17/3/2026 |Articles are machine translated
The Škoda Octavia has long been a popular model. | Photo: Škoda Auto
In January and February, a total of 254,534 passenger vehicles were assembled on the lines of domestic manufacturers – 8.6% more year-on-year. The production of buses also grew by 875 units (+1.4%) and motorcycles by 183 units (+81.2%). The share of electrified passenger vehicles in total production was 40.9% – specifically 42,212 battery vehicles, 8,821 with plug-in hybrid and 52,978 with hybrid drive. Almost 60% of production, in a total number of 150,523 units, was cars with conventional drive.
“Especially in the context of a slight cooling in European markets, the high pace of domestic production since the end of the year confirms stable demand for cars manufactured in the Czech Republic. Proven and long-standing popular models continue to play a key role in production – the Škoda Octavia, Kamiq or Fabia, the hybrid Toyota Yaris and Aygo X or the Hyundai Tucson SUV. However, new electrified models, such as the fully electric Škoda Elroq or Enyaq, are increasingly making their way into the production mix. The combination of strong traditional model lines and electrification progressing in line with customer interest confirms the ability of domestic manufacturers to respond to current demand developments and the technological transformation of the automotive industry,” says Zdeněk Petzl, Executive Director of the Association of the Automotive Industry.
In the first two months, a total of 254,534 passenger vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic, i.e. 8.6% more year-on-year than in the same period last year. Of these, a total of 104,011 vehicles were electrified – 42,212 BEVs, 8,821 PHEVs and 52,978 HEVs. Electrified passenger vehicles thus represented a 40.9% share of the total number of passenger cars produced and a year-on-year increase of 32.9%. The category of vehicles with external charging, i.e. purely battery-powered BEVs and plug-in hybrid PHEVs, numbered 51,033 units and accounted for 20% of production, with a year-on-year increase of 28.9%.
The largest domestic automaker, Škoda Auto, produced 172,379 passenger cars in its domestic plants in January and February (+13.8%). The Mladá Boleslav-based automaker produced 42,837 vehicles with external charging, i.e. battery BEVs and plug-in hybrid PHEVs, i.e. 24.8% of the brand’s total domestic production. Of these, 36,876 were purely battery BEVs and 5,961 were plug-in hybrids.
At the beginning of the year, a total of 42,300 vehicles were assembled at the Hyundai plant in Nošovice, i.e. 4.8% less than in the same period last year. Of the total number of vehicles, 5,336 were purely electric, 2,860 were plug-in hybrids, and 13,123 were hybrids. In total, electrified vehicles numbered 21,319 and represented 50.4% of the brand’s domestic production.
A total of 39,855 completed vehicles rolled off the production line of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic in Kolín from the beginning of the year to the end of February, which is 3.6% more than in the same period last year. All of the 39,855 vehicles had a hybrid drive.
Production in the bus segment recorded a year-on-year increase of 1.4%. In the first two months, 875 buses were completed, which is 12 buses more. In Vysokomytské Iveco CR, 751 buses were produced, which is 10.8% less than in the same period last year. In SOR Libchavy, a total of 120 buses were produced at the beginning of this year, which is 103 more buses. KHMC produced 4 buses in the first two months of the year.
Traditional motorcycle manufacturer Jawa Moto reported a year-on-year increase in production. In January and February, a total of 183 motorcycles rolled off the domestic brand’s production line (+81.2%), which is 82 motorcycles more in absolute terms year-on-year.
