Chevrolet production statistics require careful definitions: EPA model-year production volumes delivered for U.S. sale differ from calendar-year factory output, while GM reports often describe sales or planned capacity rather than Chevrolet-only production. The figures below therefore separate observed output, market context, plant measures, and forward-looking estimates across the United States, North America, China, Brazil, and individual facilities.
Key Chevrolet Production Statistics
The most useful headline figures are:
- In model year 2024, 27.2 mpg was the average real-world fuel economy for new vehicles in the United States.
- From model years 2004 to 2024, average U.S. new-vehicle fuel economy increased 41%.
- In model year 2024, cars represented 34% of new vehicles in the United States under NHTSA classes.
- In model year 2024, trucks represented 66% of new vehicles in the United States under NHTSA classes.
- In model year 2024, truck SUVs accounted for about half of all new-vehicle production in the United States.
- During calendar year 2024, GM reported 2.705 million vehicles in the United States.
- During calendar year 2024, GM held 16.5% of the U.S. vehicle market.
- During calendar year 2024, GM reported 3.215 million vehicles in North America.
- During calendar year 2024, GM held 15.8% of the North American vehicle market.
- During calendar year 2024, GM reported 1.839 million vehicles in China.
- During calendar year 2024, GM held 6.9% of the Chinese vehicle market.
- During calendar year 2024, GM reported 1.383 million North American trucks.
- During calendar year 2024, GM held 31.8% of the North American truck market.
- During calendar year 2024, GM reported 1.144 million North American crossovers.
- During calendar year 2024, GM held 12.6% of the North American crossover market.
- Since January 1954, Arlington Assembly had produced more than 13 million vehicles by 2024.
- In 2024, Arlington Assembly produced more than 1,350 vehicles per day in Texas.
- In March 2023, Arlington Assembly recorded more than 34,000 vehicles in one month.
- In 2024, GM Brazil produced more than 350,000 vehicles.
- By the end of 2025, GM forecast more than one million units of North American EV capacity.
Contents
- How EPA defines Chevrolet production statistics
- Chevrolet and GM production mix by vehicle type
- Chevrolet production scale across North American markets
- Assembly plants, output rates and lifetime production
- Electric-vehicle production capacity and transition
- Production locations, models and workforce indicators
How EPA Defines Chevrolet Production Statistics
The 2024 EPA Automotive Trends Report identifies Chevrolet as one of GM’s U.S.-market makes using model-year definitions. Its underlying series measures production volumes delivered for sale in the United States, so it should not be treated as a calendar-year factory-production ledger.
The EPA Highlights of the Automotive Trends Report provides industry context for model year 2024. These figures describe U.S. new vehicles rather than Chevrolet alone:
- The average real-world fuel economy was 27.2 mpg in model year 2024, up 0.1 mpg from model year 2023.
- Average fuel economy improved in 16 of the last 20 years ending with model year 2024.
- The model-year 2024 average was 41% higher than the model-year 2004 average.
- Without battery-electric and plug-in-hybrid vehicles, the 2024 industry average would have been 1.7 mpg lower.
These are estimates or industry comparisons, not Chevrolet-only unit counts. The same EPA classification shows a market shaped more heavily by trucks than cars: cars were 34% and trucks 66% of U.S. new vehicles in model year 2024, with truck SUVs making up about half of all new-vehicle production.
Chevrolet and GM Production Mix by Vehicle Type
GM’s 2024 results provide the closest supplied scale context for Chevrolet, but the measures are sales, wholesale volume, industry volume, or market share—not Chevrolet factory production. The comparison below keeps the population and geography explicit.
| Market or category | Industry volume | GM volume | GM share | Period and measure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States, all vehicles | 16.385 million | 2.705 million | 16.5% | Calendar 2024; sales context |
| North America, all vehicles | 20.294 million | 3.215 million | 15.8% | Calendar 2024; sales context |
| China, all vehicles | 26.567 million | 1.839 million | 6.9% | Calendar 2024; sales context |
| North America, trucks | 4.345 million | 1.383 million | 31.8% | Calendar 2024; category sales |
| North America, crossovers | 9.101 million | 1.144 million | 12.6% | Calendar 2024; category sales |
Source: GM releases full-year and fourth-quarter 2024 results and 2025 guidance.
GM’s U.S. volume rose from 2.595 million in 2023 to 2.705 million in 2024, while its North American wholesale vehicle sales reached 3.464 million in 2024, a 10.1% increase from 2023. Those trends indicate scale and demand context for the corporate portfolio, but they do not establish how many Chevrolet vehicles were built.
