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KBA: New car registrations in Germany up by 9.7% in December, by 1.4% to 2.86 million in 2025 (motorcycles -85.8%, -35.5%; buses +101.3%, +28%; vans/trucks -6.2%, -6.7%; trailers +11.5%, -3.7%). Electric vehicle sales grew by 49.6% to 856,540 in 2025 (545,142 BEVs +43.2%, 311,398 PHEVs +62.3%), representing share of 30% (19.1+10.9%), when penetration of rechargeable cars reached record 35.2% (22.2+12.9%) in November. Germany fleet's average CO2 emissions fell by 11.7% to 105.8 g/km (2024: 119.8 g/km)
January 9, 2026 | 07:54am CETflashread more
Aures Holdings sold almost 7,000 used vehicles in December at AAA Auto and Mototechna car centers, record 111,419 cars and vans (+2.5%) in 2025, of which 61,272 in Czechia (2024: 60,000), 28,749 in Poland (28,000) and 21,398 in Slovakia (21,000). Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) more than doubled (+122%) to 2,000 units. Last year, 10 months out of 12 were record-breaking, i.e. entire year except October and November, Topolová said
January 9, 2026 | 07:49am CETflashread more
General Motors/GM (Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac) asked its suppliers (Tier 1) to phase out parts, materials from China, Russia, Venezuela from its supply chain (Tier 2 – Tier 4) starting in 2027. This comes year after US automaker (OEM) approached several parts manufacturers in late 2024 to find alternatives to Chinese components, materials. Risk of supply disruptions forced company to move away from simply using lowest-cost countries, Amin said
January 7, 2026 | 07:56am CETflashread more
SMMT: New car registrations in UK up by 3.9% in December, by 3.5% to 2.02 million in 2025 (vans up to 3.5 tonnes +1.7%, -10.3% to 315,422; trucks up to 6 tonnes +240.3%, +65.1% to 15,288). Individual fuel/power types performed differently in 2025 (BEV: 473,348 +23.9%; PHEV: 225,143 +34.7%; HEV: 280,185 +7.2%; petrol: 937,938 -8%; diesel: 103,906 -15.6%). United Kingdom fleet's average CO2 emissions fell by 10.1% to 91.8 g/km (2024: 102.1 g/km). Tesla Model Y (24,298 units), Tesla Model 3 (21,188), Audi Q4 e-Tron (14,433), Audi Q6 e-Tron (13,148), Ford Explorer (12,237), BMW i4 (12,158), Škoda Enyaq (11,940), Kia EV3 (11,188), Škoda Elroq (10,713), Volvo EX30 (10,289) were best-selling battery electric vehicles
January 7, 2026 | 07:49am CETflashread more
J.D. Power, GlobalData increased 2025 global new light-vehicle sales outlook by 700,000 cars, vans from 91.4 million (+3%, 2024: 88.6 million) to 92.1 million (+3.7%). Forecast for India has been upgraded, with that market carrying strong momentum, while tariffs and trade tensions appear to be having less significant impact on sales than was once feared, Oakley (GlobalData) said
January 7, 2026 | 07:45am CETflashread more
CarGarantie agreed to cooperate with Smart Europe, offering 4-year warranty on used Smart cars (Smart #, Smart EQ models) from moment of purchase breakdown insurance, which is possible up to 6 years/120,000 km from first registration of electric vehicle (manufacturer's 2-year unlimited mileage warranty). Warranty program launched in Germany, to be gradually expanded to other European countries such as France and Italy
January 7, 2026 | 07:39am CETflashread more
Toyota negotiated new collective agreement with unions (ASO Kolín Union, Independent Labour Union for Maintenance and Other Employees/OÚP, Czech Metalworkers‘ Federation/OS KOVO) of plant in Kolín, Czechia (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic, 3,200 employees) for 2 years, salaries to increase by 8.6% from January 2026 and from January 2027 (tariff wages + bonus for concluding two-year contract)
January 6, 2026 | 07:25am CETflashread more
PFA: New car registrations in France down by 5.8% in December, by 5% to 1.63 million in 2025 (vans up to 5.1 tonnes +0.6%, -5.6%; trucks +20.4%, -9.9%). Share of battery and fuel cell electric vehicles/BEVs+FCEVs (20%, 2024: 16.9%), plug-in hybrids/PHEVs (6.7%, 8.5%) increased in 2025 (26.7%, 25.4%), when penetration of rechargeable cars reached record 34% (24+10%) in December. France fleet's average CO2 emissions remained below 94 g/km throughout year, falling to record 81 g/km in November
January 6, 2026 | 07:17am CETflashread more
