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Car production in the Czech Republic recorded a quarter year-on-year increase

15/03/2023

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 almost the whole of February. Bus and motorcycle manufacturers also saw a drop in production, mainly due to a shortage of semiconductors. 22 280 electric vehicles were produced, thus their share of total production has remained at ten per cent for a long time. ...

14/03/2023

Communication from the Automobile Industry Association on recent developments in the approval of the CO2 regulation for passenger cars and Germany’s requirement for carbon neutral fuels

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 ...

16/02/2023

January production was one-fifth higher year on year

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 ...

15/02/2023

AutoSAP’s response to the demand for accelerated introduction of electric drives in trucks and buses – revision of the regulation on CO2 emission targets for heavy goods vehicles and buses

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 ...

08/02/2023

Euro 7/VII: “high costs vs. negligible benefits”

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: ...

18/01/2023

Despite extensive challenges in 2022, a total of 1.25 million vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic

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 ...

15/12/2022

Despite a slight drop in production in November back to pre-crisis production values

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 ...

18/11/2022

Despite ongoing difficulties, end producers continue to increase production

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 ...

10/11/2022

AutoSAP’s reaction to the draft Euro 7/VII emission standard

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 ...

28/10/2022

AutoSAP reaction to the final EU agreement on CO2 emission standards for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles

On 27 October 2022, the European institutions finally agreed on a proposal that calls for new vehicles to be sold in the EU from 2035 only with zero CO2 emissions. This essentially means that in 2035, the sale of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with internal combustion engin ...

18/10/2022

Car production in positive figures despite persistent problems in the supply chain

Between January and September this year, 913,148 passenger cars were produced in the Czech Republic, i.e. 9.8% more than in the same period last year. In September alone, 111 374 passenger cars were produced. Manufacturers in other segments of the motor vehicle industry also performed well. ...

19/09/2022

Vehicle makers make up for losses in the first half of the year, but expensive energy threatens the whole sector

Car production in the Czech Republic finally got into the black after the summer months. Since the beginning of the year, a total of 801,774 new passenger vehicles have been produced (+3.4%). The growth is due to the improved situation in the supply and demand chains, but also to the low com ...

20/07/2022

Car production makes up for year-on-year losses in the second quarter

Thanks to increased production in May and June, domestic automakers erased the double-digit year-on-year decline. Between January and June this year, 606,909 passenger cars were produced, down 8.5 percent from 2021. In June alone, 125,374 cars were produced in the country, up 21.6 percent year-on ...

28/06/2022

2021: Solid results of the Czech car industry despite a decline in production

Do výkonnosti automobilového průmyslu také v roce 2021 zasáhla pandemie covidu-19, i když tentokrát odlišně. Její následky se v silně globalizovaném odvětví projevily především ve druhé polovině roku. Kritický nedostatek polovodičových čipů, problémy v dodavatelsko-odběratelských ř ...

09/06/2022

Stanovisko AutoSAP k hlasování EP o revizi emisních cílů CO2

Sdružení automobilového průmyslu (AutoSAP) považuje stoprocentní snížení emisí CO2 z nových osobních a lehkých užitkových vozidel k roku 2035 za velmi ambiciózní a v kombinaci s možnou přísnou normou Euro 7/VII za riziko pro zákazníky i odvětví. Apeluje proto na europoslance, ministry EU ...

18/05/2022

Výroba automobilů v Česku je meziročně o pětinu nižší

V České republice bylo od začátku roku vyrobeno 361 349 osobních vozidel, tedy o pětinu méně než v minulém roce. Do objemu produkce se promítají rozkolísané dodavatelské řetězce v souvislosti s válkou na Ukrajině i pandemickou situací v Číně. Vozidel s elektrickým pohonem bylo vyrobeno 36 769 ks, je ...

21/04/2022

Automobilový průmysl v Česku pociťuje dopady války na Ukrajině

Výroba motorových vozidel v České republice v prvním čtvrtletí poklesla meziročně o 18,7 procenta na celkových 271 315 ks. Propad je daný negativním trendem produkce osobních vozidel v důsledku nedostatku některých komponentů a narušených dodavatelských řetězců způsobených ruskou invazí na Ukrajinu. ...