors led as World’s Most Productive Companies. Gains were concentrated in the leaders, with most of the group giving back ground.
Passenger & Light Vehicles World's Most Productive Companies
Productivity Snapshot
- Passenger & Light Vehicles ranks fifth of nine Automotive peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 1.14, about 14% above its 2019 baseline.
- 5 of 16 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- They are the group’s World’s Most Productive Companies: Kia (1.21), BYD (1.21), General Motors (1.21).
- The group sits well above its 2019 baseline, though 2025 eased as electrification costs and mix weighed on several large automakers.
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