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Take Charge Europe: European Union (EU) should maintain its 2035 zero-CO2 emissions target for new cars and vans, over 150 CEOs and business leaders from Europe’s e-mobility ecosystem, including vehicle manufacturers, battery producers, charging providers, software developers, material suppliers, electricity suppliers, engineering service providers and grid operators (Lucid, Rivian, Polestar, Volvo Cars/Geely Group, Moon Power/Porsche Holding Salzburg/Volkswagen Group, A2A Life Company, ABB E-mobility, AFRY, Allego, Alfen, Alpitronic, Ampeco, Anyos, AstraZeneca, AutoManager, Basquevolt, Cabify, Chargebyte, Chargecloud, Chargemap, ChargePoint, Chargepoly, ChargeX, CheckWatt, Circontrol, Cylib, Driveco, Dürr, EDP, EEVEE Mobility, Eirich, Ekoenergetyka, Electra, Electroder, Ellevio, Elocity, eMabler, Enequi, Enervie, EV Assistance, Exacom/Viscom, Fastned, Forsee Power, Gireve, Greenway, Hager, Hubject, Hydrovolt, Iberdrola, Ikea/Ingka, Ionity, Izivia/EDF, Kempower, Last Mile Solutions, LG Energy Solution, Logivolt, Mecaware, Mob-Energy, New AutoMotive, Nitid, Octopus Electroverse, Octopus Energy, Optimile, Orano, Pionix, Planet A Ventures, Plugbox, Plugit, Plugsurfing, Powerdot, Primobius, Qurrent, Ridergy, Rock Tech Lithium, Samsung SDI, Scame, ScreenCharge, Silla Industries, SK On/SK Innovation, Smappee, Socomec, Spirii, Swish, Talga, Tokai Cobex, Uber, Vattenfall, Verkor, Vianode, Vireo Ventures, Virta, Wallbox, We Drive Solar, Wirelane, Zaptec, Zunder), said in joint call by associations E-Mobility Europe and ChargeUp Europe
September 12, 2025 | 12:34pm CETflashread more
Rho Motion: Global new electric vehicle (EV) sales grew by 15% to 1.7 million (1.16 million BEVs, 0.57 million PHEVs) passenger cars and light-duty vehicles (LDVs/LCVs) in August, by 25% to 12.5 million in first eight months – China: 7.6 million BEVs and PHEVs (+25%), Europe (EU & EFTA & UK): 2.6 million (+31%), North America (USA & Canada & Mexico): 1.3 million (+6%), Rest of World (RoW): 1 million (+44%)
September 12, 2025 | 12:26pm CETflashread more
Hyundai to suspend production in Nošovice, Czechia (Tucson, i30, i30 N, Kona Electric models; ICEVs, MHEVs, HEVs, PHEVs, BEVs) for next three days (September 22-23, September 29) due to reduced sales, unions (ZO OS KOVO Hyundai Czech) said. This is another shutdown at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech after two non-production days on September 8-9
September 12, 2025 | 12:16pm CETflashread more
GlobalData increased 2025 Western European new car sales outlook by 20,000 units from 11.39 million (-1.4%) to 11.41 million (-1.2%)
September 11, 2025 | 03:26pm CETflashread more
Automakers, suppliers: European Union (EU) targets for reducing CO2 emissions from new cars and vans for 2030 (55% reduction compared to 2021, -50%) and 2035 (zero) are no longer feasible and need to be reviewed, ACEA (members: BMW Group, DAF, Daimler Truck, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Iveco, Jaguar Land Rover/JLR, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Renault Group, Stellantis, Toyota, Volkswagen Group, Volvo Group) and CLEPA (ABEE, Adient, Agrati, Aisin, Allison GmbH, Allison Transmission, Aptiv, ARaymond, Astemo, Aurobay, Autoliv, BASF, BorgWarner, Bosal, BPW, Brembo, Brigade, Britax Römer, Brose, Brugola, Clarios, Continental, Cummins, Cybex, Denso, Deutz, Domo, Dorel, Dow, DTS, Dumarey, Dunlop Tech, Dupont, Eaton, Eberspächer, Eminox, EGLA, FEV, Forvia Faurecia, Garrett, Gates, Gentex, Goodyear, Haldex, Harman/Samsung, Hengst, HERE, Hidria, HL Mando, Honeywell, Horse, Huf, Hutchinson, Hyundai Mobis, IEE, Jost, Joyson, Jtekt, Kautex/Textron, Klimator, Knorr-Bremse, Koito, KYB, Lear, LG Electronics, Magna, Mahle, Mann+Hummel, Marelli, Maxion, Mitsubishi Electric, Mondragon, MS Motorservice/Rheinmetall, Murata, Newell, Nexteer, Niterra, Nvidia, NXP, Octo, OP Mobility, Orafol, Osram, Panasonic Industry, Phinia, Pilkington, Qualcomm, RESRG, Robert Bosch, S-Tec, SAF-Holland, Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Sanden, Schaeffler, SEG, Sensata, SKF, Smart Eye, Sogefi, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Stradvision, Tallano, Tenneco, TMD, Tobii, Tokai Rika, TomTom, Toyoda Gosei, Toyota Boshoku, Trane, Valeo, VBG, Veoneer, Vibracoustic, Visteon, Waymo, Webasto, Yazaki, Zenseact, ZF, ZKW) said. Associations added that their members committed to invest more than EUR 250 billion towards green transition by 2030
