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Hyundai Motor Pushing to Produce Kona Electric in Czech Factory

Hyundai Motor Pushing to Produce Kona Electric in Czech Factory

Hyundai Motor is pushing for production of the Kona Electric at its Czech factory from the first half of next year. The Czech plant is emerging as Hyundai Motor’s overseas production base for eco-friendly vehicles as it is already scheduled to produce the Tucson Hybrid and Tucson PHEV. Hyundai

Bohdan Wojnar: The automotive industry has hit the ceiling. But there is no threat of recession

Bohdan Wojnar: The automotive industry has hit the ceiling. But there is no threat of recession

Can the automotive industry continue to grow or hit an imaginary ceiling? And when will the massive transition to electromobiles take effect in the Czech Republic? Bohdan Wojnar, Member of the Board of Škoda Auto and President of the Automotive Industry Association, is not only responsible for such questions. "

Audi tests mobile electric charging stations

Audi tests mobile electric charging stations

Building an electric car charging station network is not a cheap fun. Audi is now testing the alternatives for fixed-line chargers. Audi tests a mobile charging station for electric cars. The service will be available at events that do not have any or only a few fixed stations. Audi has

Volkswagen is taking a leading role in electromobility in China

Volkswagen is taking a leading role in electromobility in China

Volkswagen takes the lead in electromobility in China. Dr. Volkswagen's Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Board of Directors, emphasized these ambitions at the World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) in Bo'ao, South China. Volkswagen has set itself the goal of increasing the share of electric vehicles

Aptiv: Smart Vehicle Architecture - Making Mobility Work

Think about all the features you have at your fingertips in your car. Power windows. Bluetooth capabilities. Cruise control. Automatic headlights and windshield wipers. Because these features are easy to operate and are seamlessly integrated in the vehicle, it’s easy to forget about the vast ecosystem required to make

Hyundai is introducing a new R&D structure to accelerate responses to changing market demands

Hyundai is introducing a new R&D structure to accelerate responses to changing market demands

* Systems and platform-based organization will streamline the vehicle development process * The new automotive platform development center will take into account the needs of individual markets from the development stage of the first concept * The new Virtual Vehicle Development Division will use an efficient virtual design process Hyundai Motor Group (HMG)

Petr Novák, Director of Koyo Bearings, Olomouc, promoted to international position of KBCZ President in Japan

Petr Novák, Director of Koyo Bearings, Olomouc, promoted to international position of KBCZ President in Japan

Petr Novák, director of Koyo Bearings,based in Olomouc, has been promoted to international position. He will continue to act as President of KBCZ after the new job is accepted. What awaits him in the Japanese headquarters? Novák accepted a job offer as General Manager of the Global Acceleration Team,

Slovakia and Spain will produce batteries for PSA at Cities of Trnava and Vigo

Slovakia and Spain will produce batteries for PSA at Cities of Trnava and Vigo

So far, batteries have been purchased from Asian companies, and will now be manufactured by PSA in Trnava and Vigo. The Group has also decided on Slovakia because the demand for diesel has fallen well recently. The production and delivery director of the French concern of Peugeot, Citroen and DS

Innovation / Volkswagen: new manual gearbox for less CO2

Innovation / Volkswagen: new manual gearbox for less CO2

Volkswagen has developed a new manual gearbox. The MQ281 makes it possible to save up to 5 g CO2 / km, depending on the engine. The new Passat is the first to receive it. The Volkswagen group has decided to tackle manual transmission to save a few grams of CO 2

Toyota produces hydrogen from renewable sources for one of the factory's trucks

Toyota produces hydrogen from renewable sources for one of the factory's trucks

The Japanese automobile manufacturer has installed its equipment for the production of hydrogen produced using renewable energy, and a filling station based thereon at the Motomachi production facility in Japan. The new equipment provides locally produced fuel for Toyota trucks that deliver fully green, by-product clean water. The development of

China's Yin Long to start producing e-buses in Serbia by end-2019

China's Yin Long to start producing e-buses in Serbia by end-2019

Chinese bus manufacturer Yin Long Group plans to start producing electric buses at the factory of Serbian peer Ikarbus by the end of this year, general manager Yang Jian has said. Yin Long intends to hire 200 employees at the factory of Ikarbus and is now working on the technical

Japanese Toray Industries Hungary builds lithium battery plant with a 39 mln EUR at Nyergesújfalu Plant, 190 jobs created, said Péter Szijjarto

Japanese Toray Industries Hungary builds lithium battery plant with a 39 mln EUR at Nyergesújfalu Plant, 190 jobs created, said Péter Szijjarto

Toray Industries: A major investment in battery technology, Nyergesújfalu Japanese-owned Toray Industries Hungary Kft. Builds a lithium battery separator film production plant with a 39 mln Eur (127 billion HUF) expense in Nyergesújfalu, the foreign and foreign minister announced on Friday at the site of the new factory. Péter Szijjártó

Renault Revoz, Slovenia - launches production of new Clio 5

Renault Revoz, Slovenia - launches production of new Clio 5

Slovenian car maker Revoz, a unit of France's Renault, launched on Wednesday production of the new Clio 5 model following a 90 million euro ($102 million) investment, the government in Ljubljana said. Prime minister Marjan Sarec is visiting the Novo Mesto-based factory to participate in the official launch

