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ACEA: New battery electric vehicle registrations in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK, 31 countries) up by 29.7% to 2.59 million in 2025. Growth (+592,384 cars) driven by Germany (+164,533), United Kingdom (+91,378), Norway (+57,831), Spain (+44,251), Denmark (+37,450). BEV sales grew in 26 countries, with 3 of them at triple-digit pace (Poland +161.5%, Iceland +125%, Slovenia +103.9%)

February 12, 2026 | 07:58am CETflash

Bosch Power Solutions: Ralph Klaus Carle to retire. Suzana Cizmic appointed as new Commercial Plant Manager in Jihlava, Czechia (Bosch Powertrain, 4,300 employees, components for diesel engines and electric vehicles) on February 1, coming from USA (factory in Anderson, South Carolina)

February 12, 2026 | 07:54am CETflash

SMMT: Vehicle production in UK up by 6.1% y/y to 55,284 in December, of which 53,003 cars (+17.7%) and 2,281 commercial vehicles (-67.7%; buses, coaches, vans, trucks, taxis). Manufacturing down by 15.5% to 764,715 in 2025, of which 717,371 cars (-8%) and 47,344 commercial vehicles (-62.3%) – Nissan: 273,322, -3.1%; Jaguar Land Rover: 201,283, -21.7%; Mini: 124,271, +12.2%; Toyota + Suzuki: 92,136, -7.9%; Stellantis/Vauxhall + Citroën + Fiat + Opel + Peugeot: 31,048, -70.6%; Leyland Trucks/DAF: 15,141, +6.6%; Bentley: 9,943, -7.7%; Alexander Dennis + Aston Martin + Caterham + Dennis Eagle + LEVC + Lotus + McLaren + Morgan + Rolls-Royce + Switch Mobility/Optare + Wrightbus: 17,751, -29.2%. Production of electrified cars rose by 8.3% to 298,813 BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs, representing record 41.7% share of total output

February 12, 2026 | 07:50am CETflash

ACEA: New electrified vehicle registrations in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK, 31 countries) up by 20.2% to 8.42 million MHEVs, HEVs, PHEVs, BEVs in 2025, while internal combustion engine car (ICEV) sales down by 18.6% to 4.85 million units (petrol, diesel, NGVs/CNG, LPG, biofuel/ethanol, including non-ICE FCEVs)

February 10, 2026 | 07:59am CETflash

Coface CEE Top 500 Ranking 2025: Automotive and transport industry (86 largest firms, -4 y/y) in Central and Eastern European region (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia) decreased turnover by 1% to EUR 191 billion in 2024 (2023: EUR 193 billion), number of employees fell by 13% to 353,000 (405,600). Largest companies in sector include Škoda Auto (EUR 24.42 billion, +6%; 37,005 people, +6%), Volkswagen Slovakia (EUR 12.52 billion, +6%; 10,755, +2%), Audi Hungaria (EUR 8.61 billion, -5%; 11,677, -9%), Kia Slovakia (EUR 8.08 billion, +1%; 3,000, -17%), Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech (EUR 7.46 billion, -1%; 2,823, -1%), Volkswagen Poznañ (EUR 5.8 billion, -0.5%; 9,191, -6%), Volkswagen Group Polska (EUR 5.72 billion, +14%; 659, +2%), Automobile-Dacia (EUR 5.59 billion, +7%; 10,987, -4%), Toyota Central Europe (EUR 5.29 billion, +6%; 131, +22%), Inter Cars (EUR 4.55 billion, +8%; 5,261, +21%), Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary (EUR 4.17 billion, -18%; 4,830, +1%), FCA Poland (EUR 3.8 billion, +6%; 2,470, +6%), Ford Otosan Romania (EUR 3.74 billion, +36%; 6,356, +14%), MAN Trucks Sp. z o.o. (EUR 3.06 billion, -12%; 2,181, -3%), Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic (EUR 3.03 billion, +4%; 3,051, -5%), PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (EUR 3.01 billion, +15%; 40,947, -1%), Continental Barum (EUR 2.97 billion, +6%; 4,380, +0.1%), Mercedes-Benz Polska (EUR 2.35 billion, +11%; 153, -3%), Mobis Automotive Czech (EUR 2.35 billion, -5%; 1,426, -4%), Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT (EUR 2.32 billion, -2%; 1,267, +2%), Magyar Suzuki (EUR 2.25 billion, -22%; 2,998, +2%), Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland (EUR 2.05 billion, -23%; 1,415, +2%), PCA Slovakia (EUR 2.03 billion, -38%; 3,443, +12%), Mobis Slovakia (EUR 2 billion, +1%; 2,000, -6%), Volkswagen Motor Polska (EUR 1.8 billion, -6%; 1,255, +0.1%), Continental Tires Slovakia (EUR 1.75 billion, +27%; 3,000, -8%), Stellantis Gliwice (EUR 1.75 billion, +24%; 2,899, +2%), Nemzeti Útdíjfizetési Szolgáltató (EUR 1.65 billion, +42%; 648, +1%) and other firms of Renault, Porsche/Volkswagen, Iveco/CNH, Volvo, Solaris/CAF, Scania/Traton, Ford, Alstom, Michelin, Autoliv, Boryszew, Tigar Tyres, Sungwoo, Motherson, Bosch, Schaeffler, Auto Partner, Horse Powertrain, Faurecia-Hella/Forvia, Pirelli, ZF, Hankook, BorgWarner, Lear, Denso, Èeské dráhy, PKP Intercity, Air Baltic, Raben, DPP, Amazon, Plichta, Havi, Tallink, Waberer’s groups