September 11, 2025 | 03:14pm CETflashread more
New Mobility Congress 2025: On September 23-25, PSNM (Polish New Mobility Association) to hold in Katowice, Poland 6th conference, exhibition on sustainable development in transport in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Representatives of Volvo Car Poland, Volvo Trucks Polska, Volkswagen Group Polska, Daimler Truck Polska, Nio Europe, Toyota Northern Europe, Chery Europe, Farada Group, Visa, Fastned, Ionity, Ionway, Garo Polska, Google Cloud Poland, McKinsey & Company, Orange Polska, Enterprise Mobility, mBank, Lane Patrol, Wastes Service Group, Wamtechnik, FlixBus UK, Alpitronic, Ertico - ITS Europe, Last Mile Solutions, BASF, Ascend Elements, Miba Engineering Center Poland, Ampcontrol, Dosta Tec, SICK, Movares Smart Urban Engineering, Lenze, ICCT (International Council on Clean Transportation) Europe, EIT InnoEnergy, E-Mobility Europe, IDDRI (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations), Smart Freight Centre (SFC), UN Global Compact Network Poland, EC (European Commission), Cleantech for CEE, EUCOBAT to speak at conference, 68 exhibitors (Renault, Dacia, Nissan, Daimler Truck, GAC, Geely, Mazda, Toyota, Volvo, Adaptive Motors Poland, Volkswagen Financial Services, AAA Auto/Aures Holdings, Alpitronic, DPD, Ekoenergetyka, Fanuc, Kempower, Orlen Charge, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Thermo King, EIT Urban Mobility) to join trade fair
September 10, 2025 | 03:30pm CETflashread more
National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) warned against transfering system and user data to China (including Hong Kong and Macau) and against threat of remote management of technical assets (devices connected to Internet) carried out from territory of China. It fears impact on critical infrastructure in Czechia, as Chinese technologies (connected vehicles/electric cars, IP cameras, cloud storages, personal devices such as phones and watches, photovoltaic inverters/smart meters, medical technologies, large language models/AI) increasingly penetrate various critical sectors (transportation, energy, healthcare, public administration). Given that Chinese government, completely controlled by Communist Party of China (CPC), has tools to enforce cooperation of private companies, it could then use systems with Chinese technologies in Czechia for espionage, sabotage or hacking attacks. Agency evaluated this threat as High – threat is likely to very likely. NÚKIB already issued several warnings against products from Chinese companies in past – Huawei and ZTE in 2018, DeepSeek in July 2025
September 9, 2025 | 11:34am CETflashread more
GlobalData: New car sales in Western Europe up by 3% to 677,496 units in August. Sales to fall by 1.2% to 11.41 million in 2025
September 9, 2025 | 11:22am CETflashread more
SDA: New car registrations in Czechia up by 3.1% in August (vans -17.9%; trucks -17%; buses -46.1%; motorcycles -10.4%; trailers+semitrailers +9.8%), individual fuel/power types successful differently (BEV: 840 +7.6%, PHEV: 948 +101.3%, LPG: 413 +9.8%, petrol: 12,062 +7.8%, diesel 3,346 -21.5%). Regarding internal combustion engine (ICE) cars (15,408), 4,475 of them were HEVs+MHEVs (+31.7%)
September 9, 2025 | 11:15am CETflashread more
