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Schützinger (Porsche Holding Salzburg): New car sales in Austria to exceed 280,000 units in 2025 (+10.3%, 2024: 253,789 registered cars). Overall, this result is important sign for Austrian car sector that it is moving towards healthy market level after years of decline, with moderate annual growth steps. At same time, switch from pure combustion engines (ICEs) to electrified vehicles (BEVs, PHEVs) has continued to gather pace
December 31, 2025 | 07:50am CETflashread more
Cox Automotive: North American countries increased their share of new light vehicle supplies (production origin) for US market in 2025 – United States/USA (from 50.6% in 2024 to 53.9% in Q4 2025), Mexico (from 16.9% to 17.2%), Canada (from 6.5% to 6.7%), while other regions decreased their share of sales – South Korea (from 10% to 7.7%), Japan (from 8.9% to 8.5%), Europe (from 5.9% to 5.6%), United Kingdom/UK (from 0.8% to 0.3%)
December 31, 2025 | 07:44am CETflashread more
Former employee injured 15 workers (eight stabbed with knife, seven sprayed with chemicals) at Yokohama Rubber factory in Mishima, Japan (production of tires/tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 112,000 sqm, 1,000 employees) on December 26, arrested by police. Attacker reportedly told police that he had been bullied at work
December 31, 2025 | 07:39am CETflashread more
Depository of collection of classic cars of Sipral owner Leopold Bareš hit by fire in Prague, Czechia on December 6, causing damage estimated at CZK 200 million (EUR 8.2 million) on area of 900 sqm. Amount of preserved values (mainly historic vehicles) also reached CZK 200 million. No one injured. Cause of fire in building in Strašnice was technical fault in electrical installation
December 31, 2025 | 07:28am CETflashread more
VDA: Car production in Germany to fall by 1% to 4.11 million in 2026, of which electric vehicle manufacturing to grow by 5% to 1.76 million (BEV: +11%, PHEV: -10%). Foreign car production of German group brands to rise by 1% to 9.2 million. Germany is thus consolidating its position as world's second-largest production location for electric cars, Müller said
December 31, 2025 | 07:20am CETflashread more
GlobalData: Global production of battery electric vehicles to increase by 26% to 14.4 million in 2025 (2024: 11.4 million), by 19% to 17.1 million in 2026 and more than double to 37 million by 2032 (2027: 20.7 million, 2028: 24.2 million, 2029: 27.8 million, 2030: 31.3 million, 2031: 34.6 million) – China: 13.5 million BEVs, Europe: 11.8 million, North America: 5.9 million, Rest of World: 5.8 million. EV market is expected to grow steadily in years ahead, supported by strong government incentives, ongoing technology improvements, and rising consumer preference for cleaner transportation, Shiledar said
December 30, 2025 | 07:45am CETflashread more
Project M-LightEn (Monocoque architecture – Lightweight and Low Energy): Gordon Murray Group/GMG (Gordon Murray Automotive/GMA, Gordon Murray Advanced Engineering/GMAE, Gordon Murray Special Vehicles/GMSV) aims to develop new ultra-lightweight vehicle monocoque architecture within three years that is 25% lighter and 50% less carbon (CO2) intensive than current super sports models (T.33, T.33 Spider, T.50, T.50s, S1 LM with Cosworth V12 engines). GBP 11.5 million project has funding support from Innovate UK and Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), with government grant of GBP 5.5 million. Venture is projected to create as many as 160 new jobs across GMG and partners Carbon ThreeSixty, Constellium UTC, Brunel University of London. British automaker expects development results to be available for low-volume commercial use from late 2027. Altair (Siemens Digital Industries Software) to assist with project through C123 concept development process, HyperWorks simulation platform
December 30, 2025 | 07:36am CETflashread more
AutoSAP: 29,828 (passenger) electric vehicles produced in Czechia in November (+81.9%; 24,509 battery electric vehicles, +99.8%, 5,319 plug-in hybrids, +28.8%), of which 29,802 cars (+82.2%; Škoda: 21,173 BEVs, +149.8%, 3,217 PHEVs, +28.9%; Hyundai: 3,310 BEVs, -11.8%, 2,102 PHEVs, +28.6%) and 26 buses (SOR: 13 BEVs; Škoda Electric: 0 BEVs; Iveco: 13 BEVs)
December 30, 2025 | 07:27am CETflashread more
