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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

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

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:

The year 2022 was filled with a number of difficult challenges for the Czech automotive industry. Despite persistent shortages of semiconductors and other components, the war in Ukraine, and difficulties in production and logistics chains, a total of 1,249,281 road vehicles of all types

Passenger vehicle production jumped 9.3% year-on-year to a total of 1,118,639 units in the first 11 months. In November itself, however, there was a slight decline in production volume (-4.6%, i.e. 118 264 units). This was mainly due to persistent shortages of certain parts and tig

Between January and October 2022, 1,000,375 passenger cars were produced in the Czech Republic, up 11.2% year-on-year. Moreover, the one millionth car milestone was reached a month earlier than in the previous year and the year before that. The automotive industry is thus successfully approa

On 10 November 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Euro 7/VII emission standard. This replaces the current Euro 6/VI or Euro VI-E, which has undergone successive additions since 2014, up to the current Euro 6d version. The proposed standard tightens the emission lim