February 10, 2026 | 07:52am CETflash

Second generation Nissan Leaf (ZE1) BEV caught fire in parking lot of Lidl supermarket in Prùhonice near Prague, Czechia on February 9. Cold Cut Systems (CCS) Cobra firefighting equipment was deployed, thanks to which firefighters created hole in battery, Fire Rescue Service (HZS) said. No one injured

February 10, 2026 | 07:47am CETflash

Rho Motion (Benchmark Mineral Intelligence): Global new electric vehicle (EV) sales to grow by 15.7% to 23.9 million passenger cars, light-duty vehicles (LDVs/LCVs) in 2026 – China: 15.6 million BEVs and PHEVs (+21%), Europe (EU & EFTA & UK): 4.9 million (+15%), North America (USA & Canada & Mexico): 1.4 million (-23%), Rest of World (RoW): 2.1 million (+26%). Decline in North America to be driven by United States (-29%)

February 9, 2026 | 07:59am CETflash

Keba (manufacturer of KeContact AC chargers for electric vehicles, other products/solutions with 2,000 employees in Austria, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Czechia, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, UK, USA, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan; Industrial Automation, Handover Automation, Energy Automation divisions; customers: Daimler/Mercedes, BMW Group, Honda Access Europe, Clever A/S, Bee Charging Solutions; over 500,000 wallboxes sold) acquired assets of EnerCharge GmbH (manufacturer of DC charging stations for EVs with output of 40-480 kW with 60/97 employees in Kötschach-Mauthen and Oberlienz, Austria; clients in Europe and Middle East) from insolvency, integrating them into Keba Energy Automation division under newly founded company Keba eMobility DC GmbH. MP Corporate Finance, Saxinger advised buyer

February 9, 2026 | 07:54am CETflash

ACEA: New commercial vehicle registrations in EU mostly fell in 2025 (vans -8.8% to 1.45 million; trucks -6.2% to 307,460; buses+coaches +7.5% to 38,238), individual fuel/power types successful differently (BEV+PHEV: +68%, +71.3%, +38.9%; HEV+MHEV: +21.4%, -47.4%, -24.9%; FCEV+NGV+LPG+biofuel/ethanol: -43.4%, -9.4%, -9.4%; petrol: -31.9%, -33.7%, 1 unit; diesel: -12.8%, -8%, +5.7%)

February 9, 2026 | 07:48am CETflash

CarGarantie: Wolfgang Bach to retire. Oliver Kuhnle appointed as new CFO and member of Management Board (responsible for finance, controlling, central services, legal & compliance, human resources) on February 1, coming from Wüstenrot & Württembergische (W&W)