Dataforce: New car sales in DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to fall by 0.1% to 3,310,000 in 2025 (2024: 3,314,000), of which 650,000 battery electric vehicles (+38%) representing 19.6% penetration. In 2026, registrations to increase by 4.7% to 3,466,000 units, of which 860,000 BEVs (+32%) representing 24.8% share. For company cars, BEVs to become dominant fuel/power type in 2026, company added
December 30, 2025 | 07:21am CETflashread more
Auto In (Ford, Volvo, Hyundai, Škoda, Kia, Mazda, Peugeot dealer in Pardubice, Svitavy, Liberec, Ostrava, Pilsen, Ústí nad Labem, Děčín, Benešov, Mladá Boleslav, Brno and Ústí nad Orlicí, Czechia) opened BYD dealership in Prague, to rebuild former 460 sqm showroom of Auto In Garant used car shop as part of branch in Průhonice-Čestlice (Ford service, In Lease Store car rental, Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia and Moto Guzzi motorcycle dealerships)
December 30, 2025 | 07:17am CETflashread more
ČSÚ: Car prices in Czechia up by 0.4% m/m in November, by 1.1% y/y (new: +0.1% m/m, +0.7% y/y; used: +0.5%, +1.4%). Inflation (consumer price index/CPI) in related areas developed differently – motorcycles (+0.1%, +9.4%), spare parts and accessories (+0.0%, -0.4%), fuels and oils (+1.6%, -2.5%), maintenance and repairs / service works (+0.3%, +5.3%)
December 30, 2025 | 07:13am CETflashread more
VDIK: New car sales in Germany to increase by 0.4% to 2.83 million units in 2025 (2024: 2.82 million), of which 34% to be registered by private individuals (960,000, +5%, 2024: 913,382), 30% by fleet customers (845,000, -7%, 911,591), 25% by automakers and dealers (710,000, +4%, 684,826), 11% by car rental and leasing companies (315,000, +3%, 307,192)
December 30, 2025 | 07:07am CETflashread more
Cox Automotive: New light vehicle sales in USA to reach 4.03 million in Q4 (-4.7%), totaling 16.31 million in 2025 (+1.8%, 2024: 16.03 million cars and vans). Top 4 best-selling players (General Motors/GM, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai) took 2.6% share from rest of market, mainly from automakers Volkswagen (-0.6 pp), Stellantis (-0.5 pp) and Tesla (-0.4 pp). In 2026, US auto market to decline, when 8 out of 9 monitored indicators record drop – new sales 15.8 million (-2.4%), new retail sales 13.1 million (-1.5%), fleet sales 2.7 million (-6.1%), new lease volume 2.8 million (-12.6%), lease penetration 21% (-3 pp), certified pre-owned (CPO) sales 2.6 million (-2.2%), used sales 38.3 million (-0.9%), used retail sales 20.3 million (-0.7%), December 2026 y/y Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index (MUVVI) 2% (+1.7%)
December 29, 2025 | 07:54am CETflashread more
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KPMG Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI) 2019: Netherlands, Singapore, Norway, USA, Sweden most prepared for autonomous transportation
October 17, 2019 | 12:27pm CETpublicNorway, Finland, Israel, Czechia, Hungary added to ranking in 2019. New 25-country consumer opinion poll on AVs...
read moreKPMG Global Automotive Executive Survey 2019: BEVs to account for 30% of global production in 2040
July 8, 2019 | 12:16am CETpublicBEV will be followed by HEVs, FCEVs and ICEVs. At the same time, most automotive executives are convinced that while OEMs declared themselves responsible for the technological agenda in the past decades, that role is being taken over by the regulator who will set the primary agenda defined by industry policies...
read moreAutoSAP elected two new board members
January 4, 2018 | 09:50pm CEToriginalThese are representatives of TÜV Süd and Agados, who have replaced the managers of Tatra and Brano. Changes in the Supervisory Board of the association, a new educational project...
read moreConference on automotive industry in Czechia and Central Europe to take place in Brno
October 25, 2017 | 09:52am CEToriginalLecturers from Škoda, Hyundai, TPCA, Iveco, Tatra, KPMG, Kovo, ABB, Brano, Motor Jikov, Minerva or CzechInvest, topics of the 14th year, partners...
read moreJedteVolit.cz: SmileCar, Rekola, Liftago offered discounted or free transport to polls in Czechia
October 23, 2017 | 11:15pm CEToriginalDetails of the special offers of these three startups, available locations, the profile of SmileCar and its partners...
read moreMédea Research: Sales of new cars in Czechia increased by 14.4% in August 2017, registrations dropped
October 4, 2017 | 01:50am CEToriginalSales growth was driven by Škoda, Ford, VW, Dacia and Seat. Kia was not successful. Development in vans, significant decline in special-purpose registrations, eight-month results...
