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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The Czech Republic suffers from an unwillingness to help new investment projects. Greenfield investments have to overcome so many obstacles that they often make no sense for the investor,” says Kamil Blažek, chairman of the Association for F ...

Cooperation between China and Europe in the automotive industry began 40 years ago when the first Volkswagen Santana was assembled in China from imported parts. The partnership between Chinese and European manufacturers is now taking on a whole new dimension ...

Although the General Manager of Iveco Czech Republic, David Kříž, has a driving licence only for passenger cars, he was happy to sit behind the wheel of a bus with the IVECO BUS brand at our request. He is proud of this brand, especially the CROSSWAY model series, which is produced R ...

In the first half of 2024, the Czech car industry achieved the highest first-half production result in the history of the Czech Republic. In the first six months, a total of 774,310 passenger vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic, i.e. 4.9% more than in the same period of the ...

More than a hundred guests gathered at the unique work and social event Automotive Leaders Forum at the Mánes Gallery this year. This time the Automotive Industry Association prepared it with an emphasis on sustainability. The evening included a tour of the exhibition on sustain ...

For the twenty-sixth time, the Automotive Industry Association has announced the winners of the Automotive Business of the Year competition. As in previous years, this year’s edition, which assessed the basic economic results of companies in 2023, anno ...

Return to pre-crisis production values, year-on-year growth of exports by more than 23 percent and sales to almost CZK 1.5 trillion – these are the basic attributes that can be used to characterize the development of the member companies of the Automotive Industry ...

Nobody can see into anybody’s head. However, based on many interviews, one can roughly guess what occupies the brain capacity of automotive managers. We have tried to do so in this issue of Czech Car Industry. And here are our findings. David Kříž, head of Iveco in the Czech Republic, ...

In the Czech Republic, 651,935 passenger vehicles were produced in the first five months. This is almost 10% more than in the same period last year. The motorcycle category recorded significant growth, with production up by 46.5% to 476 units. There was a sl ...

We note that the European Commission has proposed the imposition of provisional countervailing duties on imports of electric vehicles manufactured in China. The Automotive Industry Association has long supported fair and open trade based on a level playing f ...

Tatra Trucks has introduced the latest generation of the Tatra Phoenix model range, which builds on proven foundations while introducing many new features that improve comfort, safety and efficiency. Series production will begin in the summer. At the same time, t ...

In the first four months of 2024, a total of 531,355 vehicles have already been completed on the lines of domestic passenger vehicle manufacturers, i.e. 14.4% more than last year. The half a million vehicles produced mark was thus surpassed a month ...