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Automotive Chassis Systems Technical Conferences & Exhibition Week 2024: Automotive IQ (IQPC) to hold three conferences on automotive chassis systems with exhibition in Munich, Germany on November 26-28 – Automotive Braking Systems Europe (16th year), Automotive Steering Systems Europe (16th year), Automotive Advanced Suspension Systems Europe (13th year). Representatives of Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford, Mercedes-AMG, JLR (Jaguar Land Rover), Ceer Motors, Renault, Iran Khodro, Iveco, Hyundai Motor Technical Centre, General Motors (GM), Knorr-Bremse, Magna, Forvia Hella, Bozzio, Gabriel India, ThyssenKrupp Presta, Hitachi Astemo, Robert Bosch, JTEKT, Renesas Electronics, Huawei, ZF, Nexteer, Tenneco, KYB, BWI, Ampere Software Technology, Nylacast to speak at event
November 13, 2024 | 02:55pm CETflashread more
Car Importers Association (SDA) expanded statistics of registrations of imported used vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) in Czechia with reports by fuel/power. Total of 12,337 used cars imported into Czechia in October, 119,546 units in first 10 months (FCEVs 1, 1; BEVs 424, 3,101; PHEVs 290, 3,077; CNG 42, 425; LPG 63, 746; petrol 5,500, 50,109; diesel 5,977, 61,728)
November 13, 2024 | 02:47pm CETflashread more
Škoda Auto delivered 671,300 vehicles to customers in Q1-3 (84,200 in September; 222,700 in Q3, +6%), representing increase of 29,100 units/4.5% (Octavia 164,900 cars, +13.7%; Kamiq 92,300, +8.3%; Fabia 84,900, +21.3%; Karoq 81,800, +7.9%; Kodiaq 80,300, -1.2%; Enyaq 50,800, -6.7%; Superb 50,100, -0.5%; Scala 42,500, -1.9%; Kushaq 12,700, -34.4%; Slavia 11,000, -22%). Sales in Europe (552,400, +8.2%) and some Asian countries (Turkey/Türkiye 30,100, +23.4%; Israel 15,900, +24.2%) grew, India (24,000, -32.7%) and China (11,800, -34.6%) experienced decline. Škoda Auto Group production reached 780,500 vehicles (+5.3%), sales (deliveries to distributors) 808,600 cars (+4%)
November 13, 2024 | 02:39pm CETflashread more
Volkswagen Group Services (formerly AutoVision; service provider in areas of R&D, IT, engineering, procurement, quality assurance, manufacturing & logistics, sales, health within Volkswagen Group with more than 13,500 employees in Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, Spain, Poland, Brazil) opened branch in Czechia with offices in Mladá Boleslav (headquarters of Škoda Auto) and Prague, as offshoot of Slovak branch (Volkswagen Group Services s.r.o. with more than 400 employees in Bratislava, Martin)
November 12, 2024 | 09:19am CETflashread more
SDA: New car registrations in Czechia up by 9% in October (vans -35.7%; trucks -1.2%; buses -6.2%; motorcycles -1.8%; trailers+semitrailers -11.7%), individual fuel/power types successful differently (BEV 1,475 +100.7%, PHEV 532 -22.4%, LPG 412 +57.3%, petrol 13,850 +8.6%, diesel 4,799 +3.6%)
November 12, 2024 | 09:04am CETflashread more
Slovak Industry Vision Day 2024: SARIO to hold forum with subtitle "Energetics – New challenges and opportunities" in Šamorín near Bratislava on November 21, matchmaking event, exhibition (Expo) with participation of companies such as T.O.P. Auto Premium, Patak Motors (Rodster), EV-GP (Electric Vehicle – Green Power), Peek To Power, Tesla Energy Group, NVAS (Slovak National Hydrogen Association), GreenTalk, ESG Klub. Representatives of Jaguar Land Rover, Schaeffler Kysuce, Milence, Norriv, ČSOB, DHL, ASEKOL SK, PW Energy, Viessmann, Ipesoft, Zero Emission Company to speak at conference. Event is focused on energetics and renewable resources, innovative solutions in energetics, green and smart technologies, transport and automotive industry, information and communication technologies (ICT), electrical engineering and defense industry, battery recycling and energy storage technologies, financing
November 11, 2024 | 10:55am CETflashread more
European Commission (EC) imposed additional countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China for period of five years (above standard import duty on cars which is 10% in European Union). Based on more than one-year anti-subsidy investigation (from September/October 2023), EC found that BEV value chain in China benefits from unfair subsidization (including preferential financing, grants or provision of land, batteries and raw materials at below-market prices) which is causing threat of economic injury to EU producers of these vehicles, and imposed tariffs in range of 7.8-35.3% (Tesla: 7.8%, BYD: 17%, Geely: 18.8%, SAIC: 35.3%, other cooperating automakers: 20.7%, other non-cooperating manufacturers: 35.3%). The 20.7% duty applies to Aiways, Anhui (Volkswagen), BMW Brilliance, Chery, FAW (Audi, Mazda, Toyota, VW), Chongqing, Dongfeng (Seres, Honda, Peugeot, Citroën, Voyah), Great Wall, Leapmotor, Nanjing Golden Dragon, Nio, XPeng. Provisional duties imposed on July 4 not to be collected, EC added
November 11, 2024 | 10:48am CETflashread more