read moreAutodata: Sales of light vehicles in US dropped by 1.9% in August
October 1, 2017 | 11:17pm CEToriginalWhile demand for cars fell, demand for vans and pickups increased. Automakers' results, Hurricane Harvey's impact, sales for 8 months...
read moreLMC Automotive: Car sales in Western Europe up by 1.7% in July
August 31, 2017 | 11:45pm CEToriginalDemand in individual countries, decline in four states, impact of the number of working days, results for seven months, the outlook for 2017...
read moreCar sales in US fell by 7% in July
August 31, 2017 | 10:42pm CEToriginalThe seventh decline in a row, reasons, automakers sales, seven-month results, year-round recalculated sales, price development, analysts' expectations...
read moreMedea Research: New car sales in Czech Rep rose by 21.1% in July 2017
August 4, 2017 | 02:03am CEToriginalGrowth was driven by VW, Dacia, Seat, Ford, Toyota and Nissan. Renault failed. Development in vans, significant decline in special-purpose registrations, seven-month results...
read moreMedea Research: Sales of new cars in Czech Rep up by 16.4% in June 2017
July 31, 2017 | 11:08pm CEToriginalGrowth was driven by Skoda, VW, Dacia, Seat, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai and Peugeot. Development in vans, significant decline in purpose registrations, results in H1...
read moreLMC Automotive: Car sales in Western Europe rose by 1.4% in June
July 30, 2017 | 11:57pm CEToriginalDemand in individual countries, a fall in five states, the impact of working days, self-registrations, results in H1, commentary and outlook for 2017...
read moreLMC Automotive: Sales in Western Europe up by 7% in May
June 30, 2017 | 06:50am CEToriginalDemand in individual countries, drop in four states, results in 5 months, comment...
read moreCar sales in US down by 1% in May
June 30, 2017 | 06:22am CEToriginalFifth fall in a row, carmakers’ results, change in the position 1, outlook of LMC Automotive for 2017...
read moreDeloitte: Brexit can threaten thousands of jobs in German automotive industry
June 26, 2017 | 12:26am CEToriginalEstimated growth in German car prices in the UK, expected decline in sales, revenues and profits, whole study...
read moreMedea Research: Sales of new cars in Czech Rep increased by 10% in May 2017, registrations returned to growth
June 5, 2017 | 07:57am CEToriginalSales growth was driven by Skoda, Toyota, VW, BMW, Dacia and Fiat. Development in vans, growth of special-purpose registrations, results for 5 months...
read moreACEA: Car sales in EU down by 6.6% in April
May 31, 2017 | 12:09am CEToriginalFirst fall after five months of growth, Easter effect, results in individual countries, Central European demand, sales of carmakers, KPMG comment and outlook...
read moreLMC Automotive: Car sales in Western Europe fell by 8% in April
May 29, 2017 | 11:05pm CEToriginalDemand in individual countries, growth in four states, results in 4 months, commentary and outlook...
read moreTUV Sud and UAMK established cooperation in Czech Rep
May 10, 2017 | 11:10pm CEToriginalContent of the partnership, common communication activities, timing...
read moreMedea Research adjusted methodology in statistic of new car and van registrations in Czech Rep
May 8, 2017 | 11:57pm CEToriginalNew and previous status, timing, declared reasons...
read moreSDA: New car registrations in Czech Rep down by 1.7% in April
May 5, 2017 | 01:47am CEToriginalThe fall was mitigated by Toyota, Ford, Renault, Mercedes or Nissan. Influence of Easter, development in commercial vehicles, results for 4 months, commentary and outlook of PwC...
read moreMedea Research: New car sales in Czech Rep rose by 1.4% in April 2017, registrations dropped
May 3, 2017 | 11:29pm CEToriginalSales growth was driven by Toyota, Renault, Mercedes, Nissan and Skoda. Dacia was not successful. Developments in vans, a drop of special-purpose registrations, results for 4 months...
read moreVZP wants to expand in car insurance
April 23, 2017 | 11:48pm CEToriginalCNB damage liability license for a subsidiary, enhancement of equity, present and new products, timing, clients, business plans, target group...
read moreACEA: Car sales in EU rose by 11.2% in March
April 21, 2017 | 12:44am CEToriginalFifth growth in a row, Easter impact, results in individual countries, growth in Central Europe, sales of automakers, commentary and outlook of KPMG...
read moreLMC Automotive: Car sales in Western Europe rose by 10.3% in March
April 19, 2017 | 10:33pm CEToriginalDemand in individual countries, the fall in four countries, results in Q1...
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