Bridgestone impacted by cyber attack on September 1-2, temporarily disrupting operations at several North American and Latin American manufacturing and retreading plants (Bridgestone Americas) – two factories in South Carolina, USA (Aiken) and one facility in Quebec, Canada (Joliette). Tire/tyre manufacturer already suffered large-scale ransomware attack in 2022 that forced production halt and was attributed to hacking group LockBit
January 6, 2026 | 07:12am CETflashread more
Sales of new light vehicles in USA fell in December, grew in 2025 (J.D. Power/GlobalData: -3.8%, +2.3% to 16.28 million, -5% to 4.02 million in Q4; Cox Automotive: -3.5%, +1.8% to 16.31 million, -4.7% to 4.03 million in Q4; S&P Global Mobility: -6%, +1.9% to 16.2 million). Fears of future tariff-related price hikes caused sales to jump by 173,000 vehicles between March and April, followed by sales slowdown in subsequent months. Another sales jump occurred between August and September as 304,200 electric vehicle shoppers made purchases before September 30 expiration of federal EV tax credits, followed by another sales slowdown whose effects are still being felt in December, King (J.D. Power) said
January 6, 2026 | 07:08am CETflashread more
Autosalon van Brussel 2026: Over 100 exhibitors to join 102nd Brussels Motor Show in Belgium (January 9-18), presenting record 95 brands (67 car and van brands, 28 motorcycle brands) – Aixam, BAIC Group (BAIC, Foton), BAW, BMW Group (BMW, Mini), BYD, Chery (Jaecoo, Omoda), Dongfeng (Forthing), DR Automobiles (DR, EVO, ICH-X, Sportequipe, Tiger), Ford, Geely Group (Livan, Lotus, Polestar, Smart, Zeekr), GM (Corvette), Great Wall Motor (Linktour), Honda, Hyundai Group (Hyundai, Kia), Isuzu, KGM/SsangYong, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz+MB Vans, Microlino, Mitsubishi, Nio (Firefly, Nio), Nissan Motor (Nissan, Silence), Renault Group (Alpine, Dacia, Renault), Rimac Group (Bugatti, Rimac), SAIC (Maxus, MG), Seres (DFSK), Skyworth, Stellantis (Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Citroën, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Leapmotor, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot), Subaru, Suzuki, Tesla, Toyota Group (Lexus, Toyota), Volkswagen Group (Audi, Bentley, Cupra, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda, VW+VW Commercial Vehicles), XPeng. Novelty of this year is return of motorcycles – Bajaj (Husqvarna, KTM), BMW Motorrad, Bombardier (Can-Am), CFMoto (CFMoto, Zeeho), Geely (Benelli, Morbidelli, QJMotor), Honda, Kawasaki (Bimota, Kawasaki), Kymco, Loncin (Voge), MV Agusta, Niu, Piaggio (Aprilia, Moto Guzzi), Polaris (Indian), Royal Enfield, Sima (Mash Motors), Suzuki, Triumph, Ultraviolette, Volkswagen (Ducati), Yamaha, Zero, Zontes
January 5, 2026 | 07:25am CETflashread more
Vision 2030 – Clean Energy of Tomorrow: ČEZ to convert its fleet (over 5,000 units) to electric vehicles by 2030 (with exception of some special vehicles such as emergency/off-road trucks), currently has 581 battery electric vehicles and 87 plug-in hybrids in its fleet. In 2023-2025, energy company took over 27 Volkswagen ID.4 BEVs from Autocentrum Jan Šmucler, 90 Kia EV3 BEVs from Kia Czech, 29 Kia EV3 BEVs from Kia Czech, 1 EVUM aCar BEV from SAP Loket, 37 Kia Niro EV and EV6 BEVs from Kia Czech, 34 Cupra Born BEVs from Autocentrum Jan Šmucler, 23 Škoda Enyaq BEVs from Autocentrum Jan Šmucler, 4 Kia EV6 and Niro EV BEVs from Kia Czech. Zero-emission vehicles to gradually become more prevalent in company car rentals, where employees already use over 80 ZEVs. At same time, construction of internal charging ecosystem in locations and workplaces is underway, with around 500 charging stations and wallboxes currently serving group's employees. Some of them installed by subsidiary ČEZ ESCO. Electrification of fleet is part of ESG strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040
January 5, 2026 | 07:18am CETflashread more
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SAP: Vehicle production in Czech Rep dropped by 23% in Q1, year-long decline difficult to predict
May 11, 2009 | 04:58pm CEToriginalThe carmakers Skoda Auto, Tatra, Avia Ashok Leyland recorded a significant decline in production, on the contrary...