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi): Since 2015, total of 11,437 companies set targets or commitments (8,816 with validated targets, 2,086 with net-zero targets, 2,820 with active commitments) to limit global warming and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG, carbon/CO2) emissions by no later than 2050 (in line with Paris Agreement’s goal), of which 414 are from Automobiles and Components sector (Adient, Aiho Seiki, Aisin, Alps Alpine, AMAG, American Axle & Manufacturing, Apollo Tyres, Aptiv, ARaymond, AsanoKasei, Aston Martin Formula One/F1 Team, Aston Martin Lagonda, Autoliv, Autoneum, Benteler, BMW Group, BORG Automotive, BorgWarner, Carspect, CIE Automotive, Clarios, Continental, Dana, Delfingen, Denso, Ficosa, Fischer, Ford Motor Company, Ford Otomotiv Sanayi/Ford Otosan, Forvia, Fujikura Automotive, General Motors/GM, Gestamp, GKN, Groupe Renault, Grupo Antolin, Hanon Systems, Henniges Automotive, Hirschvogel, Hitachi Astemo, Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor Company, Isuzu Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, JTEKT, Kautex Textron, Kayaba/KYB, Kayser Automotive, Kern-Liebers, Kia, Kirchhoff Automotive, Kiswire, Kostal, Lear, Leoni, Litens Automotive, Magna, Mahindra & Mahindra, Mahle, Marelli, Mazda Motor, Mercedes-Benz, Minda, Muhr und Bender/Mubea, Nemak, Nissan Motor, Panasonic Automotive Systems, Plakor, Plastic Omnium, Porsche Holding, Progress-Werk Oberkirch/PWO, PSA Automobiles/Stellantis, Robert Bosch, Röchling Automotive, Schaeffler, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Suzuki Chemical Industry, Temsa Skoda Sabancı Ulaşım Araçları, Thyssenkrupp Gerlach, TI Fluid Systems, Tokai Rika, Toyoda Gosei, Toyota Boshoku, Toyota Motor, Tsubaki Nakashima, Valeo, Valmet Automotive, Visteon, Vitesco Technologies, Volkswagen, Volvo Car, William King, Witte Automotive, Woco Franz Josef Wolf, Yanfeng, Yutong Bus, ZF Friedrichshafen), as results from summary of initiative co-founded by partner organizations CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), UN (United Nations Global Compact), We Mean Business Coalization, WRI (World Resources Institute) and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
September 8, 2025 | 11:44am CETflashread more
Smart and Clean Mobility 2025: Top Expo to hold conference on public and individual transport, transport poverty, battery and hydrogen electromobility (BEVs, FCEVs) in Prague, Czechia on September 16. Representatives of PRE (Pražská energetika), MŽP (Ministry of Environment of Czech Republic), MPO (Ministry of Industry and Trade of Czech Republic), HMP (City of Prague) to speak at event
September 8, 2025 | 11:35am CETflashread more
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Autofox Helps: Allianz donates over EUR 900,000 to areas in Central Europe affected by floods
September 23, 2024 | 10:36pm CETpublicThe company will allocate the money to the Red Cross and other organizations that operate in the affected region. As an initial contribution, the most affected countries, Austria, Poland and Czechia, will each receive an amount of EUR 300,000. Allianz Central Europe will also match its Central European employees' donations...
read moreAutofox Helps: Czechoslovak Group donates 12 Tatra vehicles worth over EUR 4 million to firefighters for flood relief in Czechia
September 23, 2024 | 10:25pm CETpublicThe donation includes newly manufactured vehicles that were initially prepared for distribution to the dealer network. CSG will provide the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic (HZS) with nine tipper trucks on the Tatra Phoenix chassis (three in the 8x8 configuration, six in the 6x6 version) and three cranes on the Tatra Force chassis...
read moreAutofox Helps: Hyundai donates CZK 10 million (EUR 400,000) to areas around plant in Czechia affected by floods
September 18, 2024 | 02:51pm CETpublicThe company put the money into a collection on the donation platform Donio, where Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech employees and other interested parties can also contribute. In addition, the factory in Nošovice also lent five cars free of charge to the non-profit organization People in Need, which will help in affected regions...
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