February 6, 2026 | 07:58am CETflash

JATO Dynamics: Electric (rechargeable) vehicle sales in Europe (28 countries) up by 35.7% to 341,591 units (224,351 BEVs, +33%; 117,240 PHEVs, +41%) in October 2025, representing 31.4% share in total registrations (penetration, +7.2 pp). Škoda Elroq (11,441 cars, new) was best-selling battery electric vehicle (BEV), followed by Renault 5 (9,539, +571%), Volkswagen ID.4 (7,018, +2%), VW ID.7 (6,974, +31%), VW ID.3 (6,741, +43%), BMW iX1 (6,191, +32%), Škoda Enyaq (6,170, -35%), Tesla Model Y (5,545, -37%), Kia EV3 (5,046, +) and Volvo EX30 (4,640, -14%). Overall BEV market led by Volkswagen (24,412, +27%), Škoda (18,626, +67%), Renault (17,110, +117%), BMW (15,977, +16%), Audi (13,422, +43%), Mercedes (12,479, +5%), Volvo (9,815, -3%), Ford (9,797, +115%), Peugeot (9,630, +19%) and BYD (9,449, +104%)

February 6, 2026 | 07:50am CETflash

Martin Klíma appointed as member of Board of Management of E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE; Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Romania), continuing to lead Czech branch (E.ON Drive Infrastructure CZ)

February 2, 2026 | 07:39am CETflash

AAA Auto (Aures Holdings) Barometer: In 2025, 102,679 nearly-new cars sold in Czechia (+4.5%; up to 5 years/50,000 km; 12% share in entire secondary market) with average price of CZK 900,696 (EUR 37,020; +1.7%), of which 6.6% electric vehicles, 8.3% hybrids, 31% diesel cars and 53% petrol vehicles

February 2, 2026 | 07:32am CETflash

ACEA: New car registrations in EU up by 5.8% in December, by 1.8% to 10.82 million in 2025 (Volkswagen +10.6%, +5.5%; Stellantis +6.8%, -4.7%; Renault -1.8%, +5.6%; Hyundai +4.7%, -3.1%; Toyota -9%, -6.3%; BMW +5.5%, +6.4%; Mercedes-Benz +2.4%, +1.5%; Ford -1.5%, -2.3%; Volvo Cars -2.2%, -14.5%; SAIC -2.1%, +33.9%; Nissan -5.8%, -2.1%; Tesla -31.9%, -37.9%; Suzuki -5.4%, -13.7%; BYD +167.1%, +227.8%; Mazda +0.7%, -13.5%; Jaguar Land Rover -25.3%, -17%; Honda +20.5%, +12.6%; Mitsubishi +2.3%, -23.6%), individual fuel/power types successful differently (BEV +51%, +29.9%; PHEV +36.7%, +33.4%; HEV+MHEV +5.8%, +13.7%; FCEV+NGV/CNG+LPG+biofuel/ethanol +20.1%, +7.8%; petrol -19.2%, -18.7%; diesel -22.4%, -24.2%). Self-charging hybrids (34.5% share) surpassed petrol cars (26.6%) in 2025, plug-in hybrids (9.4%) overtook diesel vehicles (8.9%)

February 2, 2026 | 07:27am CETflash

JATO Dynamics: Sales (registrations) of new cars in Europe (28 countries) up by 4.8% to 1.09 million units in October 2025, of which 224,351 BEVs (+33%), 117,240 PHEVs (+41%), 138,502 HEVs (+4%), 244,196 MHEVs (+13%) and 348,794 ICEVs (-17%)

February 2, 2026 | 07:23am CETflash

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Steinwascher: Qoros to start expansion in Europe in 2015

April 21, 2014 | 11:39pm CEToriginal

This will happen after two years of distribution and sale testing in Slovakia. The first model with 5 stars in Euro NCAP, the second model...

Porsche Inter Auto appointed new management of Auto Heller

April 21, 2014 | 11:27pm CEToriginal

These are the managers of Porsche Holding Salzburg. Executive Head, Managing Director, Operations Director...

Tatra Trucks appointed new manufacturing director

April 18, 2014 | 04:39am CEToriginal

He came to the company from bus maker Iveco Bus and replaced the manager temporarily in charge of the production department. Details, sales plan for 2014, HR...

