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Minister Kupka and the Automotive Industry Association join forces for a realistic and fundamental change in CO2 emission limits for cars and vans

Transport Minister Martin Kupka and the Association of the Automotive Industry (AutoSAP) are working together to adjust the current CO2 emission limits for cars and vans. It shows that Europe needs a systematic change towards decarbonisation and needs to respond more flexibly to the current state of the industry and market developments. We see this as crucial to strengthening the competitiveness of Europe and Czech companies, reducing strategic dependence on China and, not least, maintaining jobs in the sector and ensuring affordable individual mobility for all. The main requirement of the Czech Republic is an emphasis on technological neutrality, i.e. openness to all available options for decarbonising transport. At the same time, changes to the reg ...

Vehicle production in the Czech Republic is growing despite a slight cooling in the main European markets

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 ...

Autumn issue of the Český autoprůmysl magazine

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 ...

German locomotive has lost steam

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 ...

From hybrids to batteries. Kolín fights for the electric car

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 ...

Kamil Blazek: It’s right to have ambitions, but…

“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 ...

The new European invasion of China

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 ...

David Kříž: The bus is not an inflated car, each piece is unique

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 ...

Car production records record half-year

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 ...

Automotive Leaders Forum for the third time, this year on the topic of “sustainability”

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 ...

The Automotive Industry Association announced the winners of the Enterprise of the Year 2023 competition

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 ...

2023: Growth in vehicle production, sales and exports

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 ...

Read the summer issue of Czech Car Industry magazine

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, ...

Vehicle production in the Czech Republic continues to grow

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 ...

Tariffs on Chinese electric cars are not the solution

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 has a new Phoenix, managers and offices. It is also exploring the development of alternative drives.

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 ...

Vehicle production already passed the half-million mark in April

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 ...

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