The vehicle mix also shows why Chevrolet production discussions often center on trucks and crossovers. GM’s North American truck volume was 1.383 million, compared with 1.144 million crossovers, while the North American industry table recorded 4.345 million trucks and 9.101 million crossovers.
Chevrolet Production Scale Across North American Markets
GM’s North American business produced a substantial commercial footprint in calendar year 2024, although its published figures combine brands and report sales or revenue rather than Chevrolet-only output. North American wholesale vehicle sales were 3.464 million, and net sales and revenue were $157.509 billion.
GM reported North American EBIT-adjusted earnings of $14.528 billion and an EBIT-adjusted margin of 9.2% in 2024. These are corporate segment outcomes, not Chevrolet production costs or per-vehicle profitability.
The geographic context extends beyond North America. In 2024, 27.9% of GM’s wholesale vehicle sales volume came from outside the United States, while GM reported 1.839 million China vehicles and a 6.9% Chinese market share.
GM’s China figure includes joint-venture reporting rules and is not a Chevrolet-only production measure.
A compact view of the North American commercial indicators is:
- GM North American wholesale vehicle sales: 3.464 million vehicles in calendar 2024.
- Change in GM North American wholesale sales: 10.1% higher from 2023 to 2024.
- GM North American net sales and revenue: $157.509 billion in calendar 2024.
- GM North American EBIT-adjusted earnings: $14.528 billion in calendar 2024.
- GM North American EBIT-adjusted margin: 9.2% in calendar 2024.
Chevrolet Assembly Plants, Output Rates and Lifetime Production
Arlington Assembly illustrates the scale of a major GM facility that builds Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac SUVs. According to GM Arlington Assembly celebrates 70th anniversary and its 13 millionth vehicle, the Texas plant had produced more than 13 million vehicles since January 1954 by 2024.
The plant’s operating indicators describe a high-throughput environment:
- Arlington produced more than 1,350 vehicles per day in 2024.
- Its line operated 24 hours per day and six days per week in 2024.
- The plant reported a monthly production record above 34,000 vehicles in March 2023.
- Arlington employed more than 5,400 people in 2024.
- The site occupied 250 acres and had more than 20 miles of conveyors.
- Vehicles assembled there were exported to more than 30 countries.
- Arlington’s 2023 Texas economic impact included $523 million in wages.
These measures should not be converted into Chevrolet-only annual output. The facility aggregates multiple GM brands, and daily or monthly rates are plant measures rather than a complete model-year production count.
Chevrolet Electric-Vehicle Production Capacity and Transition
GM’s electric-vehicle plans add a forward-looking layer to Chevrolet production statistics. The GM Accelerates its Drive to Lead the EV Industry with $7 Billion Investment in Michigan release announced a $4 billion investment to convert Orion Assembly in Michigan for electric trucks.
The Orion plan was expected to create more than 2,350 new jobs and retain approximately 1,000 current jobs. Both figures are company forecasts tied to an announced plan, not measured employment outcomes.
GM also said it would have more than one million units of annual North American EV capacity by the end of 2025. This is a capacity target across GM, not realized production and not Chevrolet-only capacity.
A later GM manufacturing announcement described about $4 billion over two years for domestic plants to increase U.S. production of gasoline and electric vehicles. Every GM assembly plant currently operating in the U.S. presents this as announced investment and future capacity context, so it should not be read as completed spending or delivered Chevrolet output.
Chevrolet Production Locations, Models and Workforce Indicators
GM listed 11 U.S. vehicle assembly plants within a network of 50 U.S. manufacturing and parts facilities for its 2025–2026 company footprint. The Every GM assembly plant currently operating in the U.S. plant-by-plant list identifies Chevrolet models alongside other GM brands, but the footprint is GM-wide.
Brazil supplies another major production context. According to GM Brazil marks a century of innovation: 20 million vehicles and counting, GM Brazil produced more than 350,000 vehicles in calendar year 2024 and had produced nearly 20 million vehicles since inception.
GM Brazil’s cumulative total represented 20% of Brazil’s automotive-industry output through 2024, a company-reported comparison between cumulative GM Brazil output and the industry total. GM Brazil employed more than 14,000 people in 2024.
Those Brazil figures, like Arlington’s plant measures, combine GM activity rather than isolating Chevrolet units. They are useful for understanding where Chevrolet may fit within a broader manufacturing network, while the available statistics do not support a fabricated country-by-country Chevrolet production total.