read moreVolkswagen to discontinue production in Bratislava in mid-May
May 1, 2009 | 11:22am CEToriginalThe company is going to make use of the production cut even within advance working for productin of the car line New Small Family. The outage will last from...
read moreTentative agreement: Saturday’s shifts in Skoda Auto according to unions, time accounts as of September
April 28, 2009 | 04:42pm CEToriginalFirst 50 employees of the Volkswagen plant in the Slovak town Martin have begun to work in the Skoda carmaker on Monday. In the second wave...
read moreNosovice-based Hyundai plant to deliver vehicles to Mexico
April 27, 2009 | 10:18am CEToriginalHyundai will thus become the first Czech carmaker which is going to start selling its vehicles in Mexico. The vehicles will be delivered from Nosovice also to...
read moreEmployees from Bratislava-based Volkswagen to help with production in Skoda Auto temporarily
April 25, 2009 | 05:39pm CEToriginalThey will primarily help with the Fabia model production to which there is a long waiting time due to scrap bonus.
read moreSouth Korean carmaker Kia returned to profit in Q1 at revenues fall of 6%
April 24, 2009 | 07:07pm CEToriginalAnalysts expected profit in Q1, but significantly lower than in reality reported net profit of...
read moreVAT deduction increased car interest less than it was expected
April 24, 2009 | 05:44pm CEToriginalIn addition, there are few cars on the market. Customers must watt for some cars for even several months, including the best selling car…
read moreCourt in Usti halted insolvency proceedings in BTV plast
April 23, 2009 | 11:43pm CEToriginalLiberec-based company Eurostav, which initialized the proceedings on April 20, has...
read moreSkoda Auto considers Fabia model ‘s production also in Vrchlabi
April 23, 2009 | 06:44pm CEToriginalFabia models are currently the most required due to the scrap bonus and the carmaker does not want to lose customers because of the long waiting time. In March, the Fabia model’s sales amounted to...
read moreVolkswagen: Small car on a VW Up! basis to be produced in Bratislava
April 22, 2009 | 03:35pm CEToriginalThe Group will invest EUR 308 million. Small car will be produced in 3 and 5-door versions, under brands…
read moreFewer brands to be presented at the Bratislava Motor Show this year
April 21, 2009 | 07:53pm CEToriginalVisitors will be able to see models from 38 producers from Wednesday, April 22, while in 2008 there were...
read moreSlovak Kia Motors's plant increased revenues by 24% to EUR 2.23 billion
April 21, 2009 | 07:26pm CEToriginalThe car production in Zilina-based factory increased by 38% to 201,000 cars. This year...
read moreCourt in Usti initialized insolvency proceedings in automotive supplier BTV plast
April 20, 2009 | 08:59pm CEToriginalA proposal for the proceedings initiation has been filed by Eurostav company which claims the arrears this way…
read moreVolkswagen to initiate production in Bratislava on Monday again
April 19, 2009 | 06:37pm CEToriginalVolkswagen discontinued the production in Bratislava-based plant twice this year. The plant’s employees could draw the leave or…
read moreEuWe Eugen Wexler to start production in Rokycany in next hall at the beginning of May
April 17, 2009 | 05:02pm CEToriginalThe new hall cost CZK 200 million. EuWe will produce there parts for the all-new…
read moreSouth Korea to help the local automotive industry by USD 377 million
April 14, 2009 | 12:41pm CEToriginalThe government aims to encourage the field of research and development particularly. A part of the support should also be...
read moreTPCA awarded its best 30 suppliers in 2008 and gave four special prizes
April 10, 2009 | 01:25pm CEToriginalFor 2009 the important role has also been a carmaker satisfaction with the continuity of supplies. In addition, four suppliers received special award…
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