LeasePlan: Police intervention at Czech Post and Agrotec has nothing to do with us

April 18, 2014 | 04:29am CEToriginal

LeasePlan did not cooperate on contract for CNG vehicles investigated by police with the dealer Agrotec. Details...

Skoda Conference: Skoda Auto to continue holding company conferences in Brno

April 17, 2014 | 12:20am CEToriginal

After a two-year partnership, the contract has been closed for an extended period of time. Partner, location, length of the new contract...

Czech police intervened at Agrotec dealer

April 17, 2014 | 12:14am CEToriginal

It belongs to the Agrofert Holding of Finance Minister Andrej Babis. The reason is the investigation of Czech Post contracts not only for CNG vehicles...

Skoda prepares operating lease for consumers

April 16, 2014 | 04:35am CEToriginal

Long-term car rental has been established at companies and institutions for many years. Partner, timing, target group...

Ales Stavjana left CzechInvest

April 15, 2014 | 11:39pm CEToriginal

In this agency for business and investment in the Czech Republic, he was in charge of the automotive and electronics industries. His new job, a tender for the successor...

First Mazda showroom of new corporate appearance to be built in Czech Rep

April 15, 2014 | 12:10am CEToriginal

Location, timing, investor-dealer, its clients not only from businesses and public administration...

Former head of Kia Motors in Czech Rep joined new company

April 14, 2014 | 11:54pm CEToriginal

Vit Pekny with over 20 years of experience in the retail and distributon of vehicles remains in the automotive industry...

Back in the Race: PSA Peugeot Citroen to reduce number of models, accelerate expansion of DS brand and enhance in growth regions

April 14, 2014 | 11:38pm CEToriginal

The medium-term plan is to return to profit by 2016. The new model, regional and financial strategy...

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Martin Klíma appointed as member of Board of Management of E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE; Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Romania), continuing to lead Czech branch (E.ON Drive Infrastructure CZ)

AAA Auto (Aures Holdings) Barometer: In 2025, 102,679 nearly-new cars sold in Czechia (+4.5%; up to 5 years/50,000 km; 12% share in entire secondary market) with average price of CZK 900,696 (EUR 37,020; +1.7%), of which 6.6% electric vehicles, 8.3% hybrids, 31% diesel cars and 53% petrol vehicles

JATO Dynamics: Sales (registrations) of new cars in Europe (28 countries) up by 4.8% to 1.09 million units in October 2025, of which 224,351 BEVs (+33%), 117,240 PHEVs (+41%), 138,502 HEVs (+4%), 244,196 MHEVs (+13%) and 348,794 ICEVs (-17%)

Steinwascher: Qoros to start expansion in Europe in 2015

Porsche Inter Auto appointed new management of Auto Heller

Tatra Trucks appointed new manufacturing director

LeasePlan: Police intervention at Czech Post and Agrotec has nothing to do with us

Skoda Conference: Skoda Auto to continue holding company conferences in Brno

Czech police intervened at Agrotec dealer

Skoda prepares operating lease for consumers

Ales Stavjana left CzechInvest

First Mazda showroom of new corporate appearance to be built in Czech Rep

Former head of Kia Motors in Czech Rep joined new company

Back in the Race: PSA Peugeot Citroen to reduce number of models, accelerate expansion of DS brand and enhance in growth regions

One manager left Nissan Central Europe

Iveco Bus plans to build test track in Czech Rep

Czech Senate prepares renewal of part of its fleet

Equa Bank looks for partner for loans on cars in Czech Rep

Several Jaguar and Land Rover showrooms to be built in Czech Rep by new concept

Gestamp wants to increase production in Czech Rep

Mototechna Premium: AAA Auto to also focus on luxury cars, so far in Czech Rep only

Honda continues to reduce production in UK

CLFA wanted to resolve APR calculation with CTIA in 2010, inspection rejected meeting

Filiberto Barbero became new head of Fiat-Chrysler for Central Europe

Hyundai Fischer CZ entered another city in Czech Rep

Another manager left Czech representation of Kia Motors

Renault cut 2,500 jobs over last year

Volkswagen began selling EVs in Czech Rep