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Vehicle production continues to slow down at the end of the year

From the beginning of the year to the end of November, a total of 1,365,816 passenger vehicles were produced on the lines of domestic vehicle manufacturers, i.e. 5% more than in the same cumulative period of the previous year. However, compared to the beginning of the year, the pace of production continued to slow down towards the end of the year. Bus manufacturers recorded lower year-on-year results, with 3 996 buses produced in the period, down 14%. Motorcycle production, on the other hand, performed well, with a total of 864 completed machines. Production in the electric vehicle category currently represents 10.5% of total vehicle production. In the first eleven months, a total of 107 998 pure electric and 35 695 plug-in hybrid vehicles were prod ...

Vehicle production slows down at the end of the year

Between January and October, a total of 1,239,141 passenger cars rolled off the lines of domestic manufacturers, i.e. 6.6% more than in the same period last year. 127,222 vehicles produced so far have been electric, of which 95,657 are pure battery and 31,565 plug-in hybrids. In perc ...

Amendment on autonomous vehicles: a step towards wider use of autonomous technologies on our roads

The Ministry of Transport, in cooperation with the Association of the Automotive Industry and the Association of Automobile Importers, has prepared an amendment to the laws that will allo ...

One million vehicles produced again in September this year, but with a significantly higher lead than last year

In the first three quarters of this year, domestic automotive companies produced a total of 1,097,257 passenger vehicles, i.e. 7.8% more vehicles than in the same period last year. The one million vehicle production mark was broken again in September, but th ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Car production reaches record levels in the first quarter

In the first quarter, a total of 394,443 passenger vehicles were produced by domestic automotive companies, up 11.5% year-on-year. This is the highest production result for the first quarter of the year in the history of the Czech Republic. Production increases were ...

Car industry production above pre-crisis levels

In the first two months of 2024, a total of 263,028 vehicles have already been completed on the lines of domestic passenger vehicle manufacturers. This represents a year-on-year increase of 22.3%. Bus manufacturers also recorded an increase of more than ...

January production sees year-on-year growth across all vehicle categories

In the first month of this year, a total of 132,289 passenger vehicles rolled off the lines of domestic manufacturers, i.e. 17.3% more than last year. The production of buses also saw an alm ...

Suppliers for Car of the Year 2024 in the Czech Republic

The Association of the Automotive Industry presents the companies that have won the right to use the prestigious “Supplier of the Year 2024 in the Czech Republic” label in the 28th year of the Auto of the Year 2024 survey. Parts from domestic companie ...

Delivering on the ambitious agreement to reduce CO2 emissions for trucks and buses will not be feasible without the adoption of an incentive framework at national level

Yesterday’s political agreement on the draft CO2 targets enshrines a very ambitious decarbonisation timetable for heavy goods vehicles and buses. Without the simultaneous setting of an effective national framework for their operation, its successf ...

2023: Return to pre-crisis performance and 1.4 million passenger vehicles produced

Despite a number of challenges in 2023, domestic car manufacturers managed to increase production by 14.8% year-on-year and almost reach the pre-crisis production values with 1,397,816 passenger cars produced. The best result in the last four years was also ...

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