If there’s one thing that can take digitalisation leaps and bounds forward, it’s fast, low-latency communication. These two attributes are the hallmarks of 5G networks, the deployment of which will enable a wide range of applications from robot-to-robot communication to virtual reality to the operation of autonomous vehicles. Many companies find it worthwhile to have their own mobile private network. ...
Since the beginning of the year, 215,101 passenger vehicles have been produced in the Czech Republic, a quarter more than last year. However, production volumes continue to be affected by faltering supply chains and shortages of some components, which halted production at Toyota of Kolín for ...
A communication from the Association of the Automotive Industry on the current developments in the approval of the CO2 regulation for passenger vehicles and Germany’s requirement for carbon neutral fuels, which provides a description of the current situation, the legal status, pos ...
Vážené čtenářky, vážení čtenáři, právě před třiadvaceti lety, v březnu roku 2000, přijala Evropská rada v Lisabonu strategii, jejímž cílem bylo vytvořit z Evropské unie „nejdynamičtější a nejkonkurenceschopnější ekonomiku světa založenou na znalostech, schopnou udržitelného ho ...
Electric cars have the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But there are also analyses that battery production for these cars may soon face shortages of critical raw materials. What are the origins of lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and other raw materials and what does ...
Transport Minister Martin Kupka understands the concerns of the automotive industry about the upcoming Euro 7/VII standard. In his opinion, it is not only too ambitious, but in some requirements it is directly unfeasible. The Minister described to the magazine Czech Car Industry how the negotiati ...
January production in the passenger car segment, compared to the first month of 2022, was up 21.7% year-on-year. A total of 112,794 passenger vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic. Almost 11% of these were electric vehicles. However, the volume of production continues to be negatively ...
On 14 February 2023, the European Commission presented a revision of the CO2 emission limits for heavy vehicles (trucks and buses). The new rules amend the existing EU Regulation 2019/1242, which set the first ever EU greenhouse gas emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. Under the e ...
The proposed new Euro 7/VII emission standards will have major negative impacts on internal combustion engine vehicles and their availability. At the same time, it will drain much needed resources for investment in the development of electric vehicles. Among its main drawbacks: ...
The year 2022 was filled with a number of difficult challenges for the Czech automotive industry. Despite persistent shortages of semiconductors and other components, the war in Ukraine, and difficulties in production and logistics chains, a total of 1,249,281 road vehicles of all types ...
Why shine light where it is not needed? IQS NANOPTIQS develops and manufactures micro and nano-optical elements that enhance the quality of lighting and can also deliver energy savings. “Our revolutionary approach to creating thin and miniaturized optical elements with unique proper ...
Passenger vehicle production jumped 9.3% year-on-year to a total of 1,118,639 units in the first 11 months. In November itself, however, there was a slight decline in production volume (-4.6%, i.e. 118 264 units). This was mainly due to persistent shortages of certain parts and tig ...
At the TÜV SÜD Czech safety and electronics test centre in Bezděčín, test dummies still live in a special room with a constant temperature. Crash tests are and will still be needed in many cases. But the future of mobility testing is moving towards smart non-destructive testing and virt ...
They design concepts, provide technical validation of innovations and develop and test series solutions for new functions for Volkswagen Group brands. The goal of Digiteq Automotive’s developments are modern vehicle-crew interfaces, advanced comfort, safety and assistance systems. For ...
Between January and October 2022, 1,000,375 passenger cars were produced in the Czech Republic, up 11.2% year-on-year. Moreover, the one millionth car milestone was reached a month earlier than in the previous year and the year before that. The automotive industry is thus successfully approa ...
According to Kamil Blažek, chairman of the Association for Foreign Investment (AFI), the green transformation will lead to one of the biggest redistributions of wealth in post-war Europe and companies that do not use it as an opportunity will at least become poorer. “It is quite possible th ...
On 10 November 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Euro 7/VII emission standard. This replaces the current Euro 6/VI or Euro VI-E, which has undergone successive additions since 2014, up to the current Euro 6d version. The proposed standard tightens the emission lim ...