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Minister Kupka and the Automotive Industry Association join forces for a realistic and fundamental change in CO2 emission limits for cars and vans

04/10/2024

Transport Minister Martin Kupka and the Association of the Automotive Industry (AutoSAP) are working together to adjust the current CO2 emission limits for cars and vans. It shows that Europe needs a systematic change towards decarbonisation and needs to respond more flexibly to the current state of the industry and market developments. We see this as crucial to strengthening the competitiveness of Europe and Czech companies, reducing strategic dependence on China and, not least, maintaining jobs in the sector and ensuring affordable individual mobility for all. The main requirement of the Czech Republic is an emphasis on technological neutrality, i.e. openness to all available options for decarbonising transport. At the same time, changes to the reg...

19/09/2024

Vehicle production in the Czech Republic is growing despite a slight cooling in the main European markets

Since the beginning of the year, 973,560 vehicles have been completed on the lines of domestic passenger car manufacturers, which is 5.5% more than in the same period last year. Significant growth was recorded in the motorcycle category, where production grew by more than 60% to a to...

18/09/2024

Autumn issue of the Český autoprůmysl magazine

If a quarterly journal wants to maintain a certain degree of relevance in the three-month interval, it must contain topics that are timeless or forward-looking. I dare say that in ...

16/09/2024

German locomotive has lost steam

Germany is often described as the “economic locomotive of Europe”. A country with huge industrial potential, strong research, a highly skilled and well-paid workforce, a world export power. It is also the Czech Republic’s primary part...

10/09/2024

From hybrids to batteries. Kolín fights for the electric car

He came to the interview from his morning boxing training still with plenty of energy and in good spirits, although not everything he said later was happy. Robert Kiml, the new – and first Czech – president of Kolín-based Toyota Motor Manufacturing Cz...