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

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. ...

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 ...

20/12/2022

IQS NANOPTIQS: Controlled light distribution

Why shine light where it is not needed? IQS NANOPTIQS develops and manufactures micro and nano-optical elements that enhance the quality of lighting and can also deliver energy savings. “Our revolutionary approach to creating thin and miniaturized optical elements with unique proper ...

09/12/2022

Jiri Socha: When cars are tested by virtual simulation

At the TÜV SÜD Czech safety and electronics test centre in Bezděčín, test dummies still live in a special room with a constant temperature. Crash tests are and will still be needed in many cases. But the future of mobility testing is moving towards smart non-destructive testing and virt ...

28/11/2022

Digiteq Automotive: Journey to the Holy Grail

They design concepts, provide technical validation of innovations and develop and test series solutions for new functions for Volkswagen Group brands. The goal of Digiteq Automotive’s developments are modern vehicle-crew interfaces, advanced comfort, safety and assistance systems. For ...

11/11/2022

Kamil Blažek for Czech Car Industry: The relocation of companies will happen anyway

According to Kamil Blažek, chairman of the Association for Foreign Investment (AFI), the green transformation will lead to one of the biggest redistributions of wealth in post-war Europe and companies that do not use it as an opportunity will at least become poorer. “It is quite possible th ...

07/09/2022

Teaching, development and research at VŠB – Technical University Ostrava: We help develop cars that listen

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Technical University of Ostrava has been running a study programme focused on automotive electronics for twelve years. The local development team, which also includes students, works on a number of projects related primarily t ...

02/09/2022

When Enyaq wants to go to the sea a second time

The fact that someone is driving an electric car to Croatia (even for the second time) would not be worth mentioning on social media. If it weren’t for the fact that he has the opportunity to compare what it’s like to drive with a mobile phone loaded with many apps and to dr ...

01/07/2022

Tomáš Vondrák: We continue at a fast pace

With the advent of electro-mobility, cars will start to differentiate themselves more by the user experience inside the car than by their driving characteristics, thinks Tomáš Vondrák, head of Continental in Brandýs nad Labem. High-performance computer units and large-screen display solutions are ...