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The Automotive Industry Association welcomes Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ announced plan to build a new production plant in Cheb with a capacity of up to 25,000 trucks per year. This project represents a significant boost to the Czech automotive industry and, at the same time, exp ...

In December 2025, the European Commission presented a set of measures known as the Automotive Package, introducing targeted adjustments to emissions targets and greater flexibility in the approach to transforming the automotive industry. The proposed softeni ...

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 el ...

You might also be wondering what Škoda Auto’s recipe for success is? What does it do differently than other European automakers that it is achieving record results even in these difficult times for the automotive industry? I asked for you, but don’t expect any miracu ...

The newly re-elected president of the Association of the Automotive Industry and a member of the board of directors of Škoda Auto, Martin Jahn, assesses the Czech automotive industry as healthy and standing on solid foundations, but expects that with the acc ...

The interest of companies in cooperation with academia has increased in recent years, and industry is becoming more aware of the need for automation, robotization, and digitalization. According to Petr Šimoník, vice-dean for cooperation with industry and commerci ...

In the first month of this year, domestic manufacturers produced 10% more passenger cars than in the same period last year, specifically 125,190 units. Motorcycle production also grew, with 63 units manufactured. In contrast, bus production was lower at the beginning of the year, with a&n ...

The Automotive Industry Association presents companies that have earned the right to use the prestigious title “Supplier for Car of the Year 2026 in the Czech Republic” in the 32nd annual Car of the Year 2026 survey in the Czech Republic. Parts from domestic companies are not ...

Despite a number of challenges, domestic vehicle manufacturers managed to produce a total of 1,445,776 passenger cars in 2025. Despite a year-on-year decrease of 0.5%, they achieved the second best result in history. Bus production also achieved an ...

Hungary has become one of the important centers of the European automotive industry over the past ten to fifteen years, mainly thanks to German manufacturers. In addition to the car factories themselves, battery factories have been built or are still being built ...

From the beginning of the year to the end of November, a total of 1,349,148 passenger vehicles were produced on the lines of domestic manufacturers, which is only slightly below the level of last year’s record year. The production of motorcycles also recorded a& ...

Although the Automotive Industry Association welcomes the fact that the European Commission is finally coming up with the promised package of measures to mitigate the impacts of overly ambitious automotive targets, at first glance it unfortunately appears that th ...

The General Meeting of the Automotive Industry Association, which took place this year at Škoda Auto in Mladá Boleslav, once again confirmed the stability and continuity of the leadership of the most important industrial sector in the Czech Republic. The Association members re-elected Mar ...

A fairly comprehensive picture of the state of the automotive sector could be drawn from the headlines of the articles in this issue of the magazine alone. If you want to start with the overall situation and an attempt to find answers to questions about how to keep Central and Eastern Eur ...

After thirteen years, the CEO who left the company at a time when it was fighting for survival has returned to the helm of Tatra. Today, he faces the opposite pressure. There are more orders, especially from the defense industry, than the automaker can cover ...

Instead of high incentives, a much more attractive business environment, competitive energy prices, reasonable tax regulations, a smart depreciation policy or better evaluation of research and development. Unification of criteria for strategic investmen ...