Sales of new passenger cars fell by a quarter year-on-year to 12,670 in October. It was thus 36 percent lower than in 2019. Sales in the ten months of this year reached 174,494 cars and were 5.7 percent above the same period last year and lagged by 17 percent behind the previous year 2019. This … Read more
Chips in new cars increase by seven to eight percent a year. For example, in the Enyaq model, there are well over a thousand chips. According to Schäfer, many states now see this area as a strategic investment, but it is a long-term and costly affair. However, the carmaker does not plan to produce its … Read more
Škoda Auto will resume production in most production facilities on Sunday evening after a two-week shutdown, said spokeswoman Kamila Biddle. The reason for the outage was the lack of chips used in on-board electronics. – “Most of Škoda Auto’s production facilities will resume production after a two-week shutdown on Sunday, ie today, starting at night … Read more
“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
In the period from January to September, the carmaker Škoda Auto almost doubled its operating profit to 900 million euros (approximately 23 billion CZK) from 469 million euros a year ago. The favorable development of exchange rates and margins contributed to the growth in operating profit. The parent company Volkswagen announced this in its results … Read more
Empty company car parks and unusual peace in the vicinity of the Škoda Auto factories in Mladá Boleslav, Vrchlabí and Kvasiny confirm that production has largely stopped. The lack of chips for on-board electronics paralyzed production. See what factories and their surroundings look like during a shutdown. – Yesterday, Škoda Auto stopped the production of … Read more
Škoda Auto is the driving force behind the domestic car industry. In the pandemic year 2020, it produced 750,000 cars, for which it purchased components from hundreds of Czech suppliers. Some companies are strictly existentially dependent on the car manufacturer. Due to restrictions, for example, the company Kasko from Slavkov in the Uherské Hradiště region … Read more
The electricity and gas supplier Bohemia Energy will cease to exist. The company decided to voluntarily close down to prevent the impending bankruptcy. The company got into financial problems due to rising energy prices, which have become several times more expensive on the stock exchange since the beginning of the year. None of the customers … Read more
https://cz.sputniknews.com/20211015/docka-se-toho-skoda-nejvetsi-vyrobce-cipu-postavi-tovarnu-v-roce-2024-16181537.html Will Skoda survive? The largest chip manufacturer will build a factory… In 2024 Will Skoda survive? The largest chip manufacturer will build a factory… In 2024 The Taiwanese company TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co) will build a semiconductor factory in Japan to deal with the global problem of … 15.10.2021, Sputnik Czech Republic 2021-10-15T17:54+0200 … Read more
“In motoring jargon, it’s called something like this: We will not give back, but we will shift to a lower speed, which is, however, full of strength,” the unions write in the company weekly. Skoda trade unionist. This week, the plants in Mladá Boleslav and Kvasiny did not produce cars on Mondays and Tuesdays. In … Read more