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eFleet Day 2025: Slovak Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA), MôjElektromobil.sk to hold 4th conference on possibilities of electrification of vehicle fleets in companies in Šamorín near Bratislava, Slovakia on April 9, test drives with more than 60 BEVs (Škoda, Mercedes, Renault, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, MG, Porsche, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Citroën, Cupra, Farizon, Fuso, Mini, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, SEAT, Volvo, Xpeng, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles), presentation of products and services (ČSOB Leasing, Visa, EES, Applipower, Ayvens, eJoin, IBG). Representatives of Škoda Auto Slovensko, Mercedes-Benz Slovakia, Emil Frey Group/Peugeot, Scania CER, Voltia, ZSE Drive, Ionity, Slovenské elektrárne, GreenWay Infrastructure, Greenlogy, OMV, NearCharger.com, ČSOB, ČSOB Poisťovňa, Global Payments, D-Tax, 3Mon, Wattiva, Siemens Healthineers, GO4, SAPI, RAP/EU to speak at conference
March 31, 2025 | 08:51pm CETflashread more
AutoSAP: 23,704 (passenger) electric vehicles produced in Czechia in February (+153%; 19,136 battery electric vehicles, +189.8%, 4,568 plug-in hybrids, +65.1%), of which 23,673 cars (+152.6%; Škoda: 15,794 BEVs, +337.6%, 2,391 PHEVs, +127.5%; Hyundai: 3,311 BEVs, +10.6%, 2,177 PHEVs, +26.9%) and 31 buses (SOR: 0 BEVs; Škoda Electric: 0 BEVs; Iveco: 31 BEVs)
March 31, 2025 | 08:46pm CETflashread more
JATO Dynamics: Sales of Chinese-owned car brands in Europe (28 countries) rose by 30% to 66,867 new cars (19,800 BEVs – Volvo 6,656 -30%, BYD 4,436 +94%, Polestar 2,405 +84%, MG 2,260 -67%, Xpeng 1,034 +259%, Leapmotor 900) in February, representing market share of 6.9% (+1.7 pp y/y). Registrations of Chinese brands increased by 82% to 40,643 vehicles, representing market share of 4.2% (+1.9 pp y/y)
March 31, 2025 | 08:40pm CETflashread more
SMMT: Vehicle production in UK down by 11.6% y/y to 82,178 in February, of which 73,814 cars (-7.6%) and 8,364 commercial vehicles (-35.9%; buses, coaches, vans, trucks, taxis). Manufacturing of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and hybrids (HEVs) down by 5.6% to 27,398 units, representing 37.1% share in total car production in country (February 2024: 36.3%)
March 31, 2025 | 08:35pm CETflashread more
ČSÚ: Car prices in Czechia down by 0.2% m/m in February, by 0.4% y/y (new: -0.4%, +1.3%; used: -0.1%, -1.5%). Inflation (consumer price index/CPI) in related areas developed differently – motorcycles (+0.8%, +1.4%), spare parts and accessories (+0.6%, +1.6%), fuels and oils (+0.6%, -3.9%), maintenance and repairs / service works (+1.2%, +6.8%)
March 31, 2025 | 08:29pm CETflashread more
GlobalData: New diesel car (including diesel hybrid) sales in Western Europe down by 23.9% in February, penetration (share) down by 3.3 pp. Diesel market leaders include Volkswagen Group (102,600 in first two months), Mercedes-Benz (36,000), Stellantis (33,700), BMW (30,400), Ford (15,600), JLR/Jaguar Land Rover (8,300), Renault (6,700), Hyundai-Kia (6,400), Toyota (4,200)
March 31, 2025 | 08:25pm CETflashread more
AutoSAP: Car production in Czechia down by 7.8% y/y to 120,515 in February (Škoda+SEAT/Cupra -0.9%, Hyundai -18.3%, Toyota -19%). Buses (Iveco +16.8%, SOR -52.4%, Škoda Electric 0 units), motorcycles (Jawa -29.9%) successful differently. Slower pace of new passenger car production, correlated with decline in registrations in main European markets of Germany (-6.4%), France (-0.7%), Italy (-6.2%) or UK (-1%), is also reflected in February domestic production data, Petzl said. Electric car production increased by 152.6% to 23,673 BEVs and PHEVs, while internal combustion engine (ICE) car manufacturing decreased by 20.2% to 96,842 units
March 31, 2025 | 08:19pm CETflashread more
ACEA: New car registrations in EU down by 3.4% in February (Volkswagen +1%; Stellantis -16.4%; Renault +11.3%; Toyota -5.5%; Hyundai -9.4%; BMW +5.7%; Mercedes-Benz -6.1%; Ford -0.2%; Volvo Cars -19.7%; Nissan -6.7%; SAIC +36.8%; Suzuki -16.9%; Tesla -47.1%; Mazda -11.9%; Jaguar Land Rover -1.8%; Honda +11.2%; Mitsubishi -39.1%), individual fuel/power types successful differently (BEV +23.7%, PHEV -1.4%, HEV+MHEV +19%, FCEV+NGV/CNG+LPG+biofuel/ethanol -0%, petrol -22.4%, diesel -28.8%)
March 31, 2025 | 08:15pm CETflashread more
SDA: New car registrations in Czechia down by 3% in February (vans -29.7%; trucks -20.8%; buses -9.1%; motorcycles -31.2%; trailers+semitrailers -10.3%), individual fuel/power types successful differently (BEV 737 +66.4%, PHEV 557 +22.4%, LPG 469 +24.1%, petrol 12,043 -5.6%, diesel 3,966 -6.9%)
