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The WBA Automotive Benchmark 2021 presents a ranking of 30 keystone automotive manufacturing companies based on an overall assessment comprising three parts: a performance assessment, a narrative assessment, and a trend assessment. The overall assessment measures a company’s degree of alignment with the transition to a low-carbon world, in line with the 1.5°C Paris Agreement temperature goal.

Ranking overview

30 companies

Total score out of 100 ACT rating performance, narrative and trend
1 Tesla
Total score 70.7 /100
Total performance score 12.7 / 20
Narrative score B
Trend score
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2 Renault
Total score 61.9 /100
Total performance score 9.0 / 20
Narrative score B
Trend score
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3 Volkswagen AG
Total score 51.7 /100
Total performance score 10.7 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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4 BYD (比亚迪股份有限公司)
Total score 49.5 /100
Total performance score 5.8 / 20
Narrative score B
Trend score
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5 BMW
Total score 49.0 /100
Total performance score 9.6 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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6 Daimler
Total score 48.3 /100
Total performance score 9.3 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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7 General Motors Corporation (GM)
Total score 47.6 /100
Total performance score 9.0 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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8 SAIC Motor (上海汽车集团股份有限公司|上汽集团)
Total score 46.0 /100
Total performance score 8.3 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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9 Guangzhou Automobile Group (广州汽车集团有限公司|广汽集团)
Total score 45.0 /100
Total performance score 7.9 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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10 Tata Motors
Total score 43.6 /100
Total performance score 7.3 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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- Toyota Motor Corporation
Total score 43.6 /100
Total performance score 7.3 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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12 Great Wall Motor Company (长城汽车股份有限公司)
Total score 43.1 /100
Total performance score 7.1 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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13 Ford
Total score 40.7 /100
Total performance score 6.1 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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14 Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) (北京汽车集团有限公司)
Total score 39.0 /100
Total performance score 5.4 / 20
Narrative score C
Trend score
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15 Stellantis
Total score 29.3 /100
Total performance score 5.3 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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16 Honda Motor
Total score 29.0 /100
Total performance score 7.2 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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17 Hyundai Motor Group
Total score 27.6 /100
Total performance score 6.6 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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18 Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (安徽江淮汽车集团股份有限公司)
Total score 27.4 /100
Total performance score 5.5 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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19 Kia Motors Corporation
Total score 26.0 /100
Total performance score 5.9 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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20 Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (浙江吉利控股集团)
Total score 25.2 /100
Total performance score 5.6 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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21 Nissan Motor Company
Total score 24.5 /100
Total performance score 5.3 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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22 China FAW Group (中国第一汽车集团有限公司)
Total score 24.3 /100
Total performance score 5.2 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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- Dongfeng Motor Group (东风汽车集团有限公司)
Total score 24.3 /100
Total performance score 5.2 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Total score 24.3 /100
Total performance score 5.2 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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25 Mahindra and Mahindra
Total score 22.9 /100
Total performance score 4.6 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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26 Mazda Motor Corporation
Total score 19.0 /100
Total performance score 3.0 / 20
Narrative score D
Trend score
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27 Subaru Corporation
Total score 7.9 /100
Total performance score 3.3 / 20
Narrative score E
Trend score
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28 Chongqing Changan Automobile Company (重庆长安汽车股份有限公司|长安汽车)
Total score 7.6 /100
Total performance score 3.2 / 20
Narrative score E
Trend score
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29 Suzuki
Total score 7.1 /100
Total performance score 3.0 / 20
Narrative score E
Trend score
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30 Chery Holding Group (奇瑞控股集团)
Total score 4.8 /100
Total performance score 2.0 / 20
Narrative score E
Trend score
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