[Federation of German Automobile Industries: German production of electric passenger cars is expected to soar 50 per cent to 1.33 million this year] the German Federation of Automobile Industries expects that due to growing foreign demand and increased production of electric vehicles by automakers, the number of electric passenger vehicles produced in Germany will increase by 50 per cent this year. "We think the domestic production of electric passenger cars will increase by 50 percent to 1.33 million, of which 980000 will be pure electric vehicles," Hildegard Mueller, head of the association, said in an interview on Sunday.