March 31, 2025 | 08:09pm CETflashread more
JATO Dynamics: Electric (rechargeable) vehicle sales in Europe (28 countries) up by 16.7% to 236,787 units (164,148 BEVs, +26%; 72,639 PHEVs, +1%) in February, representing 24.5% share in total registrations (penetration, +4 pp). Tesla Model Y (8,790 cars, -56%) was best-selling battery electric vehicle (BEV), followed by Tesla Model 3 (6,834, -14%), Volkswagen ID.4 (6,172, +150%), Renault 5 (5,659, new), VW ID.7 (5,432, new), VW ID.3 (5,384, +114%), Kia EV3 (5,376, new), Citroën C3 (5,156, new), Škoda Enyaq (4,682, +41%) and BMW iX1 (4,370, +24%). Overall BEV market led by Volkswagen (19,565, +180%), Tesla (15,737, -44%), BMW (13,475, +20%), Audi (9,868, +70%), Renault (9,387, +96%), Kia (8,153, +56%), Mercedes (7,363, +5%), Peugeot (7,200, +1%), Škoda (6,922, +63%), Volvo (6,656, -30%)
March 31, 2025 | 08:04pm CETflashread more
Auto Palace (AutoBinck Group; Ford, Ford Pro, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Opel, Opel Professional, Peugeot, Peugeot Professional, Škoda, Volvo, Audi, Volkswagen, VW Commercial Vehicles, SEAT, Cupra, MG and Maxus dealer, Fiat and Infiniti service in Prague, Brno and Karlovy Vary, Czechia) to close Karlovy Vary branch (Audi, Volkswagen, VW Commercial Vehicles dealerships; part of Auto Palace Západ, loss of CZK 72 million at turnover of CZK 1.46 billion and sales of 1,338 new and 839 used vehicles in Tuchoměřice and Karlovy Vary in 2023) on April 1, ending sales of these three Volkswagen Group brands five years after acquisition
March 30, 2025 | 07:50pm CETflashread more
Kallweit (VDA): Heavy commercial vehicle market (registrations/sales over 6 tonnes) to decline by 2% to 301,000 units (2024: 310,000 trucks, -12%) in Europe (EU & EFTA & UK) in 2025, to increase by 7% to 257,000 (240,000, -10%) in USA, by 3% to 929,000 (900,000, -1%) in China
March 30, 2025 | 07:31pm CETflashread more
JATO Dynamics: Dacia Sandero (21,604 registered vehicles, +4%) was best-selling car in Europe (28 countries) in February, followed by Citroën C3 (18,540, +4%; BEV), Renault Clio (18,348, +22%; HEV), Peugeot 208 (16,532, -10%; BEV), Volkswagen Golf (16,033, -18%; PHEV), Dacia Duster (15,401, +14%; HEV), VW T-Roc (15,284, +10%), Peugeot 2008 (14,403, +3%; BEV), VW Tiguan (14,363, +43%; PHEV) and Toyota Yaris Cross (13,889, -11%; HEV). Overall market down by 2.5% to 966,271, led by Volkswagen Group (249,403, +1%), Stellantis (156,263, -16%), Renault Group (106,590, +12%), Hyundai-Kia (75,218, -6%), Toyota (70,595, -5%), BMW Group (69,612, +6%), Mercedes-Benz Cars (48,007, -5%), Ford (35,919, +4%), Geely Group (26,836, -10%) and Nissan (24,002, +1%)
March 30, 2025 | 07:23pm CETflashread more
AAA Auto (Aures Holdings) Barometr: 66,766 used cars sold in Czechia in February (BEV: 1.3% share, 872 vehicles; HEV: 1.7%, 1,113) with average price of CZK 312,940 (EUR 12,540, +2.5% m/m). Although absolute number of cars sold decreased by 2.6% from 68,516 cars, it should be taken into account that February is month that is three days shorter. So while in January 2,210 cars were sold each day, in February it was 2,384, i.e. 8% more, Vaněček pointed out. Top 5 best-selling brands include Škoda (25.2% share, 16,825 units), Volkswagen (13.2%, 8,813), Ford (6.5%, 4,340), BMW (6%, 4,006), Mercedes (5%, 3,338). Chinese brands had share of 0.2% on Czech secondary market, with 142 units sold (MG 115, Dongfeng 12, BYD 5, Great Wall 4, Lynk & Co. 3). Total of 140,928 used cars advertised in country with mean value (median) of price of CZK 190,000 (EUR 7,610; +6.1% m/m). Offer grew by 4.5% y/y, fell by 4% m/m
March 30, 2025 | 07:18pm CETflashread more
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April 29, 2020 | 01:00am CETpublicReceipt of applications to the grant program for two weeks, production of parts for FFP3 respirators in Škoda’s Technical Development using 3D printers, employee collections for hospitals at sites of Czech plants, assistance of trainees and employees with sewing of textile masks, distribution of Prusa Research protective shields to hospitals and general practitioners with contribution of Škoda’s Logistics...
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read moreFränkische moved part of its production from Czechia to Romania
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read moreToyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Carmera to create HD maps for automated vehicles using camera data
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