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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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Rehau keeps expanding production in Czech Rep, launched operating in new hall

April 6, 2010 | 12:58am CEToriginal

Since 2007, several investment projects in the plant based in Moravska Trebova have meant an acquisition of hundreds of jobs. Orders from existing and new customers...

After 10 years at SkoFIN Roman Vavron leaving to group branch in India

April 6, 2010 | 12:41am CEToriginal

Jan Kloud has been promoted to the position of marketing director at SkoFIN. As of May, Vavron will be at Volkswagen Finance PVT on a post of...

Gefco opened buffer stock in Czech Rep for car components supplies to French plants of PSA

April 6, 2010 | 12:25am CEToriginal

It collects parts from suppliers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. It is the third such a warehouse in Europe...

Daimler agreed on out-of-court settlement in bribery scandal in USA, investigation continues in Germany

April 5, 2010 | 11:54pm CEToriginal

The German carmaker will pay a fine amounting to double profit from the proven dirty business in the USA. Daimler’s and FBI’s measures...

Government wants to improve trade in used cars, prepares news for STKs and car transfers

April 2, 2010 | 01:16am CEToriginal

The used car dealer Auto Esa and the association SOVA also want to participate on the amendment. A certified warrant of attorney in car transfers, qualitative control of identifiers for STKs...

Denny (AAA Auto): We want to maintain profitability in 2010, sales at last year's level and to open one to three car centres

April 2, 2010 | 12:37am CEToriginal

Return to Hungary and entry into Russia is not realistic this year. The considered new branches in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and sales in Q1...

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More restrictive rules regulating fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to be valid in USA in 2012

Association of towing services: New system with accident centre slows down liquidation of accidents on roads

Ford to extend cooperation with Microsoft by jointly addressing electric cars’ recharging in households

AAA Auto returned to profit with lower revenues by 43.8% and car sales by 38.5% in 2009

TPCA to increase wages by 2.5%, surcharges for extra shifts by CZK 200 and pay one-time bonus

Reducing number of Mini dealers in Czech Rep and new showroom helped increase sales of Renocar in Brno

Subaru continues to cooperate with UniCredit leasing in Czech Rep under new brand Subaru Finance

BYD reportedly interested in Maybach, Daimler and Chinese manufacturer of cars and batteries denied that

Geely intends to invest USD 900 million after purchase of Volvo Car

Mazda to accelerate its entry into hybrid market, technologies to be supplied by Toyota

Skoda Fabia GreenLine: 1.2 TDI (55 kW) engine, consumption of 3.4 l/100 km, CO2 emissions of 89 g/km

Goodyear won several contracts from Volkswagen Group to supply primary production with tires

Toyota's recall begins affecting Czech plant TPCA, it will reduce production

Saab sales fell by 57.2% in 2009, carmaker expects growth by 50% in 2010

Fiat wants to raise stake in Chrysler to 35% from 20% in two years

Volkswagen Slovakia to start producing in three shifts on Monday

Geely signed contract for purchase of Volvo Car with Ford Motor

Mitsubishi wants to make 9,000 i-MiEV electric cars this year and further increase production