J.D. Power, GlobalData cut 2024 global new light-vehicle sales outlook by 500,000 cars, vans from 88.5 million (+2%) to 88 million (+1.4%). As global light-vehicle sales show signs of stabilizing, some of acceleration previously expected in Q4 has been tempered, Schuster (GlobalData) said. Revisions made for China, Western Europe, USA. Firms also published first forecast for 2025 – 91.1 million units (+3.5%). Growth is still anticipated to pick up in 2025 as pricing moderates and economic risks are expected to diminish, he added
November 11, 2024 | 10:44am CETflashread more
Ford to suspend production of F-150 Lightning BEV in Dearborn near Detroit, Tennessee, USA (Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, 800 employees) for seven weeks (November 18, 2024 – January 6, 2025) and temporarily lay off 730 workers, due to weaker demand than automaker expected
November 7, 2024 | 07:56am CETflashread more
VDA: Car production in Germany up by 17% y/y in October, export by 17%
November 7, 2024 | 07:51am CETflashread more
Modern Technologies in Electric Transport 2024: SmartCityvPraxi.cz to hold conference on electric passenger cars, trucks, buses, autonomous mobility, infrastructure, rail transport at e-Salon fair in Prague, Czechia on November 8. Representatives of Daimler Truck Czech Republic, Volvo Group Czech Republic, Wattee, ČEZ ESCO, eJoin, Czech E-mobility Platform, MŽP, MD to speak at event
November 6, 2024 | 08:59am CETflashread more
KBA: New car registrations in Germany up by 6% in October (motorcycles +10.6%; buses -21.6%; vans/trucks +16.9%; trailers +8.9%)
November 6, 2024 | 08:54am CETflashread more
EICMA (Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori) 2024: More than 770 exhibitors from 45 countries presentig 2,136 brands to join fair for mopeds, scooters, motorcycles/motorbikes, tricycles, quadricycles/ATVs, bicycles/bikes, parts, accessories, clothing in Milan, Italy (November 5-10). In 2023, over 700 exhibitors from 45 countries presented 2,036 brands, exhibition visited by 563,848 people (+19%)
November 6, 2024 | 08:49am CETflashread more
SMMT: New car registrations in UK down by 6% in October (vans up to 3.5 tonnes +2.4%; trucks up to 6 tonnes +113.6%)
November 6, 2024 | 08:46am CETflashread more
Automotive Cyber Security, Connectivity & SDV Week Europe 2024: Automotive IQ (IQPC) to hold three conferences on automotive cyber security (Automotive Cyber Security Europe), connected vehicles (Connected Vehicles Europe), software-defined vehicles (Software-Defined Vehicles Europe) in Frankfurt, Germany on November 11-14. Representatives of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Tata Technologies, Tata Communications MOVE, BMW Group, Ferrari, Iveco, Stellantis, TOFAS, Volvo Buses, Mercedes-AMG, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development, Scania, Volkswagen, MHP (Porsche), CARIAD, Vinfast, Nissan Technical Centre, Hyundai Autoever, Automobili Pininfarina, Ford Otosan, Ford Trucks, Volta Trucks, Robert Bosch, ETAS, PCAutomotive, Thales, ZF Race Engineering, Ampere, Cybellum, Itemis, Wind River Systems (Delphi), C2A Security, Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Continental, Jama Software, UL Solutions, Marquardt, CyberLifeHacks, Device Authority, iProcess, Microsoft, Forvia, S&P Global, Car Connectivity Consortium, Automotive Security Research Group (ASRG), European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Automotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR), Eclipse Foundation; Telenor IoT; SDVerse to speak at event
November 5, 2024 | 10:59am CETflashread more
Volkswagen suspended production of ID.4 BEV in Chattanooga, Tennessee and sales in USA, due to ongoing problem with door handles and water leaking into electronic door opening system. Recall affects 98,806 vehicles with U-Shin locks made in Mexico (2023: 35,325 cars with Witte Automotive locks made in Czechia), shutdown concerns up to 200 plant employees
November 5, 2024 | 10:54am CETflashread more
PFA: New car registrations in France down by 11.1% in October (vans up to 5.1 tonnes -10%; trucks +39.7%)
November 5, 2024 | 10:49am CETflashread more
Canada to impose tariffs on imports of battery and hydrogen electric vehicles and hybrids (HEVs, PHEVs, BEVs, FCEVs; cars, vans, trucks, buses; 100%), certain aluminum/aluminium and steel products (25%) from China in 2024. Only BEVs from US automaker Tesla are currently imported into Canada from China, subject to 6% tariff until now
November 5, 2024 | 10:44am CETflashread more
Zebra Group (manufacturer of diesel, electric municipal vehicles with 25 employees in Prague and Pardubice, Czechia; over 850 vehicles produced for more than 330 customers since 2014; turnover of CZK 49 million/EUR 1.9 million in FY 2023) moved production from Pardubice to Hradec Králové, having better facilities and space for increasing production
November 4, 2024 | 11:41am CETflashread more
Insurance Forum 2024: ABF to hold 2nd conference on insurance, brokerage, financial consulting, IT in Prague, Czechia on November 7. Representatives of Slavia Pojišťovna, Renomia, Cleverbee Solutions, Adacta Software, Softec, Dialog Group, Rowan Legal, EY (Ernst & Young), ČASF (Czech Association of Financial Consulting and Mediation Companies), AČPM (Association of Czech Insurance Brokers), EP (European Parliament) to speak at event
November 4, 2024 | 11:30am CETflashread more
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