Almost all EU Member States have car manufacturers producing cars, light and heavy trucks, buses, internal combustion engines, and electric motors and batteries.

Greece, unfortunately, is not one of these countries as it has absolutely no vehicle or component production plants as well as Estonia and Lithuania according to the official European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) data.

However, there are 301 production plants in the Old Continent, of which 194 are located in the European Union 134 produce passenger cars, 41 produce light commercial vehicles (vans), 52 produce heavy trucks, 66 produce buses, 72 produce engines, and 18 produce batteries.

Most of the production plants are located in Germany where 44 plants operate, of which 22 manufacture passenger cars, 7 light trucks, 3 heavy trucks, 3 buses, 13 engines, and 6 batteries.

France takes the second spot with 30 production units of which 12 are for cars, 4 for light trucks, 4 for heavy trucks, 6 for buses, 6 for engines, and one for batteries.

In third place is Italy with 24 production plants of which 10 produce passenger cars, 4 light trucks, 3 heavy trucks, 3 buses, and 7 engines.

Poland comes in fourth place with 18 production units, of which 1 is for cars, 2 for light trucks, 2 for heavy trucks, 5 for buses, 7 for engines and 2 for batteries.

The top five list is rounded off by Spain with 14 production plants, of which 8 manufacture passenger cars, 4 light trucks, 1 heavy truck, 4 buses, 3 engines, and 1 for batteries.

Outside the European Union, there are 107 production plants, of which 33 are in Russia, 31 in Britain, 17 in Turkey, 6 in Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, 4 in Belarus, 3 in Serbia, and one in Skopje.