17/7/2026 |Articles are machine translated
Production of the new Škoda Epiq fully electric car. | Illustration photo: Škoda Auto
In the first half of 2026, a total of 780,378 passenger cars were assembled on the lines of domestic manufacturers, up 4.4% year-on-year. In June alone, production showed a year-on-year increase of 3.3%. Higher year-on-year values were also recorded for the production of buses (2,984 units (+8.2%), motorcycles (444 units (+26.5%), trucks (803 units (+46%)) and trailers (11,228 units (+20.7%). Of the total number of vehicles produced, 40% had an electrified drive – 130,356 purely battery-powered, 26,625 plug-in hybrid and 161,752 hybrid.
“Although the situation and outlook of individual manufacturers differ more than ever before, the Czech automotive industry confirms its stability and competitiveness. The pace of production of domestic car manufacturers remains high in the first half of the year and reflects the ability to flexibly respond to customer demand across all types of drives – from modern combustion engines to hybrids to purely electric cars. It is this flexibility, together with high productivity and production quality, that strengthens the position of the Czech Republic as one of the key pillars of both the domestic economy and the European automotive industry,” says Martin Jahn, President of the Association of the Czech Automotive Industry.
In the first six months of this year, 780,378 passenger vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic, i.e. 4.4% more year-on-year than in the first half of the previous year. 318,333 electrified vehicles were produced in the given period and their share in domestic car production reached 41%. A total of 130,199 battery BEVs, 26,625 plug-in hybrid PHEVs and 161,509 hybrid vehicles were produced. A total of 56,770 vehicles (7.3%) were destined for the domestic market. Almost 93% of the cars produced (723,608 units) went to foreign markets.
The largest domestic carmaker, Škoda Auto, produced 526,409 passenger cars (+9.5%) at its domestic plants in January-June. 48,929 vehicles were placed on the Czech market, i.e. 9.3% of production, while 477,480 vehicles, 90.7%, were destined for foreign markets. The Mladá Boleslav carmaker produced 133,165 vehicles with external charging, i.e. battery BEVs and plug-in hybrid PHEVs, i.e. 25.3% of the brand’s total domestic production. Of these, 115,442 were pure battery BEVs and 17,723 were plug-in hybrids.
In the Nošovice plant of the Hyundai car company, there was a total year-on-year decrease in production of 9.9%. The automaker produced a total of 135,400 vehicles in the first half of the year. A total of 128,698 cars were exported (95%) and 6,702 were placed on the domestic market (5%).Of the total number of vehicles produced, 14,757 were purely electric, 8,902 were plug-in hybrid, and 42,940 were hybrid. In total, electrified cars represented almost half of the total production.
From the beginning of the year to the end of June, a total of 118,569 completed vehicles rolled off the production line of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic in Kolín, i.e. 1.8% more than in the same period of the previous year. All of the 118,569 vehicles had a hybrid drive. More than 99% of the vehicles produced were destined for export.
In the first two quarters, a total of 2,984 buses (+8.2%) were assembled in the Czech Republic, 410 of which were intended for the domestic market. 2,843 units, or 95%, were then destined for foreign markets.
2,633 buses were manufactured at the Vysoké Mýto Iveco CR plant, or 0.6% more than last year, 2,641 were destined for foreign markets (-6%) and 261 (+63.1%) were sold domestically. In the first six months of this year, SOR Libchavy recorded production values of 338 buses, i.e. 208 units, or 160% more than last year. 149 buses were placed on the domestic market, 189 units were destined for foreign markets. KHMC produced a total of 13 minibuses between January and June.
The electrified bus segment included a total of 157 purely battery buses in the first half of the year, of which 120 were manufactured at Iveco ČR and 37 at SOR Libchavy. Another 243 hybrid buses were assembled at Iveco ČR.
Truck manufacturer Tatra Trucks produced a total of 803 vehicles in the first half of this year, 253 more than in the same period last year (i.e. +46%). Tatra’s production was mostly exported (452 units), 343 vehicles were placed in the Czech Republic.
The Jawa manufacturer produced 444 motorcycles in the first six months of the year, which is 93 units more than last year. Out of the total production, 162 motorcycles of this brand were placed on the Czech market, 282 machines were exported.
Between January and June, a total of 11,228 trailers and semi-trailers of all sizes were produced, i.e. 1,923 more than last year (+4.5%).
In terms of volume, the majority of production was provided by Agados, a company specializing in small trailers up to 3.5 tons. It produced 9,600 of these (+16.6%), sold 4,834 of them domestically (+0.9%), and 4,299 of them abroad (+45.2%).
In the category of large trailers and semi-trailers, there was an overall year-on-year increase in production of +52.3% to a total of 1,628 units. Schwarzmüller produced 1,314 large trailers, i.e. 57.4% more than last year. It sold 200 units in the Czech Republic, 1,114 units abroad (+64.8%). Panav also recorded a year-on-year increase in production, completing a total of 314 trailers (+35.3%). It placed 240 units of attachments on the domestic market (+64.4%), and 40 units were exported abroad (+17.6%).
