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Batteries for electric cars: the Congo, Chile and more. It won’t go without them yet

  • Articles and interviews
28/02/2023

Electric cars have the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But there are also analyses that battery production for these cars may soon face shortages of critical raw materials. What are the origins of lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and other raw materials and what does this mean for battery manufacturers? Vladimír Rybecký has written an extensive text about this for Czech Car Industry. ...
  • Articles and interviews
20/02/2023

Martin Kupka: The goal must be reached in a feasible way

Transport Minister Martin Kupka understands the concerns of the automotive industry about the upcoming Euro 7/VII standard. In his opinion, it is not only too ambitious, but in some requirements it is directly unfeasible. The Minister described to the magazine Czech Car Industry how the negotiati...
  • Press
16/02/2023

January production was one-fifth higher year on year

January production in the passenger car segment, compared to the first month of 2022, was up 21.7% year-on-year. A total of 112,794 passenger vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic. Almost 11% of these were electric vehicles. However, the volume of production continues to be negatively...
  • Press
15/02/2023

AutoSAP’s response to the demand for accelerated introduction of electric drives in trucks and buses – revision of the regulation on CO2 emission targets for heavy goods vehicles and buses

On 14 February 2023, the European Commission presented a revision of the CO2 emission limits for heavy vehicles (trucks and buses). The new rules amend the existing EU Regulation 2019/1242, which set the first ever EU greenhouse gas emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. Under the e...
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08/02/2023

Euro 7/VII: “high costs vs. negligible benefits”

The proposed new Euro 7/VII emission standards will have major negative impacts on internal combustion engine vehicles and their availability. At the same time, it will drain much needed resources for investment in the development of electric vehicles. Among its main drawbacks: ...
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