19/12/2025 |Articles are machine translated
Production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech in Kolín. | Photo: TMMCZ
From the beginning of the year to the end of November, a total of 1,349,148 passenger vehicles were produced on the lines of domestic manufacturers, which is only slightly below the level of last year’s record year. The production of motorcycles also recorded a year-on-year decline, which amounted to 690 units (-20.1%). On the contrary, the production of buses grew significantly, reaching 5,075 units (+27%). Electric vehicles currently account for almost 20% of total production. In the first eleven months, a total of 208,009 purely electric and 57,321 plug-in hybrid passenger cars and buses were completed.
In eleven months, 1,349,148 passenger vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic, i.e. 1.2% less year-on-year than in the same period of the previous year. 265,009 electric cars were produced in the given period and their current share in domestic production represents almost 20%. A total of 207,688 battery BEVs and 57,321 plug-in hybrid vehicles were completed.
The largest domestic automaker, Škoda Auto, produced 881,848 passenger cars in its domestic plants in January-November (+4.4%). 202,824 electric cars (BEVs and PHEVs) were produced, i.e. 22.9% of the brand’s total production. Of these, 174,838 were purely battery-powered vehicles and 27,986 were plug-in hybrid vehicles.
A total of 260,375 vehicles were produced at the Hyundai plant in Nošovice in the first eleven months, i.e. 16.1% less than in the same period last year. Of the total number of vehicles, 32,850 had a purely electric drive and 29,335 had a plug-in hybrid drive. Overall, electric vehicles produced in Nošovice account for 23.9% of the brand’s total domestic production.
206,925 completed cars rolled off the Toyota Motor Manufacturing production line in Kolín in the given period, i.e. 1.9% fewer vehicles than in the same period last year. More than half of the production, i.e. 109,610 units, was the hybrid Yaris HEV model, the other half was the Aygo X model, in the number of 97,315 units, which the Kolín-based car manufacturer has also been producing only in the hybrid version Aygo X HEV since November.
Bus production recorded a year-on-year increase in production. In the first eleven months, a total of 5,075 buses were produced in the Czech Republic, i.e. 1,079 more (+27%) than in the same period last year.
Iveco CR in Vysokomyt produced 4,640 buses (+27.7%) and another 160 buses in the form of built-ups, which are being completed in the sister plant in Foggia, Italy.
The SOR plant in Libchav also recorded a year-on-year increase in production, where a total of 409 buses were produced, i.e. 78 more than in the same period last year (+23.6%). A similar production trend as in the previous year was also recorded by KHMC with a value of 26 minibuses produced. A significant year-on-year increase was recorded in the segment of purely battery buses, of which a total of 321 were produced between January and November, i.e. 206 electric buses and 179% more than in the previous year. Most of them, i.e. 271, were produced at Iveco CR, the remaining 50 at SOR Libchavy.
Traditional motorcycle manufacturer Jawa Moto reported a year-on-year decline in production. In January-November, a total of 690 motorcycles rolled off the domestic brand’s production line (-20.1%), which is 174 fewer motorcycles in absolute terms than in the previous year.
