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Bosch: World car production to rise by 50% by 2020, production of electric cars 30 times

May 13, 2010 | 01:24am CEToriginal
Electric drive is expected to rule other fields outside the automotive industry as well. The expected production of cars and electric cars in 2010 and 2020...
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FLEET MANAGEMENT 2010: Half of companies in Czech Rep still not using effective fleet management

May 4, 2010 | 12:41am CEToriginal
For example, they are not making use of telematics systems and do not buy tires centrally. Details of the survey of Incoma GfK, the conflict between buyers and suppliers...
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PwC improved outlook for world car production in 2010 by 2 million cars/4 percentage points

April 22, 2010 | 12:18am CEToriginal
Nevertheless, production will be, even according to new estimates, below 66 million cars from 2008. The engine of the growth should be markets...
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PwC: Car production in Czech Rep to fall by 1% in 2010, to grow by 7% in 2011

April 21, 2010 | 02:47am CEToriginal
Car production will then surpass the level of 1 million units in 2012, according to PwC. In Q1 2010, production of cars to 3.5 tonnes went up by 29.6%. Individual manufacturers...
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J.D. Power: Global sales of passenger cars and LCVs to rise by 4% in 2010

April 21, 2010 | 01:40am CEToriginal
The development on mature and emerging markets, forecasts for the USA, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia...
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Toyota has suspended sales of Lexus GX 460 on U.S. market

April 14, 2010 | 11:49pm CEToriginal
On other markets it is not yet clear what the position of the carmaker will be. IHS Global Insight predicts that Toyota will have to...
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Cebia: Those interested in origins and history of used car frequently checked Skoda, Volkswagen and Ford in 2009

April 13, 2010 | 12:57am CEToriginal
Growth in the number of queries to database of Autotracer, questions of individual brands, counterfeits of Cebia Report, the use of used car shops and dealers...
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Blue Events holds conference Fleet Management 2010 in Prague in late April

April 13, 2010 | 12:36am CEToriginal
The main topic of the event is to optimize fleet management in times of crisis. Speakers at the conference will be representatives of CAFM, Incoma GfK, Deloitte and others...
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Tachometer twisting in Czech Rep: Price frauds on buyers, disruption of service intervals, unfair dealer competition

April 12, 2010 | 01:45am CEToriginal
The number and structure of the Cebia checks in 2009, penetration at STKs in the Czech Republic and Germany, inspection of originality in Slovakia...
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Sales of new cars up to 3.5 tonnes up by 3.6% in Q1 in Czech Rep

April 7, 2010 | 11:56pm CEToriginal
The revival is also indicated by sales of dealers, which rose in February for the first time after 16 months. Sales of individual brands and models, share of classes and engines, development of used cars...
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Renault-Nissan-Daimler alliance: Cooperation on cars up to 3.5 tonnes, electric cars and internal combustion engines

April 7, 2010 | 11:44pm CEToriginal
The exchange of equity shares, expected savings and additional sales, details of synergies in the development...
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U.S. car sales rose by 24.3% in March, in Q1 up by 15.5%

April 5, 2010 | 11:34pm CEToriginal
The growth has been supported by incentives of the carmaker Toyota, to which competitors had to react. Other factors and sales of individual carmakers...
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AAA Auto: People drive to car centres to sell their car less, they use mobile buyout more

March 25, 2010 | 10:38pm CEToriginal
In the Czech Republic the company bought out 4,802 right at customers’ homes last years, over 3,000 cars in the surroundings of Prague. The average price of a purchased car…
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J.D. Power: Toyota and Lexus deteriorated its safety assessment in USA

March 22, 2010 | 12:13am CEToriginal
The most reliable cars are Porsche, Lincoln and Buick. However, Toyota is still among the best evaluated carmakers, because...
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IHS Global Insight: Passenger car market in Czech Rep to slightly grow in 2010, in Slovakia to fall below 2008’s level

March 18, 2010 | 01:28am CEToriginal
The sale in Hungary should slightly increase, but it will still be around the mid-2008 level. In Germany...
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Auto Esa: We refuse most vehicles during purchase due to handling with speedometer

March 16, 2010 | 11:23pm CEToriginal
That is followed by financial burden of the car and a different year of production. Auto Esa thus refuses to redeem every fifth car...
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PwC: Car sales in Czech Rep to reach 2008’s level in several years

March 7, 2010 | 11:46pm CEToriginal
Multi-brand sales complex will be increasing, the segment of small cars and lower middle-class cars will further strengthen even with regards to…
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Yang: Hyundai Kia Automotive Group plans to increase production capacity by 12% by 2012

March 2, 2010 | 01:38am CEToriginal
Current and anticipated production capacity of the group in 2009 and the outlook for 2010 and 2011...
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Consumer Defence Association: Importers of used cars to Czech Rep reduce speedometer reading by half

February 28, 2010 | 11:11pm CEToriginal
SOS compared the offer on the German advertising server Mobile.de to the offer on the Czech Sauto.cz. The result...
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Josef Bozek Research Centre: Efficiency of two TDI engines with cylinders’ shutting down being near to H2 fuel cell

February 16, 2010 | 02:53am CEToriginal
The effectiveness of the hydrogen combustion engine is comparable to the diesel engine. Detailed results of the analysis...
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McKinsey & Company: Automotive supplier without strategy for emerging markets will have problems in few years

February 11, 2010 | 02:26am CEToriginal
However, developed markets now require electric cars and other alternative drives. Car sales in Germany in 2010...
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Better Place has acquired additional capital for construction of electric vehicles’ stations

February 8, 2010 | 11:40pm CEToriginal
It has gained confidence from companies such as HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Lazard. Apart from Israel and Denmark, other states may participate soon...
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TriHyBus = hydrogen cells + Li-ion batteries + recovery energy: Second prototype will soon come into operation in Czech Rep

February 8, 2010 | 12:54am CEToriginal
Suppliers of technologies, operational parameters, price of the bus, hydrogen filling station in Neratovice for passenger cars as well...
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IIR hold professional training Certified Fleet Manager in Prague in mid-February

January 26, 2010 | 01:29am CEToriginal
The training will address financing, purchase, costs, Car Policy, outsourcing, insurance, and technologies. The training will be carried out by representatives of companies...
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Cebia: At least 1 million cars with downsized speedometer in Czech Rep

January 26, 2010 | 01:18am CEToriginal
Fraudulent manipulation of speedometers makes a loss of around CZK 6 billion yearly, which is much more than the value of stolen cars...
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