Iran Auto Industry

Iran Auto Industry

  • Carmakers, Armed Forces Expand Tech Ties to Overcome Sanctions
    Iran’s armed forces are expected to play an increasing role in auto industry by helping curb the impact of US sanctions on the key sector. After the US reimposed sanctions against Iran, foreign...
  • Auto Output Surges by 17%
    Iran’s automotive production increased by 17.16% during the 11 months to Feb. 18, compared with the same period of last year. According to data released by Securities and Exchange Organization on...
  • Auto Sector Facing Tough Times
    Iranian automotive companies are in the red, owing parts makers 430 trillion rials ($1.72 billion), a member of Iran Auto Parts Makers Association said. Reza Rezaei added that parts manufacturers...
  • 1st Top Ranking for Local Sedan
    Iran’s quality watchdog has given five out of five stars for the first time to a sedan made by a leading domestic automaker Iran Khodro. Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company’s website has...
  • CBI Throwing Auto Industry Lifeline Worth $612 Million
    The Central Bank of Iran has allocated 150 trillion rials ($612.24 million) in aid packages and loans to the auto sector to help bolster productivity and localization efforts, the CBI chief said....
  • Auto Output Rises Marginally
    Iran’s automotive production increased by 0.9% during the 10 months to Jan. 19, compared with the same period of last year. According to data released by Securities and Exchange Organization on...
  • Slight Increase in Auto Output
    Iran’s automotive production increased by 7.3% during the nine months to Dec. 20, 2020, compared with the year-ago period. According to data released by Securities and Exchange Organization on...
  • Quality Inspection Firm Releases Monthly Report on Iran-Made Cars
    Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company has released a report on the quality of domestically-produced cars surveyed during the Iranian month ending Nov. 20.  ISQI is a private firm working...
  • Auto Parts Localization Curbs Capital Flight by Over $130m
    Major Iranian automaker Iran Khodro (IKCO) has slashed capital flight by $138 million through the localization of vehicle parts in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 20–Nov....
  • Iranian Carmakers’ Double-Pronged Strategy for Boosting Production
    Iranian carmakers have implemented a double-pronged strategy to curb their reliance on foreign suppliers: expanding ties with local tech firms and academia, as well as collaborating with armed...
  • Local Tech Firms Fill Automotive Void Created by Foreign Partners
    Following the reimposition of US sanctions in 2018, almost all foreign automotive partners pulled out of Iran. However, local technology companies gradually stepped in to fill the void. Most...
  • Iran's Auto Output Increases by 16%
    Iran’s automotive output increased by 16.3% during the eight months to Nov. 20 compared with the year-ago period. According to data released by Securities and Exchange Organization on Codal.ir,...
  • Iran-Made Cars Ranked by Quality Inspection Firm
    Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company has released data on the quality of locally-made cars during the Iranian month ending Oct. 21. ISQI is a private firm working on contract with...
  • SAIPA Propels Localization With Help From IRGC, Army
    Iran’s major automaker SAIPA is implementing 81 projects to localize high-tech auto parts, hoping to curb the sector’s dependency on foreign suppliers.  The projects have been established in...
  • 40,000 CNG Cabs for 4 Cities
    Major local carmaker Iran Khodro (IKCO), in collaboration with Iran Taxi Union, is replacing 40,000 dilapidated taxis with CNG-hybrid vehicles with Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards. A joint initiative...
  • Gov’t Support, Tech Companies Help IKCO Increase Auto Output
    The state-backed automotive tech localization efforts and the strong role of knowledge-based and technology firms in the past several months have boosted the production rate of Iran Khodro (IKCO...
  • Auto Parts Localization Prevents Capital Flight Worth Over €130m
    Major Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has curbed capital flight to the tune of €137 million through the localization of 54 auto parts in the first six months of the current Iranian year...
  • Auto Output Up 21% in 5 Months
    Iran’s automotive output increased by 21% during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21) compared to the year-ago period. According to data released by the Industries...
  • SAIPA Starts Collaboration to Utilize Army’s Air Force Tech
    Major Iranian automaker SAIPA has signed an agreement with the Iranian Army’s Air Force, based on which the latter’s technologies will be shared with the carmaker. During a Sunday visit to SAIPA’s...
  • New Initiative to Replace Old Taxis With CNG-Hybrids
    Automaker Iran Khodro (IKCO) and Iran Taxi Union are jointly pushing an initiative to replace 50,000 dilapidated taxis with CNG-hybrids by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2021).  The...
  • MAPNA, IKCO Form Alliance to Produce Electric Vehicles
    The global electric vehicle race has reached Iran, as the domestic engineering and energy giant, MAPNA Group, and major automaker Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) are gearing up to jointly produce EVs....
  • Iran Auto Output Up 21%
    Iran’s automotive output increased by 21% during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-August 21) compared to the year-ago period. According to data released by the Ministry...
  • Gov’t to Invest Over $170m in Auto Localization R&D Project
    Iran’s Industries Ministry plans to invest 40 trillion rials ($173.9 million) in a research and development project aimed at localizing key auto parts, a deputy industries minister said. Mehdi...
  • Auto Parts Localization Could Save $2 Billion
    Iranian auto industries can reduce capital flight by $2 billion, if the government were to support their localization efforts, secretary of Iranian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association says. Arash...
  • Auto Industry Future Uncertain
    Iran’s auto industry was in a hopeless and failing platform even before Donald Trump imposed tough new economic sanctions in 2018 after getting out of Iran’s historic nuclear agreement.  As...

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