Volkswagen in alliance with Ford to electric, autonomous cars - to spend billions of dollars to co-develop electric and self-driving cars

Volkswagen in alliance with Ford to electric, autonomous cars - to spend billions of dollars to co-develop electric and self-driving cars

Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG said they will spend billions of dollars to jointly develop electric and self-driving vehicles, deepening a global alliance to slash development and manufacturing costs while positioning VW as the initial winner. How soon those investments will pay for themselves is an open question across

Magna Steyr - Formally Opens Paint Shop in Hoče Slovenia, Prime Minister Marjan Sarec and Günther Apfalter attending

Magna Steyr - Formally Opens Paint Shop in Hoče Slovenia, Prime Minister Marjan Sarec and Günther Apfalter attending

Prime Minister Marjan Šarec , Minister of Economic Development and Technology Zdravko Počivalšek , Foreign Minister Miro Cerar , President of Magna Europe and Magna Steyr Günther Apfalter and Director of the Maribor-Hoče Lacquer Factory David Adam attended the ceremony at the Magne Steyr factory in the municipality of Hoče - Slivnica . Magna

Bosch extends service life of electric-vehicle batteries - Cloud based swarm intelligence helps batteries maintain performance longer

Bosch extends service life of electric-vehicle batteries - Cloud based swarm intelligence helps batteries maintain performance longer

Bosch extends service life of electric-vehicle batteries - Cloud based swarm intelligence helps batteries maintain performance longer

Gestamp invests 130 mln EUR in new plant in Slovakia, Nitra, specialising in aluminium

Gestamp invests 130 mln EUR in new plant in Slovakia, Nitra, specialising in aluminium

Gestamp invests 130 mln EUR in new plant in Slovakia, Nitra, specialising in aluminum

BASF can be saved by electric vehicles - German chemical giant starting to tighten globally. By end of 2021, to close 6,000 jobs with restructuring of € 2 bn

BASF can be saved by electric vehicles - German chemical giant starting to tighten globally. By end of 2021, to close 6,000 jobs with restructuring of € 2 bn

BASF - Chemical giant can be saved by electric vehicles The German BASF is starting to tighten globally. By the end of 2021, the chemical company will close six thousand jobs with a restructuring target of € 2 billion. Founded in 1865 in Baden, BASF has 122,000 employees worldwide, including

Adient, new hall added in Veszprém, Hungary, investment of 4 mln EUR , expanding production capacity with 2,000 sqm hall and 740 jobs

Adient, new hall added in Veszprém, Hungary, investment of 4 mln EUR , expanding production capacity with 2,000 sqm hall and 740 jobs

Adient, new hall added in Veszprém, Hungary, investment of 4 mln EUR , expanding production capacity with 2,000 sqm hall and 740 jobs

1.7 million jobs already taken by robots

1.7 million jobs already taken by robots

Since 2000, 1.7 million manufacturing jobs have ceased in the global economy due to the spread of robot technology, and analysts have now calculated how these numbers will develop in the next decade. The spread of robot technology in the next decade may increase the value of the global

Continental means predictability, Sarah Frach, Head of HR

Continental means predictability, Sarah Frach, Head of HR

New HR manager for Continental Hungary, which employs more than eight thousand staff, and Sarah Frach has been managing the personnel management of five technology divisions. source:autopro.hu... [https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fautopro.hu%2Fhr%2FA-Continental-a-kiszamithatosagot-jelenti%2F30686%2F&t=ZWI1MTJhNDNlMjVkNDM2NWI0NTdjODFhZDA2YWY2MDM3NTBjZTBiYSwzZjBhZjY4MzE5MDMxMWJlMGE2MjliNDVhZDBmMjdiNGY4NGFiNjhi&ts=1610010516]

ŠKODA unveils SCALA G-TEC with natural gas drive.

ŠKODA unveils SCALA G-TEC with natural gas drive.

At the CNG Mobility Days in Berlin June 24 - 25, 2019, ŠKODA presents for the first time an eco-friendly version of its new ŠKODA SCALA G-TEC. The natural gas-powered SCALA complements the new compact car with an option that is both efficient and environmentally friendly. The 66 kW (90

Exact Systems - Technologies as Automotive Driving Force /Part1

Exact Systems - Technologies as Automotive Driving Force /Part1

The producers in Europe are aware of the increasing role of new technologies in the automotive industry. Among the nationalities that are convinced that this trend will lead to the better and bigger results of the automotive sector you can find the Hungarians (71% of the respondents), the Germans (67%

Exact Systems - Technologies as Automotive Driving Force /Part2

Exact Systems - Technologies as Automotive Driving Force /Part2

Untroubled with the Politics, but Upset about the Labour Costs Taking into consideration threats that are pointed out by representatives of automotive production plants, countries could be divided into two groups. The first one sees the labour costs as the biggest obstacle in the coming years. In Poland two out

Dieter Braun takes over as head of Audi brand logistics, replacing Steffen Potrafke

Dieter Braun takes over as head of Audi brand logistics, replacing Steffen Potrafke