“Most of Škoda Auto’s production facilities will resume production after a two-week outage on Sunday, ie today, starting at night from 10 pm,” said Biddle. An exception during the outage was one line in Kvasiny. During it, the company focused on completing about ten thousand distributed cars. In the long run, the number of unfinished … Read more
Before the mass holiday at Škoda Auto, which is planned for the first two weeks of August, a number of other shifts will be canceled. The summer shutdown of production will begin before the holiday. The main reason is the lack of parts, said the weekly Škodovácký odborář. The company also needs to free up … Read more
The most important Octavia model returned to the key M13 production line in Mladá Boleslav last week. The carmaker had to stop its production for a few days two weeks ago due to a lack of semiconductor chips. Thus, only the Enyaq electric model was temporarily produced on the line. It was the first time … Read more
“This is the first time that only a purely electric car has been produced on the assembly line at Škoda Auto,” the trade unionists write in Thursday’s issue of the company weekly Škodovácký odborář. Behind the sentence that gives the impression of success, there is in fact a statement of the deep crisis in which … Read more
Such fast production lines in the mentioned hall have run only once so far. This was at a time when it was being tested whether the machines could handle such a pace at all. The trade unionists themselves speak of “crazy speed” and must ensure that there are always enough workers on shifts. “Last weekend, … Read more
The 37-year-old employee of the Škoda Auto plant in Kvasiny in the Rychnov region is suspected of stealing at least 604 pieces of sensors for pedestrian protection for more than 1.8 million crowns. The police accused a foreigner who worked as an agency worker in the car factory of theft. If convicted, he faces up … Read more
From 2023, the new generation of the Škoda Superb will be produced together with its sister VW Passat at the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava. The damage will free up production capacity for more than 100,000 cars thanks to the relocation in Kvasiny. Neither Kodiaq nor Karoq will move to foreign factories, and together with them, … Read more
Škoda Auto’s trade union leader Jaroslav Povšík confirmed to ČTK today that production of the new generation of the Superb model will move to the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava. – According to him, the Volkswagen Group stole the most profitable flagship from the Czech Republic, Povšík said today. The new Superb should start production in … Read more
Škoda Auto trade union leader Jaroslav Povšík confirmed that production of the new generation of the Superb model will move to the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava. According to him, the Volkswagen Group stole the most profitable flagship from the Czech Republic, Povšík said. The carmaker called the information about the relocation of production published by … Read more
In Kvasiny, it is not possible to produce the Škoda Karoq in such a way as to satisfy high demand and the waiting times for the car have not been extended to months. Therefore, a line was put into operation in the Slovak factory of Volkswagen, which will help with the assembly of the model. … Read more